SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is an emergency
measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety,
has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the members
elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect from
the date it is enacted.

Approved May 13, 1999.

CHAPTER 500
(House Bill 1189)

AN ACT concerning

Crimes - Distribution of Controlled Dangerous Substances - Penalties

FOR the purpose of altering the maximum fine for certain second and subsequent
controlled dangerous substances convictions; altering the maximum fine for
manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing certain controlled
dangerous substances in certain amounts; and generally relating to the
penalties for controlled dangerous substances violations.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments
Section 286

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1996 Replacement Volume and 1998 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.

(a) Except as authorized by this subheading, it is unlawful for any person:

(1) To manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or to possess a controlled
dangerous substance in sufficient quantity to reasonably indicate under all
circumstances an intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled
dangerous substance;

(2) To create, distribute, or possess with intent to distribute, a
counterfeit controlled dangerous substance;

(3) To manufacture, distribute, or possess any punch, die, plate, stone, or
any other equipment which is designed to print, imprint, or reproduce the trademark,
trade name, or other identifying mark, imprint, or device of another or any likeness of
any of the foregoing upon any drug or container or labeling thereof so as to render the
drug a counterfeit controlled dangerous substance;