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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY HESS, BAKER, BARRAR, BOYD, D. COSTA, DeLUCA, GEIST, M.K. KELLER, MARSICO, MURT, PYLE, READSHAW, ROCK, STERN AND VULAKOVICH, JANUARY 27, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 27, 2011 |
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| AN ACT |
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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," further providing for |
11 | prohibited acts and penalties. |
12 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
13 | hereby enacts as follows: |
14 | Section 1. Section 13(a)(16), (b) and (i) of the act of |
15 | April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled |
16 | Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, amended December 14, |
17 | 1984 (P.L.988, No.200) and December 22, 1989 (P.L.750, No.104), |
18 | are amended, subsection (a) is amended by adding a clause and |
19 | the section is amended by adding a subsection to read: |
20 | Section 13. Prohibited Acts; Penalties.--(a) The following |
21 | acts and the causing thereof within the Commonwealth are hereby |
22 | prohibited: |
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1 | * * * |
2 | (16) Knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled or |
3 | counterfeit substance classified in Schedule III, IV or V by a |
4 | person not registered under this act, or a practitioner not |
5 | registered or licensed by the appropriate State board, unless |
6 | the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a |
7 | valid prescription order or order of a practitioner, or except |
8 | as otherwise authorized by this act. |
9 | (16.1) Knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled or |
10 | counterfeit substance classified in Schedule I or II by a person |
11 | not registered under this act, or a practitioner not registered |
12 | or licensed by the appropriate State board, unless the substance |
13 | was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription |
14 | order or order of a practitioner, or except as otherwise |
15 | authorized by this act. |
16 | * * * |
17 | (b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of clauses |
18 | (1) through (11), (13) [and (15)], (15), (16), (17) through (20) |
19 | or (37) of subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and |
20 | except for clauses (4), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (19) shall, on |
21 | conviction thereof, be sentenced to imprisonment not exceeding |
22 | one year or to pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars |
23 | ($5,000), or both, and for clauses (4), (6), (7), (8), (9) and |
24 | (19) shall, on conviction thereof, be sentenced to imprisonment |
25 | not exceeding three years or to pay a fine not exceeding five |
26 | thousand dollars ($5,000), or both; but, if the violation is |
27 | committed after a prior conviction of such person for a |
28 | violation of this act under this section has become final, such |
29 | person shall be sentenced to imprisonment not exceeding three |
30 | years or to pay a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand |
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1 | dollars ($25,000), or both. |
2 | (b.1) Any person who violates clause (16.1) is guilty of a |
3 | misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to |
4 | imprisonment not exceeding two years, or to pay a fine not |
5 | exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both, but, if the |
6 | violation is committed after a prior conviction of such person |
7 | for a violation of this act under this section has become final, |
8 | such person shall be sentenced to imprisonment not exceeding |
9 | three years, or to pay a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand |
10 | dollars ($25,000), or both. |
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12 | (i) (1) Any person who violates clauses (32), (33) and (34) |
13 | of subsection (a) is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction |
14 | thereof shall be sentenced as follows: |
15 | (i) For the first offense, the person shall be sentenced to |
16 | pay a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars |
17 | ($2,500) or to imprisonment not exceeding one (1) year, or both. |
18 | (ii) For the second and subsequent offense, the person shall |
19 | be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars |
20 | ($5,000) or to imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years, or |
21 | both. |
22 | (2) Any person who violates clause (33) by delivering drug |
23 | paraphernalia to a person under eighteen (18) years of age who |
24 | is three (3) or more years his junior shall be guilty of the |
25 | following: |
26 | (i) For the first offense, a misdemeanor of the second |
27 | degree and upon conviction thereof the person shall be sentenced |
28 | to pay a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) or to |
29 | imprisonment not exceeding two (2) years, or both. |
30 | (ii) For the second and subsequent offense, a misdemeanor |
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1 | and upon conviction thereof the person shall be sentenced to pay |
2 | a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or to |
3 | imprisonment not exceeding three (3) years, or both. |
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5 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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