General Assembly Raised Bill No. 953
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 2984
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Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 953
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 2984
*02984_______JUD*
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
(JUD)
AN ACT CONCERNING NONVIOLENT DRUG POSSESSION OFFENSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) Any person who possesses or has under his control less than one ounce of a cannabis-type substance, except as authorized in chapter 420b of the general statutes, shall have committed an infraction.
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 21a-279 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(c) Any person who possesses or has under his control any quantity of any controlled substance other than a narcotic substance, or a hallucinogenic substance other than marijuana or who possesses or has under his control one ounce or more but less than four ounces of a cannabis-type substance, except as authorized in this chapter, for a first offense, may be fined not more than one thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than one year, or be both fined and imprisoned; and for a subsequent offense, may be fined not more than three thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than five years, or be both fined and imprisoned.
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 21a-267 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) No person shall use or possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia, as defined in subdivision (20) of section 21a-240, to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain or conceal, or to ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body, any controlled substance as defined in subdivision (9) of section 21a-240. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall [be guilty of a class C misdemeanor] have committed an infraction.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2011 New section
Sec. 2 October 1, 2011 21a-279(c)
Sec. 3 October 1, 2011 21a-267(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2011
New section
Sec. 2
October 1, 2011
21a-279(c)
Sec. 3
October 1, 2011
21a-267(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a more rational drug policy by making the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and the possession or use of drug paraphernalia infractions rather than misdemeanors.
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