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HOUSE BILL NO. 573 – Trafficking, amphetamines included

HOUSE BILL NO. 573

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H0573................................by JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
TRAFFICKING - AMPHETAMINES - Amends existing law to include trafficking in
amphetamine as a trafficking offense.

01/30    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/02    Rpt prt - to Jud
02/24    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/25    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/27    3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
      Black(15), Black(23), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Chase, Clark, Crane,
      Crow, Cuddy, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes,
      Gould, Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9),
      Jones(20), Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake,
      Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Newcomb,
      Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison, Sali,
      Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman,
      Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Campbell, Deal, Jones(22), Mortensen,
      Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Field(13)
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/02    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/09    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17    3rd rdg - PASSED - 31-0-4
      AYES--Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
      Danielson, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins, Ingram, Keough,
      King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy,
      Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett, Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler,
      Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Andreason, Darrington, Hansen, Ipsen
    Floor Sponsor - Riggs
    Title apvd - to House
03/18    To enrol
03/18    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19    Pres signed - to Governor
03/20    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 168
         Effective: 07/01/98

Bill Text


H0573


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 573

                     BY JUDICIARY, RULES AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO TRAFFICKING IN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; AMENDING  SECTION  37-2732B,
 3        IDAHO  CODE,  TO  INCLUDE  TRAFFICKING  IN  AMPHETAMINE  AS  A TRAFFICKING
 4        OFFENSE.

 5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 6        SECTION 1.  That Section 37-2732B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        37-2732B.  TRAFFICKING -- MANDATORY SENTENCES. (a) Except as authorized in
 9    this  chapter,  and  notwithstanding  the provisions of section 37-2732, Idaho
10    Code:
11        (1)  Any person who knowingly manufactures, delivers, or brings into  this
12        state,  or  who  is knowingly in actual or constructive possession of, one
13        (1) pound of marijuana or more, or twenty-five (25)  marijuana  plants  or
14        more,  as  defined  in section 37-2701, Idaho Code, is guilty of a felony,
15        which felony shall be known as "trafficking in marijuana." If the quantity
16        of marijuana involved:
17             (A)  is one (1) pound or more, but less than five (5) pounds, or con-
18             sists of twenty-five (25) marijuana plants or  more  but  fewer  than
19             fifty  (50)  marijuana  plants,  regardless  of size or weight of the
20             plants, such person shall be sentenced to a mandatory  minimum  fixed
21             term  of  imprisonment  of  one (1) year and fined not less than five
22             thousand dollars ($5,000);
23             (B)  is five (5) pounds or  more,  but  less  than  twenty-five  (25)
24             pounds,  or consists of fifty (50) marijuana plants or more but fewer
25             than one hundred (100) marijuana plants, regardless of size or weight
26             of the plants, such person shall be sentenced to a mandatory  minimum
27             fixed term of imprisonment of three (3) years and fined not less than
28             ten thousand dollars ($10,000);
29             (C)  is  twenty-five  (25) pounds or more, or consists of one hundred
30             (100) marijuana plants or more, regardless of size or weight  of  the
31             plants,  such  person shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum fixed
32             term of imprisonment of five (5) years and fined not less  than  fif-
33             teen thousand dollars ($15,000).
34             (D)  The  maximum  number of years of imprisonment for trafficking in
35             marijuana shall be fifteen (15) years, and the maximum fine shall  be
36             fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
37             (E)  For the purposes of this section, the weight of the marijuana is
38             its  weight when seized or as determined as soon as practicable after
39             seizure, unless the provisions of  subsection  (c)  of  this  section
40             apply.
41        (2)  Any  person who knowingly manufactures, delivers, or brings into this
42        state, or who is  knowingly  in  actual  or  constructive  possession  of,
43        twenty-eight  (28) grams or more of cocaine or of any mixture or substance


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 1        containing a detectable amount of cocaine is guilty  of  a  felony,  which
 2        felony  shall  be  known  as  "trafficking  in  cocaine."  If the quantity
 3        involved:
 4             (A)  is twenty-eight (28) grams or more, but less  than  two  hundred
 5             (200)  grams,  such  person shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum
 6             fixed term of imprisonment of three (3) years and fined not less than
 7             ten thousand dollars ($10,000);
 8             (B)  is two hundred (200) grams or more, but less than  four  hundred
 9             (400)  grams,  such  person shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum
10             fixed term of imprisonment  of five (5) years and fined not less than
11             fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000);
12             (C)  is four hundred (400) grams or more, such person shall  be  sen-
13             tenced  to a mandatory minimum fixed term of imprisonment of ten (10)
14             years and fined not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
15             (D)  The maximum number of years of imprisonment for  trafficking  in
16             cocaine  shall  be  life,  and  the maximum fine shall be one hundred
17             thousand dollars ($100,000).
18        (3)  Any person who knowingly manufactures, delivers, or brings into  this
19        state,  or  who  is  knowingly  in  actual  or constructive possession of,
20        twenty-eight (28) grams or more of methamphetamine    or  amphetamine
21          or  of  any mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of
22        methamphetamine  or amphetamine  is guilty of a  felony,  which
23        felony shall be known as "trafficking in methamphetamine  or ampheta-
24        mine ." If the quantity involved:
25             (A)  is  twenty-eight  (28)  grams or more, but less than two hundred
26             (200) grams, such person shall be sentenced to  a  mandatory  minimum
27             fixed term of imprisonment of three (3) years and fined not less than
28             ten thousand dollars ($10,000);
29             (B)  is  two  hundred (200) grams or more, but less than four hundred
30             (400) grams, such person shall be sentenced to  a  mandatory  minimum
31             fixed  term of imprisonment of five (5) years and fined not less than
32             fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000);
33             (C)  is four hundred (400) grams or more, such person shall  be  sen-
34             tenced  to a mandatory minimum fixed term of imprisonment of ten (10)
35             years and fined not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
36             (D)  The maximum number of years of imprisonment for  trafficking  in
37             methamphetamine    or  amphetamine  shall be life, and the
38             maximum fine shall be one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
39        (4)  Any person who knowingly manufactures,  delivers,  brings  into  this
40        state,  or  who  is  knowingly in actual or constructive possession of the
41        below-specified quantities of any of the following immediate precursors to
42        methamphetamine      or   amphetamine      (namely   ephedrine,
43        methylamine,  methyl  formamide,  phenylacetic  acid,  phenylacetone,   or
44        pseudoephedrine)  as  defined in section 37-2707(g)(1), Idaho Code, or any
45        compound, mixture or preparation which contains a detectable  quantity  of
46        these  substances,  is  guilty  of  a  felony  which  shall  be  known  as
47        "trafficking  in immediate precursors of methamphetamine  or ampheta-
48        mine ."  If the quantity:
49             (A)  of ephedrine is five hundred (500) grams or more;
50             (B)  of methylamine is one-half (1/2) pint or more;
51             (C)  of methyl formamide is one-quarter (1/4) pint or more;
52             (D)  of phenylacetic acid is five hundred (500) grams or more;
53             (E)  of phenylacetone is four hundred (400) grams or more;
54             (F)  of pseudoephedrine is five hundred (500) grams or more;
55        such person shall be sentenced  to  a  mandatory  minimum  fixed  term  of


