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28		-	ENGROSSED HOUSE
29		-	BILL NO. 1615 By: Worthen of the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33		-	Howard of the Senate
	33	+	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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	35	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	36	+	FOR
	37	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 1615 By: Worthen
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	43	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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40	45		An Act relating to public health and safety; ame nding
41	46		63 O.S. 2021, Section 2-402, which relates to the
42	47		Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act;
43	48		providing separate penalties for unlawfully
44	49		possessing controlled dangerous substances;
45	50		authorizing the referral of violations to certain
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54	59		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
55	60		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 20 21, Section 2-402, is
56	61		amended to read as follows:
57	62		Section 2-402. A. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person
58	63		knowingly or intentionally to p ossess a controlled dangerous
59	64		substance unless such substance was obtained directly, or pursuant
60	65		to a valid prescription or order from a practitioner, while acting
61	66		in the course of his or her professional practice, or except as
62	67		otherwise authorized by this act.
63		-	2. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase any
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	95	+	2. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase any
	96	+	preparation excepted from the provisions of the Unifo rm Controlled
91	97		Dangerous Substances Act pursuant to Section 2 -313 of this title in
92	98		an amount or within a time interval other than that permitt ed by
93	99		Section 2-313 of this title.
94	100		3. It shall be unlawful for any person or business to sell,
95	101		market, advertise or label any product containing ephedrine, its
96	102		salts, optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, for the
97	103		indication of stimulation, mental alertness, weight loss, appetite
98	104		control, muscle development, energy or other indication which is not
99	105		approved by the pertinent federal OTC Final Monograph, Tentative
100	106		Final Monograph, or FDA-approved new drug application or its legal
101	107		equivalent. In determ ining compliance with this requirement, the
102	108		following factors shall be considered:
103	109		a. the packaging of the product,
104	110		b. the name of the product, and
105	111		c. the distribution and promotion of the product,
106	112		including verbal representations made at the point of
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108	114		B. 1. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a
109	115		misdemeanor punishable by confinement for not more than one (1) year
110	116		and by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1, 000.00).
111	117		2. Any person who is convicted, receives a deferred sentence,
112	118		or receives a suspended sentence for an offense provided for in this
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	146	+	section, excluding the use of marijuana, and receives a second
	147	+	conviction within ten (10) years for an offense provided for in this
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142	149		punishable as such terms are provided for in paragraph 1 of this
143	150		subsection. In addition, the person may be required to:
144	151		a. complete a substance abuse assessment or evaluation
145	152		and follow the recommendatio ns subsequent thereto, and
146	153		b. complete a drug diversion program for up to one (1)
147	154		year following the date of conviction as ordered by
148	155		the court. If the person refuses or fails to complete
149	156		the drug diversion program, the person may be subject
150	157		to the terms of punishment provided for in paragraph 1
151	158		of this subsection.
152	159		3. Any person who is convicted, receives a deferred sentence,
153	160		or receives a suspended sentence for an offense provided for in this
154	161		section, excluding the use of marijuana, and receives a third or
155	162		subsequent conviction within ten (10) years for an offense provided
156	163		for in this section shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a
157	164		misdemeanor punishable as such terms are provided for in paragraph 1
158	165		of this subsection. In addition, the person may be required to:
159	166		a. complete a substance abuse assessment or evaluation
160	167		and follow the recommendations subsequent thereto, and
161	168		b. complete a drug diversion program for up to three (3)
162	169		years following the date of conviction as ordered by
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	197	+	the court. If the person refuses or fails to complete
	198	+	the drug diversion program, the person may be subject
191	199		to the terms of punishment provided for in paragraph 1
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193	201		C. Violations under this section shall be referred to the state
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196		-	the discretion to requir e any of the drug di version options outline d
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199		-	suspended sentence. Municipal courts may adopt ordinances
200		-	consistent with the provisions of this section.
	202	+	or to a municipal court of record for prosecution. If prosecution
	203	+	is refused by the state, the offense may be prosecuted in a
	204	+	municipal court not of record. Municipal courts may adopt
	205	+	ordinances consistent with the provisions of this section.
201	206		D. Any person convicted of any offense de scribed in this
202	207		section shall, in addition to any fine imposed, pay a special
203	208		assessment trauma-care fee of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be
204	209		deposited into the Trauma Care Assistance Revolving Fund created in
205	210		Section 1-2530.9 of this title.
206	211		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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	213	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND CONTROLLED
	214	+	SUBSTANCES, dated 03/02/2023 - DO PASS, As Amended.