GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	4 

HOUSE BILL 275
Second Edition Engrossed 5/1/89
Judiciary I Senate Committee Substitute Adopted 6/6/89
Judiciary I Senate Committee Substitute #2 Adopted 7/7/89

Short Title:  Methamphetamine/Traffick Offense.	(Public)
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February 20, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 90-95(h) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(3a)	Any person who sells, manufactures, delivers, transports, or possesses 15 grams or more of the active substance methamphetamine shall be guilty of a felony which felony shall be known as ‘trafficking in methamphetamine' and if the quantity of such substance:
a.	Is 15 grams or more, but less than 100 grams, such person shall be punished as a Class F felon and shall be sentenced to a term of at least six years in the State's prison and shall be fined not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);
b.	Is 100 grams or more, but less than 300 grams, such person shall be punished as a Class D felon and shall be sentenced to a term of at least 12 years in the State's prison and shall be fined not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000);
c.	Is 300 grams or more, such person shall be punished as a Class C felon and shall be sentenced to a term of at least 15 years in the State's prison and shall be fined at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)."
Sec. 2.   This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and shall apply to offenses occurring on or after that date.