Assembly Bill A7063

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment center, or alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous meeting

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  • 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

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2023-A7063 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6207
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §220.66, Pen L

2023-A7063 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the crime of criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug or alcohol treatment center, or alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous meeting; designates such crime as a class E felony.

2023-A7063 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7063
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Codes
 
 AN  ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
   criminal sale of a controlled substance upon the grounds of a drug  or
   alcohol  treatment center, or alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anony-
   mous meeting

   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, OR ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OR
            NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS MEETING.
   1. A PERSON IS GUILTY OF CRIMINAL SALE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE  UPON
 THE  GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER, OR ALCOHOLICS ANONY-
 MOUS OR NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS MEETING WHEN HE OR SHE  KNOWING  AND  UNLAW-
 FULLY SELLS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF:
   (A)  SUBDIVISION  ONE, TWO, FOUR, FIVE, SIX OR SIX-A OF SECTION 220.34
 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SUCH SALE TAKES PLACE UPON THE GROUNDS OF  A  DRUG
 OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER, UPON THE GROUNDS OF AN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
 MEETING, OR UPON THE GROUNDS OF A NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS MEETING; OR
   (B)  SUBDIVISION  ONE,  TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN OR EIGHT OF
 SECTION 220.39 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHEN SUCH  SALE  TAKES  PLACE  UPON  THE
 GROUNDS  OF  A  DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER, UPON THE GROUNDS OF AN
 ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS MEETING, OR UPON THE GROUNDS OF A NARCOTICS  ANONY-
 MOUS MEETING.
   2.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "UPON THE GROUNDS OF A DRUG OR ALCOHOL TREATMENT CENTER" MEANS:
   (I) IN, ON OR WITHIN ANY BUILDING,  STRUCTURE,  PARKING  LOT  OR  LAND
 CONTAINED  WITHIN  THE  REAL PROPERTY BOUNDARY LINE OF ANY FACILITY THAT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10660-03-3
              

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