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SENATE BILL NO. 59
BY SENATORS MORRELL AND BROOME AND REPRESENTATIVE WESLEY
BISHOP
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 40:981.2(A) and (C), relative to soliciting minors to distribute2
controlled dangerous substances; to amend elements of the crime; to add certain3
controlled dangerous substances to enhanced penalty provisions; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 40:981.2(A) and (C) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows:8
ยง981.2. Soliciting minors to produce, manufacture, distribute, or dispense9
controlled dangerous substances10
A. No person eighteen years of age or older shall solicit, procure, or counsel11
any person under eighteen years of age to produce, manufacture, distribute, or12
dispense or attempt possess with the intent to produce, manufacture, distribute,13
or dispense distribute or attempt to distribute, in violation of any provision of R.S.14
40:966 through R.S. 40:970, any controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedules15
I, II, III, IV, or V, or to distribute or attempt to distribute, in violation of R.S. 40:989,16
a chemical substance commonly known as "rush".17
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C. Any person eighteen years of age or older who violates the provisions of19
this Section by soliciting, procuring, or counseling a person under eighteen years of20
age to distribute or to attempt to distribute cocaine, oxycodone, heroin,21
methamphetamine, or methadone in violation of R.S. 40:967(A) or (B) shall be22 SB NO. 59 ENROLLED
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sentenced to a term of imprisonment at hard labor for not less than ten nor more than1
thirty years, at least ten years of which shall be served without benefit of parole,2
probation, or suspension of sentence.3
Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: