Bill Text: CA AB1511 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Sentencing enhancements: property loss.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-09-30 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1511 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1511-Amended.html
NOYES
Local Program:
NOYES
Bill Title: Sentencing enhancements: property loss.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-09-30 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB1511 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1511-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 28, 2017 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 1511 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Low |
February 17, 2017 |
An act to amend Section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1511, as amended, Low.
Controlled substances.
Existing law makes it a felony to possess a person who possesses for sale or purchase purchases for sale, certain controlled substances, including, among others, opiates and mescaline. mescaline, guilty of a crime and subject to imprisonment for 2, 3, or 4 years, as specified.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
describe circumstances indicating that a person possesses for sale a controlled substance for purposes of that provision, including the separation of the controlled substance into multiple bags or containers and the use of minors as lookouts or couriers. By changing the definition of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11351 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:11351.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this division, any person who possesses for sale or purchases for purposes of sale (1) any controlled substance specified in subdivision (b), (c), or (e) of Section 11054, specified in paragraph (14), (15), or (20) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054, or specified in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11055, or specified in subdivision (h) of Section 11056, or (2) any controlled substance classified in Schedule III, IV, or V which is a narcotic drug, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for two, three, or four years.(b) For purposes of this section, circumstances indicating that a person possesses for sale a controlled substance may include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Presence of a scale.
(2) Separation of the controlled substance into multiple bags or containers.
(3) Presence of a sale
ledger.
(4) Evidence developed by an officer during an investigation.
(5) Witness testimony.
(6) Use of minors as lookouts or couriers.