[§134-22]  Possession of a firearm withintent to facilitate the commission of a felony drug offense; penalty.  (a) It shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly possess a firearm with theintent to facilitate the commission of a felony offense involving thedistribution of a controlled substance, whether the firearm was loaded or not,and whether operable or not.

(b)  For the purposes of this section:

"Controlled substance" shall have thesame meaning as defined in section 329-1.

"Distribution" means the selling,transferring, prescribing, giving or delivering to another, or the leaving,bartering, or exchanging with another, or the offering or agreeing to do thesame.

(c)  A conviction and sentence under thissection shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any conviction and sentencefor the separate felony; provided that the sentence imposed under this sectionmay run concurrently or consecutively with the sentence for the separatefelony.

(d)  Any person violating this section shall beguilty of a class A felony. [L 2006, c 66, pt of §1]