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| | | An Act To Protect Children Using Maine's Athletic Fields |
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| | | and Parks from Drug Dealers |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1101, sub-§23 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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: |
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| | | 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: |
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| | | (1) A schedule W drug. Violation of this subparagraph | | is a Class A crime; |
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| | | (2) Marijuana in a quantity of 20 pounds or more. | | Violation of this subparagraph is a Class A crime; |
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| | | (3) A schedule X drug. Violation of this subparagraph | | is a Class B crime; |
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| | | (4) Marijuana in a quantity of more than one pound. | | Violation of this subparagraph is a Class B crime; |
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