Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to codes |
Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to codes |
Senate Bill S549
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Codes Committee
- Introduced
-
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
-
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
-
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S549 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S549 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S549 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal possession of a controlled substance PURPOSE : The purpose of this bill is to criminalize the possession of an anabolic steroid when obtain in a specific amount of quantity. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill incorporates into New York State Law that a person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance as stated in § 220. 06 felony in the fifth degree, §220.09 felony in the fourth degree and § 220.16 felony in the third degree when he/she is in possession of nonprescribed anabolic steroids. The degree of felony will be dependant upon the quantity that an individual is in possession of. The criminal possession of anabolic steroids in the amount of one thousand milligrams or more than one thousand pills will result in a fifth degree, class D felony. The criminal possession of anabolic steroids in the amount of five thousand milligrams or more than twelve thousand five hundred pills will result in a fourth degree, class C felony. The criminal possession of anabolic steroids in the amount of twenty-five thousand milligrams or more than sixty-two thousand five hundred pills will result in a third degree, class B felony.
2009-S549 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 549 A. 1561 2009-2010 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. ADAMS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. CAMARA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFANO, CALHOUN, ESPAILLAT, HOOPER, JEFFRIES, MAISEL, N. RIVERA, ROBINSON, TITONE, TOWNS, WALKER, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to criminal possession of a controlled substance THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 220.06 of the penal law, as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 1995, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 537 of the laws of 1998, subdivision 6 as added by chapter 635 of the laws of 1997, subdivision 7 as amended and subdivision 8 as added by chapter 264 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: S 220.06 Criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree. A person is guilty of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree when he knowingly and unlawfully possesses: 1. a controlled substance with intent to sell it; or 2. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing a narcotic preparation and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of one-half ounce or more; or 3. phencyclidine and said phencyclidine weighs fifty milligrams or more; or 4. one or more preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances containing concentrated cannabis as defined in paragraph (a) of subdivi- sion four of section thirty-three hundred two of the public health law and said preparations, compounds, mixtures or substances are of an aggregate weight of one-fourth ounce or more; or
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.