Bill
Number: H.B. 2178
Smith Floor Amendment
Reference to: House engrossed bill
Amendment drafted by: Kaitlyn Neff
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
Prohibits the retail purchase, consumption, ingestion, sale, offering for sale or furnishing of powdered spirituous liquor and classifies the violation as a class 1 misdemeanor.
SMITH FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2178
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 8, after line 24, insert:
“46. for a person to purchase at retail, consume or ingest spirituous liquor in powdered form, or for a retailer to sell, offer for sale or furnish spirituous liquor in powdered form.
Sec. 2. Section 4-246, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
4-246. Violation; classification
A. A person violating any provision of this title is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor unless another classification is prescribed.
B. A person violating section 4‑244, paragraph 9, 14, 34, 42, or 44 or 46 is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.
C. A person violating section 4‑229, subsection B, or section 4‑244, paragraph 31 is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor.
D. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, the court may suspend the privilege to drive of a person under eighteen years of age for a period of up to one hundred eighty days on receiving the record of the person's first conviction for a violation of section 4‑244, paragraph 9.
E. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, a person who is convicted of a violation of section 4‑244, paragraph 42 shall pay a fine of at least five hundred dollars.
F. In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, a person who is convicted of a violation of section 4‑241, subsection L, M or N shall pay a fine of at least two hundred fifty dollars.”
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