218A.1430 Trafficking in synthetic drugs -- Penalties -- Affirmative defense -- Possession of synthetic drugs -- Penalties
(a) A person is guilty of trafficking in synthetic drugs when he or she (1) knowingly and unlawfully traffics in synthetic drugs
(b) Trafficking in synthetic drugs is a Class D felony for the first offense and a (c) (d) Class C felony for each subsequent offense
In lieu of the fine amounts otherwise allowed under KRS Chapter 534, for any offense under this subsection the court may impose a maximum fine of double the defendant's gain from the commission of the offense, in which case any fine money collected shall be divided between the same parties, in the same ratio, and for the same purposes as established for forfeited property under KRS 218A.420
It shall be an affirmative defense to an offense under this subsection that the defendant committed the offense during the course of the defendant's employment as an employee of a retail store and that the defendant did not know and should not have known that the trafficked substance was a synthetic drug
(2) (a) A person is guilty of possession of synthetic drugs when he or she knowingly and unlawfully possesses synthetic drugs
(b) Possession of synthetic drugs is: 1
2
A Class A misdemeanor for the first offense; and A Class D felony for each subsequent offense
Effective:April 27, 2016 History: Amended 2016 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 9, effective April 27, 2016. -- Created 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 108, sec. 1, effective April 11, 2012
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