PRINTER'S NO. 1010
No. 839 Session of 1987
INTRODUCED BY LYNCH AND HANKINS, MAY 20, 1987
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MAY 20, 1987
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), entitled
2 "An act relating to the manufacture, sale and possession of
3 controlled substances, other drugs, devices and cosmetics;
4 conferring powers on the courts and the secretary and
5 Department of Health, and a newly created Pennsylvania Drug,
6 Device and Cosmetic Board; establishing schedules of
7 controlled substances; providing penalties; requiring
8 registration of persons engaged in the drug trade and for the
9 revocation or suspension of certain licenses and
10 registrations; and repealing an act," providing that the
11 distribution of certain controlled substances which results
12 in a death constitutes murder of the second degree.
13 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
14 hereby enacts as follows:
15 Section 1. The act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known
16 as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, is
17 amended by adding a section to read:
18 Section 15.1. Distribution of Narcotic Drugs Resulting in
19 Death.--Any person who violates this act by distributing a
20 controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II which is a
21 narcotic drug to another person and that person or any other
22 person dies as a result of the use of such controlled substance
1 is guilty of murder of the second degree and upon conviction
2 shall be sentenced to life imprisonment.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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