CHAPTER 415

H.P. 490 - L.D. 670

An Act To Protect Children Using Maine's Athletic Fields

and Parks from Drug Dealers

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1101, sub-§23 is enacted to read:

23.__"Safe zone" means an athletic field, park, playground or recreational facility that is designated as a safe zone by a municipality pursuant to Title 30-A, section 3253.

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1105-A, sub-§1, ķE, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 383, §119 and affected by §156, is amended to read:

E. At the time of the offense, the person is on a school bus or within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a private or public elementary or secondary school or a safe zone as defined in section 1101, subsection 23 and the drug is:

(1) A schedule W drug. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class A crime;

(2) Marijuana in a quantity of 20 pounds or more. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class A crime;

(3) A schedule X drug. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class B crime;

(4) Marijuana in a quantity of more than one pound. Violation of this subparagraph is a Class B crime;