New York S00972 makes selling or transporting an opiate controlled substance that causes death a class A-1 felony.
New York S00972 amends the penal law to classify selling or transporting an opiate controlled substance that results in someone's death as a class A-1 felony. The bill defines an opiate controlled substance as any substance listed in schedules I through V of the public health law. The act is named "Laree's law" and will take effect 90 days after becoming law.
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