Minnesota SF 3473: Refundable educator expense income tax credit establishment

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to public safety; decriminalizing the possession of residual amounts of​
1.3 controlled substances contained in drug paraphernalia and similar items; amending​
1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 152.023, subdivision 2; 152.025, subdivision​
1.5 2.​
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.023, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
1.8 Subd. 2.Possession crimes.(a) A person is guilty of controlled substance crime in the​
1.9 third degree if:​
1.10 (1) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses​
1.11 one or more mixtures of a total weight of ten grams or more containing a narcotic drug other​
1.12 than heroin or fentanyl;​
1.13 (2) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses​
1.14 one or more mixtures of: (i) a total weight of three grams or more containing heroin; or (ii)​
1.15 a total weight of five grams or more, or 25 dosage units or more, containing fentanyl;​
1.16 (3) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses​
1.17 one or more mixtures containing a narcotic drug other than heroin or fentanyl, it is packaged​
1.18 in dosage units, and equals 50 or more dosage units;​
1.19 (4) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses​
1.20 any amount of a schedule I or II narcotic drug or five or more dosage units of lysergic acid​
1.21 diethylamide (LSD), 3,4-methylenedioxy amphetamine, or​
1.22 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone,​
1.23 or a drug treatment facility, except a residual amount contained in drug paraphernalia, a​
1​Section 1.​
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SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 3473​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: OUMOU VERBETEN)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​4332​05/01/2025​
Referred to Judiciary and Public Safety​

2.1 hypodermic syringe or needle or any instrument or implement that can be adapted for​
2.2 subcutaneous injection, or a small plastic bag of the type commonly used to store controlled​
2.3 substances in an amount for personal use;​
2.4 (5) on one or more occasions within a 90-day period the person unlawfully possesses:​
2.5 (i) more than ten kilograms of cannabis flower;​
2.6 (ii) more than two kilograms of cannabis concentrate; or​
2.7 (iii) edible cannabis products, lower-potency hemp edibles, hemp-derived consumer​
2.8 products, or any combination of those infused with more than 200 grams of​
2.9 tetrahydrocannabinol; or​
2.10 (6) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures containing methamphetamine​
2.11 or amphetamine in a school zone, a park zone, a public housing zone, or a drug treatment​
2.12 facility, except a residual amount contained in drug paraphernalia, a hypodermic syringe​
2.13 or needle or any instrument or implement that can be adapted for subcutaneous injection,​
2.14 or a small plastic bag of the type commonly used to store controlled substances in an amount​
2.15 for personal use.​
2.16 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, the weight of fluid used in a water pipe may​
2.17 not be considered in measuring the weight of a mixture except in cases where the mixture​
2.18 contains four or more fluid ounces of fluid.​
2.19 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 152.025, subdivision 2, is amended to read:​
2.20 Subd. 2.Possession and other crimes.A person is guilty of controlled substance crime​
2.21 in the fifth degree and upon conviction may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 4 if:​
2.22 (1) the person unlawfully possesses one or more mixtures containing a controlled​
2.23 substance classified in Schedule I, II, III, or IV, except: (i) cannabis flower, cannabis​
2.24 products, lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products; or (ii) a residual​
2.25 amount of one or more mixtures of controlled substances contained in drug paraphernalia,​
2.26 a hypodermic syringe or needle or any instrument or implement that can be adapted for​
2.27 subcutaneous injection, or a small plastic bag of the type commonly used to store controlled​
2.28 substances in an amount for personal use; or​
2.29 (2) the person procures, attempts to procure, possesses, or has control over a controlled​
2.30 substance by any of the following means:​
2.31 (i) fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or subterfuge;​
2.32 (ii) using a false name or giving false credit; or​
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3.1 (iii) falsely assuming the title of, or falsely representing any person to be, a manufacturer,​
3.2 wholesaler, pharmacist, physician, doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed to practice​
3.3 medicine, dentist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or other authorized person for the purpose of​
3.4 obtaining a controlled substance.​
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