CHAPTER 430

S.P. 575 - L.D. 1601

An Act To Prevent the Manufacturing of Methamphetamine

in Maine

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1101, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:

4-A. "Methamphetamine precursor drug" means any drug or product possessed by a person that contains in the aggregate a quantity of more than 9 grams of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine or phenylpropanolamine or their salts, isomers or salts of isomers, either alone or in combination with other ingredients, in dry or solid nonliquid form.

Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §1102, sub-§4, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 747, §2, is amended to read:

D. Butyl nitrite or isobutyl nitrite.; and

Sec. 3. 17-A MRSA §1102, sub-§4, ¶E is enacted to read:

E.__A methamphetamine precursor drug.

Sec. 4. 17-A MRSA §1107-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 61, §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

3.__It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that:

A.__The substance possessed is industrial hemp; or