Bill Text: CA AB2385 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act: state licenses: Measure D.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-09-29 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB2385 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2385-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2385	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act relating to medical marijuana.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2385, as introduced, Jones-Sawyer. Medical marijuana: Los
Angeles.
   Existing law of the City of Los Angeles, Proposition D, approved
by voters on the May 21, 2013, ballot for that city, prohibits the
operation of medical marijuana businesses, as defined, within the
city limits and grants immunity from that prohibition to those
businesses that have operated since September 2007, that previously
registered in accordance with the city's earlier medical marijuana
registration law, and that comply with specified operational
requirements.
   Existing state law, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety
Act, establishes the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation within
the Department of Consumer Affairs and under the supervision and
control of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law provides
that the bureau's licensure and regulation of dispensing facilities,
cultivation sites, transporters, and manufacturers of medical
marijuana and medical marijuana products is subject to express and
specific authorization by the applicable local jurisdiction. Existing
law also prohibits the issuance of a state license or a
determination of compliance with local law by a licensing authority,
in any way that limits the ability of the City of Los Angeles to
enforce Proposition D. Existing law prohibits the issuance of a
license or determination of compliance with local law by a licensing
authority from being deemed to establish, or being relied upon in
determining satisfaction with the immunity requirements of
Proposition D or local zoning law, in court or in any other context
or forum.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to enable medical marijuana businesses in Los Angeles
granted immunity from prosecution under Proposition D to apply for a
state license to engage in commercial medical marijuana activities.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to enable medical marijuana businesses in Los Angeles
granted immunity from prosecution under Proposition D to apply for a
state license to engage in commercial medical marijuana activities.