General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 7292
January Session, 2017 *_____HB07292JUD___040617____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 7292
January Session, 2017
*_____HB07292JUD___040617____*
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEALING OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 21a-277 of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(a) Any person who manufactures, distributes, sells, prescribes, dispenses, compounds, transports with the intent to sell or dispense, possesses with the intent to sell or dispense, offers, gives or administers to another person any controlled substance which is a hallucinogenic substance other than marijuana, or a narcotic substance, including, but not limited to, any such substance prescribed to a person other than the purchaser or recipient or intended purchaser or recipient of such prescription drug, except as authorized in this chapter, for a first offense, shall be imprisoned not more than fifteen years and may be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or be both fined and imprisoned; and for a second offense shall be imprisoned not more than thirty years and may be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars, or be both fined and imprisoned; and for each subsequent offense, shall be imprisoned not more than thirty years and may be fined not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars, or be both fined and imprisoned.
(b) Any person who manufactures, distributes, sells, prescribes, dispenses, compounds, transports with intent to sell or dispense, possesses with intent to sell or dispense, offers, gives or administers to another person any controlled substance, except a narcotic substance, or a hallucinogenic substance other than marijuana, including but not limited to, any such substance prescribed to a person other than the purchaser or recipient or intended purchaser or recipient of such prescription drug, except as authorized in this chapter, may, for the first offense, be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than seven years or be both fined and imprisoned; and, for each subsequent offense, may be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars or be imprisoned not more than fifteen years, or be both fined and imprisoned.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 21a-277(a) and (b)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
21a-277(a) and (b)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Subsecs. (a) and (b), "pursuant to this subsection" was deleted for clarity.
JUD Joint Favorable Subst.
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Joint Favorable Subst.