Bill Text: NY S07662 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the criminal possession of fentanyl.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-09 - PRINT NUMBER 7662A [S07662 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07662-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7662--A
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Codes  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the criminal possession of
          fentanyl
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.79  to
     2  read as follows:
     3  § 220.79 Criminal possession of fentanyl.
     4    A  person  is guilty of criminal possession of fentanyl when he or she
     5  knowingly and unlawfully possesses, manufactures, distributes,  or  uses
     6  fentanyl, or any fentanyl analogs, to enhance another illegal substance.
     7    Criminal possession of fentanyl is a class E felony.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05704-02-8