| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1107-A, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 383, | §127 and affected by §156, is amended to read: |
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| B. A schedule W drug that is: |
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| (1) Heroin (diacetylmorphine); |
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| (2) Cocaine in the form of cocaine base and at the | time of the offense the person has been convicted of | any offense under this chapter or under any law of the | United States, another state or a foreign country | relating to scheduled drugs, as defined in this | chapter. For the purposes of this paragraph, a person | has been convicted of an offense on the date the | judgment of conviction was entered by the court; or |
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| Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime; |
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| | This bill makes illegal possession of oxycodone, hydrocodone | and hydromorphone a Class C crime. |
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