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LD 961 Title Page An Act to Strengthen the State's Drug Laws LD 961 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1105, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt.
A, §58 and affected by §153 and Pt. C, §15, is further amended to
read:

 
E. A person violates section 1103 or 1106, and, at the time
of the offense, the person is on a school bus or on or
within 1,000 feet of the real property comprising a private
or public elementary or secondary school. For purposes of
this paragraph, "school bus" has the same meaning as set
forth in Title 29-A, section 2301, subsection 5; or

 
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1105, sub-§1, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 924,
§11, is amended to read:

 
F. A person violates section 1103 or 1106, and, at the time
of the offense, the person enlists or solicits the aid of or
conspires with a child who is, in fact, under 18 years of
age, to traffick in or furnish any scheduled drug.; or

 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1105, sub-§1, ¶G is enacted to read:

 
G.__A person violates section 1103 or 1106, and, as a result
of that offense another person suffers serious bodily injury
or death.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill amends the definition of aggravated trafficking or
furnishing scheduled drugs to include: furnishing a scheduled
drug while on a school bus or within 1,000 feet of an elementary
or secondary school; using a person under the age of 18 to
furnish or traffick in a scheduled drug; and whenever serious
bodily injury or death results to another person as a result of
the furnishing or trafficking.


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