| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to public safety; providing the same weight threshold and penalty for |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 fentanyl as is for heroin; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 152.01, by |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 adding a subdivision; 152.021, subdivisions 1, 2; 152.022, subdivisions 1, 2; |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 152.023, subdivision 2; 152.025, subdivision 4. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.01, is amended by adding a subdivision |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8to read: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subd. 25.Fentanyl.As used in sections 152.021 to 152.025, "fentanyl" includes fentanyl, |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10carfentanil, and any fentanyl analogs and fentanyl-related substances listed in section 152.02, |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11subdivisions 2 and 3. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 Subdivision 1.Sale crimes.A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the first |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14degree if: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (1) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16more mixtures of a total weight of 17 grams or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (2) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19and: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22firearm; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Sec. 2. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 23-00684 as introduced12/01/22 REVISOR KLL/HL |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 2659NINETY-THIRD SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: SEEBERGER and Latz) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading03/06/2023 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety 2.1 (ii) the offense involves two aggravating factors; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2 (3) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more containing heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4 (4) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams or more containing a narcotic drug other than |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, or methamphetamine; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 (5) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9or hallucinogen or, if the controlled substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 200 or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10more dosage units; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11 (6) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12more mixtures of a total weight of 25 kilograms or more containing marijuana or |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13Tetrahydrocannabinols. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.15committed on or after that date. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.17 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of a controlled substance crime in |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.18the first degree if: |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.19 (1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.20or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine; |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.21 (2) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.22or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine and: |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.23 (i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.24uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.25firearm; or |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.26 (ii) the offense involves two aggravating factors; |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.27 (3) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.28or more containing heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2.29 (4) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 500 grams |
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| 60 | 60 | | 2.30or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, or methamphetamine; |
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| 61 | 61 | | 2Sec. 3. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 23-00684 as introduced12/01/22 REVISOR KLL/HL 3.1 (5) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 500 grams |
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| 63 | 63 | | 3.2or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, or hallucinogen or, if the controlled |
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| 64 | 64 | | 3.3substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 500 or more dosage units; or |
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| 65 | 65 | | 3.4 (6) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 3.5kilograms or more containing marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinols, or possesses 500 or |
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| 67 | 67 | | 3.6more marijuana plants. |
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| 68 | 68 | | 3.7 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may |
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| 69 | 69 | | 3.8not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture |
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| 70 | 70 | | 3.9contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid. |
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| 71 | 71 | | 3.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes |
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| 72 | 72 | | 3.11committed on or after that date. |
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| 73 | 73 | | 3.12 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.022, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 74 | 74 | | 3.13 Subdivision 1.Sale crimes.A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the |
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| 75 | 75 | | 3.14second degree if: |
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| 76 | 76 | | 3.15 (1) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 77 | 77 | | 3.16more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more containing a narcotic drug other than |
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| 78 | 78 | | 3.17heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 79 | 79 | | 3.18 (2) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 80 | 80 | | 3.19more mixtures of a total weight of three grams or more containing cocaine or |
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| 81 | 81 | | 3.20methamphetamine and: |
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| 82 | 82 | | 3.21 (i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or |
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| 83 | 83 | | 3.22uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a |
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| 84 | 84 | | 3.23firearm; or |
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| 85 | 85 | | 3.24 (ii) the offense involves three aggravating factors; |
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| 86 | 86 | | 3.25 (3) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 87 | 87 | | 3.26more mixtures of a total weight of three grams or more containing heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 88 | 88 | | 3.27 (4) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 89 | 89 | | 3.28more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, |
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| 90 | 90 | | 3.29or hallucinogen or, if the controlled substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 50 or |
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| 91 | 91 | | 3.30more dosage units; |
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| 92 | 92 | | 3Sec. 4. |
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| 93 | 93 | | 23-00684 as introduced12/01/22 REVISOR KLL/HL 4.1 (5) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or |
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| 94 | 94 | | 4.2more mixtures of a total weight of ten kilograms or more containing marijuana or |
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| 95 | 95 | | 4.3Tetrahydrocannabinols; |
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| 96 | 96 | | 4.4 (6) the person unlawfully sells any amount of a Schedule I or II narcotic drug to a person |
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| 97 | 97 | | 4.5under the age of 18, or conspires with or employs a person under the age of 18 to unlawfully |
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| 98 | 98 | | 4.6sell the substance; or |
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| 99 | 99 | | 4.7 (7) the person unlawfully sells any of the following in a school zone, a park zone, a |
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| 100 | 100 | | 4.8public housing zone, or a drug treatment facility: |
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| 101 | 101 | | 4.9 (i) any amount of a Schedule I or II narcotic drug, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), |
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| 102 | 102 | | 4.103,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine, or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine; |
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| 103 | 103 | | 4.11 (ii) one or more mixtures containing methamphetamine or amphetamine; or |
