| 1 | 1 | | 24 LC 48 1207 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 1420 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives McCollum of the 30 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Fleming of the 114 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Smith of the 18 |
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| 12 | 12 | | , and Gaines of the 120 |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, |
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| 19 | 19 | | relating to regulation of controlled substances, so as to provide for the offense of unlawfully2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | possessing a pill press, tableting machine, an encapsulating machine, or other controlled3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | substance counterfeiting materials; to provide for exceptions; to provide for violation and4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | penalties; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | and for other purposes.6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1.8 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article 2 of Chapter 13 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to9 |
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| 27 | 27 | | regulation of controlled substances, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | follows:11 |
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| 29 | 29 | | "16-13-30.7. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) As used in this Code Section, the term:13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) 'Controlled substance' has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-13-21.14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) 'Controlled substance counterfeiting material' means a punch, die, plate, stone, or15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | other item designed to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark, trade name, or other16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | identifying mark, imprint, or device of another or any likeness of any of the foregoing17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | upon a drug or container or the labeling thereof so as to render such drug a counterfeit18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | substance.19 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) 'Counterfeit substance' has the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-13-21.20 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (4) 'Encapsulating machine' means manual, semiautomatic, or fully automatic equipment21 |
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| 42 | 42 | | that may be used to fill shells or capsules with powdered or granular solids or semisolid22 |
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| 43 | 43 | | material to produce coherent solid tablets.23 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (5) 'Pill press' means a mechanical device that compresses powder substances into tablets24 |
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| 45 | 45 | | by running such powder substance through a machine fitted with a die mold that25 |
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| 46 | 46 | | determines the shape and markings on such tablets.26 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (6) 'Regulated person' means a person or entity described in paragraph (22), (28), (29),27 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (30), (33), or (41) of Code Section 26-4-5.28 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (7) 'Tableting machine' means manual, semiautomatic, or fully automatic equipment that29 |
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| 50 | 50 | | may be used to compact or mold powdered or granular solids or semisolid material to30 |
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| 51 | 51 | | produce coherent solid tablets.31 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) It shall be unlawful for any person other than a regulated person to possess, purchase,32 |
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| 53 | 53 | | deliver, sell, or possess with intent to sell or deliver a pill press or tableting machine, an33 |
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| 54 | 54 | | encapsulating machine, or other controlled substance counterfeiting materials knowing,34 |
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| 55 | 55 | | intending, or having reasonable cause to believe that such items or materials will be used35 |
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| 56 | 56 | | to manufacture a controlled substance or counterfeit substance.36 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a person who violates this37 |
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| 58 | 58 | | Code section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by38 |
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| 59 | 59 | | imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than ten years."39 |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 2.40 |
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| 61 | 61 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.41 |
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| 62 | 62 | | H. B. 1420 |
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