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

 
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1103, sub-§3, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 924, §8,
is amended to read:

 
C. Four grams or more of heroin; or

 
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1103, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 1991, c. 548, Pt.
A, §10, is further amended to read:

 
D. Lysergic acid diethylamide in any of the following
quantities, states or concentrations:

 
(1) Any compound, mixture, substance or solution in a
liquid state that contains a detectable quantity of
lysergic acid diethylamide;

 
(2) Fifty or more squares, stamps, tablets or units of
any compound, mixture or substance containing a
detectable quantity of lysergic acid diethylamide; or

 
(3) Any quantity of any compound, mixture or substance
that, in the aggregate, contains 2,500 micrograms or
more of lysergic acid diethylamide.; or

 
Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1103, sub-§3, ¶E is enacted to read:

 
E.__Fourteen grams or more of methamphetamine.

 
Sec. 4. 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, 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. 5. 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, 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. 6. 17-A MRSA §1105, sub-§1, ¶G is enacted to read:


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