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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS %5. Contra
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Phil Batchelor, County Administrator .'s Costa
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DATE: April 24, 1990 � ;.;:.._ :... *" Count Y
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 2587 (Mountjoy)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMUMATION
Indicate that the Board of Supervisors continues to SUPPORT AB
2587 by Assemblyman Mountjoy which would add methamphetamine,
anabolic steroids and chorionic gonadotropin to the list of drugs
for which probation cannot be granted nor can the sentence be
suspended when the individual is convicted of a wide variety of
specified offenses involving these drugs, if the individual has
previously been convicted of specified offenses relating to a
wide variety of controlled substances.
BACKGROUND:
On February 6, 1990 the Board of Supervisors voted to support AB
2587 . On March 19, 1990 the bill was amended.
Under current law, it is illegal to possess, possess for sale,
transport, import, sell, furnish, administer, give away, offer to
do any of the above or attempt to do any of the above in regard
to a wide variety of controlled substances. It is also illegal
to manufacture, compound, convert, produce, derive, process a
wide variety of controlled substances. It is also illegal to use
a minor to violate any of the controlled substance laws.
The law also provides that if an individual has a previous
violation of many of these offenses and is convicted of a second
offense, probation may not be granted and the sentence may not be
suspended. However, this "prior conviction" penalty does not
apply to offenses involving methamphetamine, anabolic steroids or
chorionic gonadotropin.
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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AYES- NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON E DATE SHOWN.
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Please see Page 2. PHIL BATCHELOR,C ERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382 (10/88) BY- e -`�i� DEPUTY `
AB 2587 adds methamphetamine, anabolic steroids and chorionic
gonadotropin to the list of drugs for which a second or
subsequent conviction of any of the specified offenses precludes
probation or suspension of sentence.
Since AB 2587 furthers the Board' s war on drugs by eliminating
the possibility of probation or suspension of sentence for
additional drug offenses, it appears to be appropriate for the
Board to indicate that it continues to support AB 2587 .
cc: Assemblyman Mountjoy
County Administrator
District Attorney
Sheriff-Coroner
Public Defender
County Probation Officer
Health Services Director
Drug Program Chief
Chair, Drug Abuse Advisory Board
Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates