HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                         2515

Approved May 15, 1984.

CHAPTER 449

(House Bill 863)

AN ACT concerning

Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalties

FOR the purpose of establishing sentences for violations
involving certain controlled dangerous substances; altering
certain provisions of law relating to mandatory sentences
for persons who have prior controlled dangerous substances
convictions; and generally relating to sentencing for such
controlled dangerous substances violations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 286(b) 286(b)(2)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

286.

(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of
subsection (a) with respect to:

(1) A substance classified in Schedule I or II which
is a narcotic drug is guilty of a felony and is subject to
imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or a fine of not more

than $25,000, or both. Any person who has previously been

convicted under this [paragraph] SECTION shall be sentenced to
imprisonment for not less than 10 years. Neither the sentence
nor any part of it may be suspended, and the person shall not be
eligible for parole except in accordance with Article 31B, § 11.
This subsection does not prevent, prohibit or make ineligible any
convicted defendant from participating in the rehabilitation

program under title 9, Subtitle 6 of the Health - General

Article, because of the length of sentence.

(2) Phencyclidine, 1-(1-PHENYLCYCLOHEXYL) PIPERIDINE,
1-PHENYLCYCLOHEXYLAMINE, OR 1-PIPERIDINOCYCLOHEXANECARBONITRILE,
classified in Schedule II, OR N-ETHYL-1-PHENYLCYCLOHEXYLAMINE,
1-(1-PHENYLCYCLOHEXYL)-PYRROLIDINE, OR 1-(1-(2-THIENYL)-