Bill Text: NY A04703 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4703 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the regulation of pseudoephedrine.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to codes [A04703 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04703-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4703
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 5, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER, BLANKENBUSH, FRIEND, McDONOUGH --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. PALMESANO -- read once and referred  to
          the Committee on Codes
        AN  ACT  to  amend the penal law, in relation to the regulation of pseu-
          doephedrine
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.   Section 220.72 of the penal law, as added by chapter 394
     2  of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
     3  § 220.72 Criminal possession of precursors of methamphetamine.
     4    A person is guilty of criminal possession of precursors of  methamphe-
     5  tamine  when  he or she: 1. possesses at the same time a precursor and a
     6  solvent or chemical reagent, with intent to use or knowing that  another
     7  intends  to  use  each  such  precursor,  solvent or chemical reagent to
     8  unlawfully manufacture methamphetamine.
     9    2.  purchases or sells an amount in excess of 3.6 grams a day  or  9.0
    10  grams per month of pseudoephedrine without regard to the number of tran-
    11  sactions.
    12    Criminal  possession  of  precursors  of  methamphetamine is a class E
    13  felony.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06571-01-9