SENATE BILL No. 650

 

 

August 13, 2003, Introduced by Senators CROPSEY, BIRKHOLZ, PATTERSON, BISHOP, KUIPERS, SCHAUER, GEORGE, JELINEK, McMANUS and HARDIMAN and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Public health code,"                                                       

                                                                                

    by amending section 17766c (MCL 333.17766c), as added by 1994 PA            

                                                                                

    38.                                                                         

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 17766c.  (1) A person shall not possess more than 10                   

                                                                                

2   grams of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine alone or in a mixture.                

                                                                                

3       (2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony                

                                                                                

4   punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of           

                                                                                

5   not more than $2,000.00, or both.                                           

                                                                                

6       (3) This section does not apply to any of the following:                    

                                                                                

7       (a) A person who possesses ephedrine or pseudoephedrine                     

                                                                                

8   pursuant to a license issued by this state or the United States             

                                                                                

9   to manufacture, deliver, dispense, possess with intent to                   

                                                                                

10  manufacture or deliver, or possess a controlled substance,                  

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   prescription drug, or other drug.                                           

                                                                                

2       (b) An individual who possesses ephedrine or pseudoephedrine                

                                                                                

3   pursuant to a prescription.                                                 

                                                                                

4       (c) A person who possesses ephedrine or pseudoephedrine for                 

                                                                                

5   retail sale pursuant to a license issued  pursuant to  under the            

                                                                                

6   general sales tax act,  Act No. 167 of the Public Acts of 1933,             

                                                                                

7   being sections 205.51 to 205.78 of the Michigan Compiled Laws               

                                                                                

8   1933 PA 167, MCL 205.51 to 205.78.                                          

                                                                                

9       (d) A person who possesses ephedrine or pseudoephedrine in                  

                                                                                

10  the course of his or her business of selling or transporting                

                                                                                

11  ephedrine or pseudoephedrine to a person described in subdivision           

                                                                                

12  (a) or (c).                                                                 

                                                                                

13      (e) A person who, in the course of his or her business,                     

                                                                                

14  stores ephedrine or pseudoephedrine for sale or distribution to a           

                                                                                

15  person described in subdivision (a), (c), or (d).