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                                   1127
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  AKSHAR, AMEDORE, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, O'MARA, ORTT,
   YOUNG -- 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 upon the grounds of a drug or  alcohol  treatment
   center

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 220.66  to
 read as follows:
 § 220.66 CRIMINAL  SALE  OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE UPON THE GROUNDS OF A
            DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE  UPON
 THE GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER WHEN HE OR SHE KNOWING
 AND UNLAWFULLY SELLS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF:
   (A)  ANY  ONE  OF  SUBDIVISIONS ONE THROUGH SIX-A OF SECTION 220.34 OF
 THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SUCH SALE TAKES PLACE UPON THE GROUNDS OF A  DRUG  OR
 ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER; OR
   (B)  ANY  ONE  OF  SUBDIVISIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT OF SECTION 220.39 OF
 THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SUCH SALE TAKES PLACE UPON THE GROUNDS OF A  DRUG  OR
 ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER.
   2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "UPON THE GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR
 ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER" MEANS (A)  IN,  ON  OR  WITHIN  ANY  BUILDING,
 STRUCTURE, PARKING LOT OR LAND CONTAINED WITHIN THE REAL PROPERTY BOUND-
 ARY LINE OF ANY FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE SERVICES, AS
 DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION FIFTY-FIVE OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE
 LAW, OR A METHADONE CLINIC, OR (B) ANY AREA  ACCESSIBLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC
 LOCATED  WITHIN  ONE  THOUSAND  FEET  OF THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE
 COMPRISING ANY FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES CHEMICAL DEPENDENCE SERVICES,  AS
 DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION FIFTY-FIVE OF SECTION 1.03 OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE
 LAW, OR ANY METHADONE CLINIC, OR ANY PARKED AUTOMOBILE OR  OTHER  PARKED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 VEHICLE  LOCATED  WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF THE REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY
 LINE COMPRISING SUCH A FACILITY OR METHADONE CLINIC. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, "AREA ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC" MEANS SIDEWALKS,  STREETS,
 PARKING LOTS, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, STORES AND RESTAURANTS.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION SHALL BE
 ESTABLISHED  THAT  A  DEFENDANT HAS KNOWLEDGE THAT HE OR SHE IS UPON THE
 GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER WHEN NOTICE  IS  CONSPICU-
 OUSLY POSTED OF THE PRESENCE OR PROXIMITY OF A DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT
 CENTER OR METHADONE CLINIC.
   CRIMINAL  SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE UPON THE GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR
 ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER IS A CLASS B FELONY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.