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 1        imprisonment  of  ten (10) years and fined not less than twenty-five thou-
 2        sand dollars ($25,000). The maximum number of years  of  imprisonment  for
 3        trafficking  in  immediate precursors of methamphetamine  or ampheta-
 4        mine  shall be life, and the maximum fine shall be one hundred thou-
 5        sand dollars ($100,000).
 6        (5)  Any person who knowingly manufactures, delivers or brings  into  this
 7        state,  or  who  is knowingly in actual or constructive possession of, two
 8        (2) grams or more of heroin or any salt, isomer,  or  salt  of  an  isomer
 9        thereof,  or two (2) grams or more of any  mixture or substance containing
10        a detectable amount of any such substance is guilty  of  a  felony,  which
11        felony  shall  be  known  as  "trafficking  in  heroin."   If the quantity
12        involved:
13             (A)  is two (2) grams or more, but less than seven  (7)  grams,  such
14             person  shall  be  sentenced  to  a  mandatory  minimum fixed term of
15             imprisonment of three (3) years and fined not less than ten  thousand
16             dollars ($10,000);
17             (B)  is  seven  (7)  grams  or  more, but less than twenty-eight (28)
18             grams, such person shall be sentenced to a  mandatory  minimum  fixed
19             term  of  imprisonment of ten (10) years and fined not less than fif-
20             teen thousand dollars ($15,000);
21             (C)  is twenty-eight (28) grams or more, such person  shall  be  sen-
22             tenced  to  a mandatory minimum fixed term of imprisonment of fifteen
23             (15) years and fined  not  less  than  twenty-five  thousand  dollars
24             ($25,000).
25             (D)  The  maximum  number of years of imprisonment for trafficking in
26             heroin shall be life, and the maximum fine shall be one hundred thou-
27             sand dollars ($100,000).
28        (6)  A second conviction for any trafficking offense as defined in subsec-
29        tion (a) of this section shall result in a mandatory  minimum  fixed  term
30        that is twice that otherwise required under this section.
31        (7)  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, with respect to any per-
32        son who is found to have violated the provisions of this section,  adjudi-
33        cation  of  guilt  or the imposition or execution of sentence shall not be
34        suspended, deferred, or withheld, nor shall such person  be  eligible  for
35        parole  prior to serving the  mandatory minimum fixed term of imprisonment
36        prescribed in this section. Further, the court shall not retain  jurisdic-
37        tion.
38        (b)  Any  person  who  agrees,  conspires,  combines  or confederates with
39    another person or solicits another person to commit any act prohibited in sub-
40    section (a) of this section is guilty of a felony and is punishable as  if  he
41    had actually committed such prohibited act.
42        (c)  For  the  purposes  of  subsections  (a)  and (b) of this section the
43    weight of the controlled substance as represented by  the  person  selling  or
44    delivering  it  is  determinative if the weight as represented is greater than
45    the actual weight of the controlled substance.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





                          STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                                RS 07658
    
    The purpose of this legislation is to amend the 
    Trafficking in Methamphetamine statute to include its 
    sister drug, amphetamine. When this statute was originally 
    passed, methamphetamine was the drug that dealers were 
    commonly making in street labs. Amphetamine, the purer 
    version of methamphetamine, was not as prominent. However, 
    street level drug dealers are now making amphetamine 
    because they realize that possessing a large amount will 
    not expose them to the consequences of the trafficking 
    statute. Since the Idaho trafficking statute only says 
    methamphetamine, savvy drug dealers and their attorneys 
    have been able to get out of Idaho's mandatory minimum 
    drug statutes on this technicality. This amendment would 
    change that.
    
                               FISCAL NOTE
    
    This amendment will have little fiscal impact. Those caught 
    with trafficking quantities of amphetamine are prosecuted 
    under the Possession with Intent to Deliver Statute. The 
    amendment may actually assist in reducing judicial and 
    criminal cost, in that those caught under mandatory minimum 
    sentencing are more likely to plea bargain and it also is a 
    deterrent to drug dealers to set up shop in our state.
    
    CONTACT: Connie Vietz
    
    
                               208-364-2159
    
                    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
    
    Bill No. H 573