 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 4, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal  law,  in  relation  to  criminal  sale  of  a
          controlled substance
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 7 of  section  220.41  of  the  penal  law,  as
     2  amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivi-
     3  sion 8 is added to read as follows:
     4    7.   methadone and the methadone weighs three hundred sixty milligrams
     5  or more[.]; or
     6    8.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
     7  containing  carfentanil  and  said  preparations, compounds, mixtures or
     8  substances are an aggregate weight of two milligrams or more.
     9    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 220.43 of the penal law, as  amended  by
    10  chapter  75  of  the laws of 1995, is amended and a new subdivision 3 is
    11  added to read as follows:
    12    2.   methadone and the methadone weighs  two  thousand  eight  hundred
    13  eighty milligrams or more[.]; or
    14    3.  one  or  more  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or  substances
    15  containing carfentanil and said  preparations,  compounds,  mixtures  or
    16  substances are an aggregate weight of ten milligrams or more.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    18  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05513-01-7
Relates to criminal sale of a controlled substance

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