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California Health And Safety Code Section 11353.5

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Except as authorized by law, any person 18 years of age or
older who unlawfully prepares for sale upon school grounds or a
public playground, a child day care facility, a church, or a
synagogue, or sells or gives away a controlled substance, other than
a controlled substance described in Section 11353 or 11380, to a
minor upon the grounds of, or within, any school, child day care
facility, public playground, church, or synagogue providing
instruction in preschool, kindergarten, or any of grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, or providing child care services, during hours in which
those facilities are open for classes, school-related programs, or
child care, or at any time when minors are using the facility where
the offense occurs, or upon the grounds of a public playground during
the hours in which school-related programs for minors are being
conducted, or at any time when minors are using the facility where
the offense occurs, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state
prison for five, seven, or nine years.  Application of this section
shall be limited to persons at least five years older than the minor
to whom he or she prepares for sale, sells, or gives away a
controlled substance.

Last modified: January 12, 2009