This chapter shall be known as the "Drug-Free School Zones Map
Law of the Town of Verona, New York."
This chapter is aimed to protect the young who are the most
vulnerable victims of drugs and at the same time provide severe punishment
to those who prey on the young by selling them drugs. Enactment of
this chapter has been requested by the Superintendent of the Verona-Sherrill
Central School District, and the same has been endorsed by law enforcement
agencies as an added tool to protect the youth of this community from
the exposure to and sale of controlled substances.
The adoption of this chapter is made pursuant to the Laws of
the State of New York of 1986, Chapter 280, which amended the Penal
Law to provide for increased penalties for the criminal sale of a
controlled substance to a person less than 19 years of age in or on
the property of an elementary or secondary school or within 1,000
feet of the school's boundary lines.
Appropriate signs shall be posted at the Town limits of the
Town of Verona to advise of the Drug-Free School Zones.