BILL NUMBER: AB 2479 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bradford FEBRUARY 21, 2014 An act to amend Section 11352 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2479, as introduced, Bradford. Crimes: controlled substances. Existing law categorizes controlled substances into 5 schedules and imposes the greatest restrictions on those contained in Schedule I. Existing law, subject to exceptions, makes it an offense to, among other things, transport, import, sell, furnish, administer, or give away specified Schedule I and II controlled substances, or any Schedule III, IV, or V controlled substance which is a narcotic drug, unless upon written prescription, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 11352 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 11352. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division,everya person who transports, imports into this state, sells, furnishes, administers, or gives away, or offers to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away, or attempts to import into this state or transport (1)anya controlled substance specified in subdivision (b), (c), or (e), or paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 11054, specified in paragraph (14), (15), or (20) of subdivision (d) of Section 11054, or specified in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 11055, or specified in subdivision (h) of Section 11056, or (2)anya controlled substance classified in Schedule III, IV, or Vwhichthat is a narcotic drug, unless upon the written prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian licensed to practice in this state, shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for three, four, or five years. (b) Notwithstanding the penalty provisions of subdivision (a),anya person who transportsanya controlledsubstancessubstance specified in subdivision (a) within this state from one county to another noncontiguous county shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code for three, six, or nine years. (c) For purposes of this section, "transports" means to transport for sale. (d) This section does not preclude or limit the prosecution of an individual for aiding and abetting the commission of, or conspiring to commit,anyan act prohibited by this section.