Bill Text: NY S08072 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the definitions of concentrated cannabis and marihuana.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S08072 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08072-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8072--C
            Cal. No. 901
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 26, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on  Agriculture  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
          ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
          its  place  in the order of third reading -- again amended and ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading --  again
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
          third reading
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the definitions of
          concentrated cannabis and marihuana
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  4 of section 3302 of the
     2  public health law, as added by chapter 878 of the laws of  1972  and  as
     3  renumbered  by  chapter  537  of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (a) the separated resin, whether crude or purified,  obtained  from  a
     6  plant  of  the  genus Cannabis, except when derived from industrial hemp
     7  pursuant to article twenty-nine of the agriculture and markets law; or
     8    § 2. Subdivision 21 of section 3302 of the public health law, as added
     9  by chapter 878 of the laws of 1972 and as renumbered by chapter  537  of
    10  the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
    11    21.  "Marihuana"  means  all parts of the plant of the genus Cannabis,
    12  whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from  any
    13  part  of  the  plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative,
    14  mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin.  It  does  not
    15  include:  (a)  the  mature  stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the
    16  stalks, oil or cake  made  from  the  seeds  of  the  plant,  any  other
    17  compound,  manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the
    18  mature stalks (except the resin extracted  therefrom),  fiber,  oil,  or
    19  cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant which is incapable of germina-
    20  tion;  or  (b)  industrial  hemp  pursuant to article twenty-nine of the
    21  agriculture and markets law.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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