§ 35-48-1.1-18 — "Enhancing circumstance"

Indiana § 35-48-1.1-18

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 48: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
• Ch. 1.1: Definitions

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"Enhancing circumstance" means one (1)
or more of the following:
(1) The person has a prior conviction for dealing in a controlled
substance that is not marijuana, hashish, hash oil, or salvia
divinorum.
(2) The person committed the offense while in possession of a
firearm.
(3) The person committed the offense:
(A) on a school bus; or
(B) in, on, or within five hundred (500) feet of:
(i) school property while a person under eighteen (18) years
of age was reasonably expected to be present; or
(ii) a public park while a person under eighteen (18) years of
age was reasonably expected to be present.
(4) The person delivered or financed the delivery of the drug to a
person under eighteen (18) years of age at least three (3) years
junior to the person.
(5) The person manufactured or financed the manufacture of the
drug.
(6) The person committed the offense in the physical presence of
a child less than eighteen (18) years of age, knowing that the child
was present and might be able to see or hear the offense.
(7) The person committed the offense on the property of a:
(A) penal facility; or
(B) juvenile facility (as defined in IC 35-44.1-3-5).
(8) The person knowingly committed the offense in, on, or within
one hundred (100) feet of a facility. For purposes of this
subdivision, "facility" means a place that is:
(A) created and funded under IC 12-23-14 or IC 33-23-16;
(B) certified under IC 12-23-1-6; or
(C) used for the purpose of conducting a recovery or support
group meeting;
and at which a drug abuser (as defined in IC 12-7-2-73) may be
provided with treatment, care, or rehabilitation.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.186-2025, SEC.249.