 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10477
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 27, 2018
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Codes
 
        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 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.
                                                                   LBD05704-01-7
Relates to the criminal possession of fentanyl

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