Section 11379.6 Of Article 5. Offenses Involving Controlled Substances Formerly Classified As Restricted Dangerous Drugs From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 10. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 5.
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. (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, every person who
manufactures, compounds, converts, produces, derives, processes, or
prepares, either directly or indirectly by chemical extraction or
independently by means of chemical synthesis, any controlled
substance specified in Section 11054, 11055, 11056, 11057, or 11058
shall be punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of
Section 1170 of the Penal Code for three, five, or seven years and by
a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).
(b) Except when an enhancement pursuant to Section 11379.7 is pled
and proved, the fact that a person under 16 years of age resided in
a structure in which a violation of this section involving
methamphetamine occurred shall be considered a factor in aggravation
by the sentencing court.
(c) Except when an enhancement pursuant to Section 11379.7 is pled
and proved, the fact that a violation of this section involving
methamphetamine occurred within 200 feet of an occupied residence or
any structure where another person was present at the time the
offense was committed may be considered a factor in aggravation by
the sentencing court.
(d) The fact that a violation of this section involving the use of
a volatile solvent to chemically extract concentrated cannabis
occurred within 300 feet of an occupied residence or any structure
where another person was present at the time the offense was
committed may be considered a factor in aggravation by the sentencing
court.
(e) Except as otherwise provided by law, every person who offers
to perform an act which is punishable under subdivision (a) shall be
punished by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170
of the Penal Code for three, four, or five years.
(f) All fines collected pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
transferred to the State Treasury for deposit in the Clandestine Drug
Lab Clean-up Account, as established by Section 5 of Chapter 1295 of
the Statutes of 1987. The transmission to the State Treasury shall
be carried out in the same manner as fines collected for the state by
the county.