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| 2 | 2 | | EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted |
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| 3 | 3 | | and is intended to be omitted in the law. |
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| 4 | 4 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 5 | 5 | | SENATE BILL NO. 354 |
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| 6 | 6 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 7 | 7 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BLACK. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 0865S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | To repeal sections 579.097 and 579.101, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the inhalation of substances, with penalty provisions. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Section A. Sections 579.097 and 579.101, RSMo, are 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | known as sections 579.097 and 579.101, to read as follows:3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 579.097. No person shall intentionally smell or inhale 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | the fumes, gases, or vapors of any solvent, [particularly] 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | chemical, reagent, refrigerant, or other substance 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | including, but not limited to, difluoroethane, 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | trifluoroethane, tetrafluoroethane, toluol, amyl nitrite, 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, ethyl nitrite, pentyl 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | nitrite, [and] or propyl nitrite and their iso -analogues or 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | induce any other person to do so, for the purpose of causing 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | a condition of, or inducing symptoms of, intoxication, 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | elation, euphoria, dizziness, excitement, irrational 10 |
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| 27 | 27 | | behavior, exhilaration, hallucination, paralysis, 11 |
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| 28 | 28 | | stupefaction, or dulling of senses or nervous system, or for 12 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the purpose of, in any manner, changing, distort ing, or 13 |
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| 30 | 30 | | disturbing the audio, visual, or mental processes; except 14 |
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| 31 | 31 | | that this section shall not apply to the inhalation of any 15 |
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| 32 | 32 | | anesthesia for medical or dental purposes. 16 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 579.101. 1. No person shall intentionally possess or 1 |
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| 34 | 34 | | buy any solvent, [particularly] chemical, reagent, 2 SB 354 2 |
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| 35 | 35 | | refrigerant, or other substance including, but not limited 3 |
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| 36 | 36 | | to, difluoroethane, trifluoroethane, tetrafluoroethane, 4 |
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| 37 | 37 | | toluol, amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite, cyclohexyl nitrite, 5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ethyl nitrite, pentyl nitrite, [and] or propyl nitrite and 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | their iso-analogues for the purpose of inducing or aiding 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | any other person to violate the provisions of sections 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 579.097 and 579.099. 9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2. Any person who violates any provision of sections 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 579.097 to 579.101 is guilty of a : 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) Class [B] D misdemeanor and, if allowed by law, is 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | punishable by participation in a drug treatment program for 13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the first violation [and a]; 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (2) Class [E felony] A misdemeanor for a second 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | violation; and 16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) Class D felony for any subsequent violations. 17 |
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