FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 791

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES YATES (Sponsor), DUSENBERG, ROORDA, GUERNSEY AND DIECKHAUS (Co-sponsors).

1982L.02I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To repeal section 195.202, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to possession of a controlled substance, with a penalty provision.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 195.202, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 195.202, to read as follows:

            195.202. 1. Except as authorized by sections 195.005 to 195.425, it is unlawful for any person to possess or have under his or her control a controlled substance.

            2. Any person who violates this section with respect to any controlled substance except thirty-five grams or less of marijuana is guilty of a class C felony.

            3. Any person who violates this section with respect to not more than thirty-five grams of marijuana is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and as part of their punishment shall be required to perform twenty-five hours of community service for a first offense and fifty hours of community service for a second or subsequent offense.

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