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Introduced
In Committee
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Passed
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Signed/Enacted/Adopted
08/31/2011
08/31/2011
Introduced Session
2011-2012 Regular Session
Bill Summary
AB 1300, Blumenfield. Medical marijuana. Existing law establishes the Medical Marijuana Program to exempt certain qualified patients who hold an identification card issued pursuant to the program, and the caregivers of those persons from certain state criminal sanctions related to the possession, cultivation, transportation, processing, or use of limited amounts of marijuana, as specified. The program prohibits certain entities, including a medical marijuana cooperative or collective, from being located within a 600-foot radius of a school. Existing law also specifically provides that these provisions governing the program do not prevent a city or other local governing body from adopting and enforcing laws consistent with the program. This bill would revise the latter provision described above to additionally provide that these provisions shall not prevent a city or other local governing body from adopting and enforcing local ordinances that regulate the location, operation, or establishment of a medical marijuana cooperative or collective, or from the civil or criminal enforcement of those local ordinances.
AI Summary
This bill clarifies that cities and other local governments have the authority to create and enforce their own rules regarding where medical marijuana cooperatives or collectives can be located, how they operate, and how they are established, in addition to enforcing these local rules through civil or criminal penalties. This builds upon existing law that already allows local governments to enact ordinances consistent with the state's Medical Marijuana Program, which provides certain protections for qualified patients and their caregivers from state criminal charges related to marijuana possession and use, while also prohibiting medical marijuana cooperatives or collectives from being too close to schools.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services, Justice
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 196, Statutes of 2011. (on 08/31/2011)
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