Bill Text: CT SB01014 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Penalty For Certain Nonviolent Drug Offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-30 - Signed by the Governor [SB01014 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01014-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Governor's Bill No. 1014 | ||
January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 3468 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
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Introduced by: |
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SEN. WILLIAMS, 29th Dist. SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. REP. DONOVAN, 84th Dist. REP. SHARKEY, 88th Dist. |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR CERTAIN NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011) Any person who possesses or has under his control less than one ounce of a cannabis-type substance, except as authorized in chapter 420b of the general statutes, shall have committed an infraction.
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 21a-279 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(c) Any person who possesses or has under his control any quantity of any controlled substance other than a narcotic substance, or a hallucinogenic substance other than marijuana or who possesses or has under his control one ounce or more but less than four ounces of a cannabis-type substance, except as authorized in this chapter, for a first offense, may be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than one year, or be both fined and imprisoned; and for a subsequent offense, may be fined not more than three thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than five years, or be both fined and imprisoned.
Sec. 3. Section 21a-267 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(a) No person shall use or possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia, as defined in subdivision (20) of section 21a-240, to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain or conceal, or to ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body, any controlled substance, as defined in subdivision (9) of section 21a-240, other than a cannabis-type substance in a quantity of less than one ounce. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(b) No person shall deliver, possess with intent to deliver or manufacture with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain or conceal, or to ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body, any controlled substance, other than a cannabis-type substance in a quantity of less than one ounce. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(c) Any person who violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section in or on, or within one thousand five hundred feet of, the real property comprising a public or private elementary or secondary school and who is not enrolled as a student in such school shall be imprisoned for a term of one year which shall not be suspended and shall be in addition and consecutive to any term of imprisonment imposed for violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section.
(d) No person shall (1) use or possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain or conceal, or to ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body, less than one ounce of a cannabis-type substance, or (2) deliver, possess with intent to deliver or manufacture with intent to deliver drug paraphernalia knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain or conceal, or to ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body, less than one ounce of a cannabis-type substance. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall have committed an infraction.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2011 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2011 |
21a-279(c) |
Sec. 3 |
July 1, 2011 |
21a-267 |
Statement of Purpose:
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations.
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