An Act To Reduce the Penalties for Certain Drug Offenses
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1107-A, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 383, §127 and affected by §156, is amended to read:
(1) Cocaine and the quantity possessed is more than 14 grams;
(2) Cocaine in the form of cocaine base and the quantity possessed is more than 4 grams; or
(3) Methamphetamine and the quantity possessed is more than 14 grams.
Section 9-A governs the use of prior convictions when determining a sentence, except that, for the purposes of this paragraph, the date of a prior conviction may precede the commission of the offense by more than 10 years.
Violation of this paragraph is a Class B crime;
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1107-A, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2007, c. 476, §43, is further amended to read:
(1) Heroin (diacetylmorphine);
(2) Cocaine in the form of cocaine base and at the time of the offense the person has one or more prior convictions for any offense under this chapter or for engaging in substantially similar conduct to that of the Maine offenses under this chapter in another jurisdiction. 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;
(3) Methamphetamine;
(4) Oxycodone;
(5) Hydrocodone; or
(6) Hydromorphone.
Section 9-A governs the use of prior convictions when determining a sentence, except that, for the purposes of this paragraph, the date of a prior conviction may precede the commission of the offense by more than 10 years.
Violation of this paragraph is a Class C crime;
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1152, sub-§2-D is enacted to read: