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1998 SESSION

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SB 216 Drug kingpins.

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

SUMMARY:

Drug kingpins. Lowers the thresholds for attaining drug kingpin status from $500,000 in drug commerce to $250,000 and in drug distribution quantity from 100 to 50 kilos of heroin, from 500 to 250 kilos of cocaine or coca derivatives or ecognine and from 1.5 to 0.75 kilos of cocaine base. A drug kingpin can be fined a million dollars and imprisoned for 20 years to life, 20 years of which is not subject to suspension.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 988621739  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/98  Senate: Presented & ordered printed 988621739
• 01/14/98  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/20/98  Senate: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: Criminal Law/Procedure
• 02/11/98  Senate: Continued to 1999 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)