Bill Text: VA HB676 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Methamphetamine; increases mandatory minimum sentence range for manufacturing, etc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB676 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2014-HB676-Prefiled.html
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14102858D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §18.2-248.03 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows: §18.2-248.03. Manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute methamphetamine; penalty. A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who
manufactures, sells, gives, distributes, or possesses with intent to
manufacture, sell, give, or distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts,
isomers, or salts of its isomers is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of
not more than $500,000 and imprisonment for not less than B. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who
manufactures, sells, gives, distributes, or possesses with intent to
manufacture, sell, give, or distribute 227 grams or more of a mixture or
substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, its salts,
isomers, or salts of its isomers is guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of
not more than $1 million and imprisonment for not less than 2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $2,660,812 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice. |
