CHAPTER 428
S.P. 565 - L.D. 1725
An Act to Prevent Interstate and International Smuggling of Illegal Drugs Into the State by Creating the Crime of Illegal Importation of Scheduled Drugs
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §1118 is enacted to read:
§1118. Illegal importation of scheduled drugs
1. A person is guilty of illegal importation of scheduled drugs if the person intentionally or knowingly brings, carries or transports a scheduled drug other than marijuana into the State from another state or country, unless the person is authorized to import or to possess the scheduled drug under Title 22 or Title 32 or under any law of the United States, of another state or of a foreign country.
2. A violation of this section is:
A. A Class C crime if the drug is a schedule W drug; and
B. A Class D crime if the drug is a schedule X, Y or Z drug.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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