GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 690
HOUSE BILL 275

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 28 grams or more of methamphetamine shall be guilty of a felony which felony shall be known as 'trafficking in methamphetamine' and if the quantity of such substance or mixture involved:
a.	Is 28 grams or more, but less than 200 grams, such person shall be punished as a Class G felon and shall be sentenced to a term of at least seven years in the State's prison and shall be fined not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000);
b.	Is 200 grams or more, but less than 400 grams, such person shall be punished as a Class F felon and shall be sentenced to a term of at least 14 years in the State's prison and shall be fined not less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000);
c.	Is 400 grams or more, such person shall be punished as a Class D felon and shall be sentenced to a term of at least 35 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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of July, 1989.