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0594 I" , ORDINANCE NO. 5 9 4 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SOLD WITHIN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ADDING CHAPTER 9.28 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF JACKSONVILLE~ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, THAT: SECTION 1. There is hereby added to the Municipal Code of Jacksonville, Arkansas, Chapter 9.28, which reads as follows: CHAPTER 9.28 DRUG PARAPHERNALIA Sections: 9.28.01 9.28.02 Definitions Unlawful; Penalties 9.28.01 Definitions The te.lUl "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled sub- stance in violation of the Arkansas Controlled Substances Act (Ark. Stats. Ann. 82-2601--82-2638). Drug Paraphernalia includes, but is not limited to: (1) Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing or harvesting of any species of plant which is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived; (2) Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, or preparing controlled substances; (3) Isomerization devices used, intended for use, or de- signed for use in increasing the potency of any species of plant which is a controlled substance; (4) Testing equipment used, intended for use, or designed for use in identifying or in analyzing the strength, effective- ness or purity of controlled substances; (5) Scales and balances used, intended for use, or designed for use in weighing or measuring controlled substances; (6) Diluents and adulterants, such as quinine hydrochloride, mannitol, mannite, dextrose and lactose, used, intended for use, or designed for use in cutting controlled substances; (7) Separation gins and sifters used, intended for use, or designed for use in removing twigs and seeds from, or in other- wise cleaning or refining marihuana; (8) Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons and mixing devices used, intended for use, or designed for use in compounding~ controlled substances; (9) Capsules, balloons, envelopes and other containers used, intended for use, or designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances; (10) Containers and other objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in storing or concealing controlled substances; (11) Hypode.Lluic syringes, needles and other obj ects used, intended for use, or designed for use in parenterally injected controlled substances into the human body; '-~ ()li $~<J I ,~,q.. g, ~ {J . d~&tI~-~ OO()32 (G'-/~lo) ()("~]O:~2('''f.f)) 130 (12) Objects used, intended for use, or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marihuana, cocaine, hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, such as: (a) Metal, wooden, acrylic, glass, stone, plastic, or ceramic pipes with or without screens, permanent screens, hashish heads, or punctured metal bowls; (b) Water pipes; (c) Carburetion tubes and devices; (d) Smoking and carburetion masks; (e) Roach clips: meaning objects used to hold burning material, such as a marihuana cigarette, that has become too small or too short to be held in the hand; (f) Miniature cocaine spoons and cocaine vials; (g) Chamber pipes; (h) Carburetor pipes; (i) Electric pipes; (j) Air-driven pipes; (k) Chillums; (1) Bongs; (m) Ice pipes or chillers; In deteJ.ll1ining whether an obj ect is drug paraphernalia, a court or other authority should consider, in addition to all other logically relevant factors" the following: (1) Statements by an owner or by anyone in control of the object concerning its use; (2) Prior convictions, if any, of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, under any State or Federal law re- lating to any controlled substance; (3) The proximity of the object, in time and space, to a direct violation of the Arkansas Controlled Substances Act; (4) The proximity of the object to controlled substances; (5) The existence of any residue of controlled substances on the object; (6) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the intent of an owner, or of anyone in control of the object, to deliver it to persons who he knows) or should reasonably know, intend to use the object to facilitate a violation of the Arkansas Con- trolled Substances Act; the innocence of an owner, or of any- one in control of the object, as to a direot violation of the Arkansas Controlled Substances Act should not prevent a find- ing that the object is intended for use, or designed for use as drug paraphernalia; (7) Instructions, oral or written, provided with the object concerning its use; (8) Descriptive materials accompanying the object which explain or depict its use; (9) National and local advertising concerning its use; (10) The manner in which the object is displayed for sale; (11) Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object; is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the com- munity, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco products; (12) Direct or circumstantial evidence of the ratio of sales of the object(s) to the total sales of the business enteJ.1:Jrise; (13) The existence and scope of legitimate uses for the object in the community; (14) Expert testimonyconceL11ing its use. 9.28.02 Unlawful; Penalties (1) Possession of Drug Paraphernalia It is unlawful for any person to use, or to possess with intent to use, drug paraphernalia to plant, propagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale or otherwise introduce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the Arkansas Controlled Substances Act. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a crime and upon conviction may be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). -2- o ()022) ( f,,,{q.,ko OOC33 (J':./s;,tt>) o 00 33 f'-S.d ,i I (2) Manufacture of Delivery of Drug Paraphernalia It is unlawful for any person to deliver, possess with intent to deliver, or manufacture with intent to deliver, drug paraphe.Llialia, knowing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that it will be used to plant, pro- pagate, cultivate, grow, harvest, manufacture, compound, convert, produce, process, prepare, test, analyze, pack, repack, store, contain, conceal, inject, ingest, inhale, or otherwise intro- duce into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the Arkansas Controlled Substances Act. Any person who vio- lates this subsection is guilty of a crime and upon con- viction may be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (3) Delivery of Drug Paraphernalia to a Minor Any person 18 years of age or over who violates Subsection (2) of Section 9.28.02 by delivering drug paraphernalia to a per- son under 18 years of age who is at least 3 years his junior is guilty of a special offense and upon conviction may be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). (4) Advertisement of Drug Paraphernalia It is unlawful for any person to place in any newspaper, magazine, handbill, or other publication any advertisement, know- ing, or under circumstances where one reasonably should know, that the purpose of the advertisement, in whole or in part, is to promote the sale of objects designed or intended for use as drug paraphernalia. Any person who violates this subsection is guilty of a crime and upon conviction may be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). SECTION 2. Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of this City hereby declares that it would have adopted this or- dinance and each subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that anyone or more sub- sections, clauses, sentences, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3. All ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 19th DAY OF JUNE , 1980. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS ..~~ ATTEST: ~il/~ ~ CITY ATTORNEY (EMERGENCY CLAUSE NOT AFFIXED<< ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE JULY 19TH~ 1980jCity Clerk Gerren) -3- ()002:J (~~('l- ID) 00034 (~/r"') ()()O ~ If ,-j-f1J