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HB 78 Engrossed 2017 Regular Session Dwight
Abstract: Relocates the penalty provisions for possession of phencyclidine, a Schedule II
Controlled Dangerous Substance.
Present law classified phencyclidine as a Schedule II controlled dangerous substance. Present law
provides for penalties for the possession of phencyclidine including imprisonment, with or without
hard labor, for five to 20 years, a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, but these penalty provisions
are included in the statutory scheme for Schedule I provisions.
Proposed law moves the present law penalties for possession of phencyclidine to the present law
penalties of controlled dangerous substances classified in Schedule II.
(Amends R.S. 40:966(C)(2) and 967(C); Repeals R.S. 40:966(C)(3))