HOUSE BILL No. 4594

 

April 13, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Mortimer and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 7410 (MCL 333.7410), as amended by 2000 PA 302.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7410. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2)

 

and (3), an individual 18 years of age or over who violates section

 

7401(2)(a)(iv) by delivering or distributing a controlled substance

 

listed in schedule 1 or 2 that is either a narcotic drug or

 

described in section 7214(a)(iv) to an individual under 18 years of

 

age who is at least 3 years the deliverer's or distributor's junior

 

may be punished by the fine authorized by section 7401(2)(a)(iv) or

 

by a term of imprisonment of not less than 1 year nor more than

 


twice that authorized by section 7401(2)(a)(iv), or both. An

 

individual 18 years of age or over who violates section 7401 or

 

7401b by delivering or distributing any other controlled substance

 

listed in schedules 1 to 5 or gamma-butyrolactone to an individual

 

under 18 years of age who is at least 3 years the distributor's

 

junior may be punished by the fine authorized by section

 

7401(2)(b), (c), or (d) or 7401b, or by a term of imprisonment not

 

more than twice that authorized by section 7401(2)(b), (c), or (d)

 

or 7401b, or both.

 

     (2) An individual 18 years of age or over who violates section

 

7401(2)(a)(iv) by delivering a controlled substance described in

 

schedule 1 or 2 that is either a narcotic drug or described in

 

section 7214(a)(iv) to another person on or within 1,000 feet of

 

school property shall be punished, subject to subsection  (5)  (6),

 

by a term of imprisonment of not less than 2 years or more than 3

 

times that authorized by section 7401(2)(a)(iv) and, in addition,

 

may be punished by a fine of not more than 3 times that authorized

 

by section 7401(2)(a)(iv).

 

     (3) An individual 18 years of age or over who violates section

 

7401(2)(a)(iv) by possessing with intent to deliver to another

 

person on or within 1,000 feet of school property a controlled

 

substance described in schedule 1 or 2 that is either a narcotic

 

drug or described in section 7214(a)(iv) shall be punished, subject

 

to subsection  (5)  (6), by a term of imprisonment of not less than

 

2 years or more than twice that authorized by section 7401(2)(a)(iv)

 

and, in addition, may be punished by a fine of not more than 3

 

times that authorized by section 7401(2)(a)(iv).

 


     (4)  An  Except as provided in subsection (5), an individual

 

18 years of age or over who violates section 7401b or 7403(2)(a)(v),

 

(b), (c), or (d) by possessing gamma-butyrolactone or a controlled

 

substance on school property shall be punished by a term of

 

imprisonment or a fine, or both, of not more than twice that

 

authorized by section 7401b or 7403(2)(a)(v), (b), (c), or (d).

 

     (5)  An individual 18 years of age or over who violates

 

section 7401b or 7403(2)(a)(v), (b), (c), or (d) by possessing

 

anabolic steroids within 1,000 feet of school property shall be

 

punished by a term of imprisonment or a fine, or both, of not more

 

than twice that authorized by section 7401b or 7403(2)(a)(v), (b),

 

(c), or (d).  As used in this subsection, "anabolic steroids" means

 

that term as defined in R 338.3122 of the Michigan administrative

 

code.

 

     (6)  (5)  The court may depart from the minimum term of

 

imprisonment authorized under subsection (2) or (3) if the court

 

finds on the record that there are substantial and compelling

 

reasons to do so.

 

     (7)  (6)  As used in this section, "school property" means a

 

building, playing field, or property used for school purposes to

 

impart instruction to children in grades kindergarten through 12,

 

when provided by a public, private, denominational, or parochial

 

school, except those buildings used primarily for adult education

 

or college extension courses.

 

     (8)  (7)  A person who distributes marihuana without

 

remuneration and not to further commercial distribution and who

 

does not violate subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor

 


punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of

 

not more than $1,000.00, or both, unless the distribution is in

 

accordance with the federal law or the law of this state.