Read 1st time January 23, 1996, and 1,000 copies ordered printed.

Read 2nd time January 31, 1996, and referred to the Committee on Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence.

Reported from the Committee February 12, 1996, with recommendation that the bill do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar.

Taken up February 21, 1996. Read 3rd time and placed upon its final passage; bill passed.

TERRY L. SPIELER, Secretary.

S3029.01P

To repeal section 195.291, RSMo 1994, relating to prior and persistent drug offenders, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the same subject, with penalty provisions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Section 195.291, RSMo 1994, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof to be known as section 195.291, to read as follows:

195.291. 1. Any person who has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of a violation of [subsection 2 of] section 195.211, when punishable as a class B felony, shall be sentenced to the authorized term of imprisonment for a class A felony if the court finds the defendant is a prior drug offender.

2. Any person who has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of a violation of [subsection 2 of] section 195.211, when punishable as a class B felony, shall be sentenced to the authorized term of imprisonment for a class A felony which term shall be served without probation or parole if the court finds the defendant is a persistent drug offender.