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| 104 | 104 | | 4.12 (iii) one or more mixtures of a total weight of five kilograms or more containing marijuana |
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| 105 | 105 | | 4.13or Tetrahydrocannabinols. |
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| 106 | 106 | | 4.14 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes |
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| 107 | 107 | | 4.15committed on or after that date. |
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| 108 | 108 | | 4.16 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.022, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 109 | 109 | | 4.17 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the |
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| 110 | 110 | | 4.18second degree if: |
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| 111 | 111 | | 4.19 (1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 grams |
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| 112 | 112 | | 4.20or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine; |
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| 113 | 113 | | 4.21 (2) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams |
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| 114 | 114 | | 4.22or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine and: |
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| 115 | 115 | | 4.23 (i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or |
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| 116 | 116 | | 4.24uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a |
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| 117 | 117 | | 4.25firearm; or |
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| 118 | 118 | | 4.26 (ii) the offense involves three aggravating factors; |
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| 119 | 119 | | 4.27 (3) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of six grams |
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| 120 | 120 | | 4.28or more containing heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 121 | 121 | | 4.29 (4) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams |
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| 122 | 122 | | 4.30or more containing a narcotic drug other than cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, or methamphetamine; |
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| 123 | 123 | | 4Sec. 5. |
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| 124 | 124 | | 23-00684 as introduced12/01/22 REVISOR KLL/HL 5.1 (5) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams |
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| 125 | 125 | | 5.2or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine, or hallucinogen or, if the controlled |
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| 126 | 126 | | 5.3substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 100 or more dosage units; or |
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| 127 | 127 | | 5.4 (6) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures of a total weight of 25 |
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| 128 | 128 | | 5.5kilograms or more containing marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinols, or possesses 100 or |
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| 129 | 129 | | 5.6more marijuana plants. |
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| 130 | 130 | | 5.7 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may |
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| 131 | 131 | | 5.8not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture |
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| 132 | 132 | | 5.9contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid. |
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| 133 | 133 | | 5.10 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes |
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| 134 | 134 | | 5.11committed on or after that date. |
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| 135 | 135 | | 5.12 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.023, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 136 | 136 | | 5.13 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the |
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| 137 | 137 | | 5.14third degree if: |
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| 138 | 138 | | 5.15 (1) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 139 | 139 | | 5.16one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more containing a narcotic drug other |
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| 140 | 140 | | 5.17than heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 141 | 141 | | 5.18 (2) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 142 | 142 | | 5.19one or more mixtures of a total weight of three grams or more containing heroin or fentanyl; |
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| 143 | 143 | | 5.20 (3) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 144 | 144 | | 5.21one or more mixtures containing a narcotic drug, it is packaged in dosage units, and equals |
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| 145 | 145 | | 5.2250 or more dosage units; |
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| 146 | 146 | | 5.23 (4) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 147 | 147 | | 5.24any amount of a schedule I or II narcotic drug or five or more dosage units of lysergic acid |
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| 148 | 148 | | 5.25diethylamide (LSD), 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine, or |
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| 149 | 149 | | 5.263,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone, |
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| 150 | 150 | | 5.27or a drug treatment facility; |
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| 151 | 151 | | 5.28 (5) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses |
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| 152 | 152 | | 5.29one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten kilograms or more containing marijuana or |
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| 153 | 153 | | 5.30Tetrahydrocannabinols; or |
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| 154 | 154 | | 5Sec. 6. |
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| 155 | 155 | | 23-00684 as introduced12/01/22 REVISOR KLL/HL 6.1 (6) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures containing methamphetamine |
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| 156 | 156 | | 6.2or amphetamine in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone, or a drug treatment |
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| 157 | 157 | | 6.3facility. |
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| 158 | 158 | | 6.4 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may |
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| 159 | 159 | | 6.5not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture |
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| 160 | 160 | | 6.6contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid. |
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| 161 | 161 | | 6.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes |
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| 162 | 162 | | 6.8committed on or after that date. |
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| 163 | 163 | | 6.9 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.025, subdivision 4, is amended to read: |
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| 164 | 164 | | 6.10 Subd. 4.Penalty.(a) A person convicted under the provisions of subdivision 2, clause |
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| 165 | 165 | | 6.11(1), who has not been previously convicted of a violation of this chapter or a similar offense |
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| 166 | 166 | | 6.12in another jurisdiction, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor if: (1) the amount of the controlled |
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| 167 | 167 | | 6.13substance possessed, other than heroin or fentanyl, is less than 0.25 grams or one dosage |
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| 168 | 168 | | 6.14unit or less if the controlled substance was possessed in dosage units; or (2) the controlled |
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| 169 | 169 | | 6.15substance possessed is heroin or fentanyl and the amount possessed is less than 0.05 grams. |
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| 170 | 170 | | 6.16 (b) A person convicted under the provisions of subdivision 1; subdivision 2, clause (1), |
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| 171 | 171 | | 6.17unless the conduct is described in paragraph (a); or subdivision 2, clause (2), may be |
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| 172 | 172 | | 6.18sentenced to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more |
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| 173 | 173 | | 6.19than $10,000, or both. |
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| 174 | 174 | | 6.20 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes |
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| 175 | 175 | | 6.21committed on or after that date. |
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| 176 | 176 | | 6Sec. 7. |
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| 177 | 177 | | 23-00684 as introduced12/01/22 REVISOR KLL/HL |
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