Bill Text: NY A05577 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the possession and sale of methamphetamines.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to codes [A05577 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05577-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5577
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Codes
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the possession and sale of
         methamphetamine
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Subdivision 8 of section 220.06 of the penal law, as added
    2  by  chapter  264 of the laws of 2003, is amended and a new subdivision 9
    3  is added to read as follows:
    4    8.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
    5  containing  gamma  hydroxybutyric  acid, as defined in paragraph four of
    6  subdivision (e) of schedule I of section thirty-three hundred six of the
    7  public  health  law,  and  said  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or
    8  substances  are of an aggregate weight of twenty-eight grams or more[.];
    9  OR
   10    9.   ONE OR  MORE  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,  MIXTURES  OR  SUBSTANCES
   11  CONTAINING  METHAMPHETAMINE,  ITS SALTS, ISOMERS OR SALTS OF ISOMERS AND
   12  SAID PREPARATIONS, COMPOUNDS, MIXTURES OR SUBSTANCES ARE OF AN AGGREGATE
   13  WEIGHT OF ONE HUNDRED MILLIGRAMS OR MORE.
   14    S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 220.09 of the penal law, as  amended  by
   15  chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   16    2.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
   17  containing methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of  isomers  and
   18  said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate
   19  weight of [one-half ounce] ONE GRAM or more; or
   20    S  3.  Subdivision 7 of section 220.16 of the penal law, as amended by
   21  chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   22    7.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
   23  containing  methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers with
   24  intent to sell it [and] OR said  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or
   25  substances are of an aggregate weight of one-eighth ounce or more; or
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00465-01-5
       A. 5577                             2
    1    S  4.  Subdivision 2 of section 220.21 of the penal law, as amended by
    2  chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new  subdivision  3  is
    3  added to read as follows:
    4    2.  methadone  and  said  methadone weighs five thousand seven hundred
    5  sixty milligrams or more[.]; OR
    6    3.  ONE  OR  MORE  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,  MIXTURES  OR  SUBSTANCES
    7  CONTAINING  METHAMPHETAMINE,  ITS SALTS, ISOMERS OR SALTS OF ISOMERS AND
    8  SAID PREPARATIONS, COMPOUNDS, MIXTURES OR SUBSTANCES ARE OF AN AGGREGATE
    9  WEIGHT OF FIVE OUNCES OR MORE.
   10    S 5. Subdivision 7 of section 220.39 of the penal law, as  amended  by
   11  chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   12    7.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
   13  containing methamphetamine, its salts, isomers or salts of isomers  [and
   14  the  preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate
   15  weight of one-eighth ounce or more]; or
   16    S 6. Subdivision 2 of section 220.43 of the penal law, as  amended  by
   17  chapter  75  of  the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivision 3 is
   18  added to read as follows:
   19    2.   methadone and the methadone weighs  two  thousand  eight  hundred
   20  eighty milligrams or more[.]; OR
   21    3.  ONE  OR  MORE  PREPARATIONS,  COMPOUNDS,  MIXTURES  OR  SUBSTANCES
   22  CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE, ITS SALTS, ISOMERS OR SALTS OF  ISOMERS  AND
   23  SAID PREPARATIONS, COMPOUNDS, MIXTURES OR SUBSTANCES ARE OF AN AGGREGATE
   24  WEIGHT OF TWO OUNCES OR MORE.
   25    S 7. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   26  ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply only to
   27  offenses  committed  on  or after such date; offenses committed prior to
   28  such date shall be governed by the provisions of law in  effect  at  the
   29  time the offense was committed.