AN ACT CONCERNING NONVIOLENT DRUG POSSESSION OFFENSES.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 163*
*January Session, 2011*		LCO No. 491

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

AN ACT CONCERNING NONVIOLENT DRUG POSSESSION OFFENSES.

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

That subsection (a) of section 21a-267 and subsection (c) of section 21a-279 of the general statutes be amended to make the penalty for the possession of less than one ounce of a cannabis-type substance or the possession of drug paraphernalia an infraction rather than a misdemeanor.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a more rational drug policy by decriminalizing the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and the possession of drug paraphernalia.