BILL ANALYSIS APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FISCAL SUMMARY AB 513 (Hertzberg) Hearing Date: 7/14/97 Amended: As introduced Consultant: Lisa Matocq Policy Vote: Pub Saf 8-0 ___________________________________________________________________ BILL SUMMARY: AB 513 adds manufacture of large amounts of methamphetamine (meth), amphetamine, or phencyclidine (PCP) to the list of offenses that are eligible for sentence enhancements of 3 to 15 years. Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 Fund Manufacture of Unknown increased costs, probably substantial, forGeneral controlled substances incarceration in state prison beginning 2002-03. STAFF COMMENTS: This bill probably meets the criteria to be placed on the Suspense File. Under current law, sale, transportation, importation, furnishing, or possession for sale of meth, amphetamine, or PCP is punishable by imprisonment in state prison for 16 months to 9 years. If the offense involves a olarge amounto, it is subject to a sentence enhancement of 3 to 15 years. This enhancement does not apply to the manufacture of large amounts. The manufacture of any controlled substance is punishable by 3, 5, or 7 years in state prison. This bill provides that the manufacture of large amounts of those substances is subject to the sentence enhancement. According to CDC, there were 956 prison admissions for 1995-96 for manufacture of a controlled substance. For every 10%, or 96 persons, serving additional time in state prison for manufacture of controlled substances in large amounts, assuming an average sentence enhancement of 7.5 years, increased incarceration costs would be about $1.03 million annually beginning 2002-03.