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HF 4023

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/04/2024 04:35pm

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A bill for an act
 relating to public safety; proposing increased penalties for certain controlled
substance offenses involving fentanyl; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, section 152.021, subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 152.021, subdivision 1, is amended
to read:


Subdivision 1.

Sale crimes.

A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the first
degree if:

(1) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or
more mixtures of a total weight of 17 grams or more containing cocaine or methamphetamine;

(2) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or
more mixtures of a total weight of new text begin either new text end ten grams or more containing cocaine or
methamphetamine new text begin or three grams or more, or 12 dosage units or more, containing heroin
or fentanyl new text end and:

(i) the person or an accomplice possesses on their person or within immediate reach, or
uses, whether by brandishing, displaying, threatening with, or otherwise employing, a
firearm; or

(ii) the offense involves two aggravating factors;

(3) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or
more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more, or 40 dosage units or more, containing
heroin or fentanyl;

(4) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or
more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams or more containing a narcotic drug other than
cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, or methamphetamine; or

(5) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully sells one or
more mixtures of a total weight of 50 grams or more containing amphetamine, phencyclidine,
or hallucinogen or, if the controlled substance is packaged in dosage units, equaling 200 or
more dosage units.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2024, and applies to crimes
committed on or after that date.
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