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Use of a Minor in Drug Operations Act
Summary
This Act would create a new offense of using a minor in a drug operation. Currently, those who use a minor in a drug operation
can be convicted for distribution to a minor. This Act would provide penalties similar to those mandated for distribution to
minors by the model Drug-Free School Zone Act, while removing the need to prove actual distribution.
The penalty for first time violators of this Act would be a sentence ranging from 10 to 20 years, while repeat offenders would
be sentenced to 20 years to life. This Act would further require that the minimum sentence be mandatory.

Model Legislation
{Title, enacting clause, etc.}
Section 1. {Title.} This Act shall be known and may cited as the Use of a Minor in Drug Operations Act.
Section 2. {Use of a minor.} It is unlawful for any individual 18 or more years of age knowingly or intentionally to solicit,

induce, encourage, intimidate, employ, hire, or use an individual under 18 years of age to unlawfully transport, carry, sell, give
away, prepare for sale, or peddle any controlled substance.

Section 3. {First offense penalty.} A person who violates Section 2 is guilty of a crime and upon conviction is

punishable by a mandatory term of incarceration in a state correctional facility of not less than 10 years and not more than 20
years and a fine of up to $300,000.

Section 4. {Second offense penalty.} An individual who violates Section 2 after a previous conviction under that

section is punishable by a mandatory term of incarceration in a state correctional facility of not less than 20 years and not
more than life and a fine of up to $500,000.

Section 5. It is not a defense to a violation of this Act that the accused did not know the age of the individual protected
under this Act.

Section 6. {Mandatory sentence.} Notwithstanding any other provision of [cite state controlled substance act], with
respect to an individual who is found to have violated this Act, adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence may not be
suspended, deferred, or withheld; nor may the individual be eligible for parole before serving the mandatory term of
incarceration prescribed by this Act.

Section 7. {Severability clause.}
Section 8. {Repealer clause.}
Section 9. {Effective date.}
ALEC's Sourcebook of American State Legislation 1995

ALEC EXPOSED
“ALEC” has long been a
secretive collaboration
between Big Business and
“conservative” politicians.
Behind closed doors, they
ghostwrite “model” bills to
be introduced in state
capitols across the country.
This agenda--underwritten
by global corporations-includes major tax
loopholes for big industries
and the super rich,
proposals to offshore U.S.
jobs and gut minimum
wage, and efforts to
weaken public health,
safety, and environmental
protections. Although many
of these bills have become
law, until now, their origin
has been largely unknown.
With ALEC EXPOSED, the
Center for Media and
Democracy hopes more
Americans will study the
bills to understand the
depth and breadth of how
big corporations are
changing the legal rules
and undermining democracy
across the nation.

ALEC’s’Corporate Board
--in recent past or present

• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
For more on these corporations,
search at www.SourceWatch.org.

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