(a) Any person eighteen years of age or older who knowingly causes or permits a minor to be present in a location where methamphetamine is manufactured or attempted to be manufactured is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than two nor more than ten years, fined not more than $10,000, or both. e (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any person eighteen years of age or older who knowingly causes or permits a minor to be present in a location where methamphetamine is manufactured or attempted to be maunufactured and the child thereby suffers serious bodily injury is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less thant three nor more than fifteen years, fined not more than $25,000, or both imprisoned and fined. (c) As used in subsection (b) of this section, "serious bodily injury" shall have the same meaning as this term is defined in section one, artilcle eight-b, chapter sixty-one of this code.
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