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SB 1156 Methamphetamine; manufacturing when person under 18 yrs. of age is present, penalty.

Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Penalties for methamphetamine manufacture. Increases the minimum penalty for manufacturing methamphetamine and imposes enhanced punishment for a second or subsequent offense, including three years mandatory minimum imprisonment for a third or subsequent offense. The bill also provides that any person 18 years of age or older who maintains a custodial relationship over a child under the age of 18 and who knowingly allows that child to be present in the same dwelling, apartment, hotel unit, garage, shed, or vehicle during the felonious manufacture or attempted manufacture of methamphetamine shall be imprisoned for not less than 10 nor more than 40 years to be served in addition to and consecutively with any other sentence. Certain state agencies are required to create a best practices protocol for use by law-enforcement and emergency response agencies regarding the clean-up of abandoned and deactivated methamphetamine production sites and for the retention and handling of methamphetamine by-products.


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