STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8472 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 29, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIBBS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to amend the cannabis law and the public health law, in relation to limiting the hours of certain businesses located near schools The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 12 of section 85 of the cannabis law is renum- 2 bered subdivision 13 and a new subdivision 12 is added to read as 3 follows: 4 12. No adult-use dispensing facility shall open until one hour after 5 the latest beginning of a school day of any school located within one 6 mile of such adult-use dispensing facility; provided, however, that the 7 provisions of this subdivision shall only apply on those days such 8 school is operational. The provisions of this subdivision shall not be 9 construed to permit operation of an adult-use dispensing facility during 10 hours which are prohibited by any general, special or local law or rule 11 or regulation. 12 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 13 1399-cc-1 to read as follows: 14 § 1399-cc-1. Tobacco business hours of operation. No tobacco business 15 shall open until one hour after the latest beginning of a school day of 16 any school located within one mile of such tobacco business; provided, 17 however, that the provisions of this section shall only apply on those 18 days such school is operational. The provisions of this section shall 19 not be construed to permit operation of a tobacco business during hours 20 which are prohibited by any general, special or local law or rule or 21 regulation. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 23 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13534-01-3