1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; amending the controlled substance schedules by adding 
1.3 	tramadol to schedule IV;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 152.02, 
1.4 	subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 152.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Schedule IV. The following items are listed in Schedule IV: Barbital; 
1.8 	Butorphanol; Carisoprodol; Chloral betaine; Chloral hydrate; Chlordiazepoxide; 
1.9 	Clonazepam; Clorazepate; Diazepam; Diethylpropion; Ethchlorvynol; Ethinamate; 
1.10 	Fenfluramine; Flurazepam; Mebutamate; Methohexital; Meprobamate except when in 
1.11 	combination with the following drugs in the following or lower concentrations: conjugated 
1.12 	estrogens, 0.4 mg; tridihexethyl chloride, 25mg; pentaerythritol tetranitrate, 20 mg; 
1.13 	Methylphenobarbital; Oxazepam; Paraldehyde; Pemoline; Petrichloral; Phenobarbital; 
1.14 	and Phentermine; and Tramadol.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010, and applies to 
1.16 	offenses committed on or after that date.