AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR POSSESSION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 349*
*January Session, 2009*		LCO No. 1463

Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. SEN. HARP, 10th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PENALTY FOR POSSESSION OF A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That subsection (c) of section 21a-279 of the general statutes be amended to make the penalty for possessing less than one ounce of marijuana an infraction rather than an unclassified misdemeanor.

Statement of Purpose:

To create a more sensible state policy regarding marijuana possession by classifying the possession of a small amount of marijuana as an infraction.