PREFILED    JAN 08 2019

REFERENCE TITLE: medical marijuana; sales data; enforcement

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature

First Regular Session

2019

 

 

 

SB 1024

 

Introduced by

Senators Borrelli: Gowan, Gray, Livingston, Ugenti-Rita; Representatives Biasiucci, Campbell, Cobb

 

 

AN ACT

 

Amending section 36‑2806, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to medical marijuana.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Subject to the requirements of article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, section 36-2806, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE36-2806.  Registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries; requirements

A.  A registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary shall be operated on a not-for-profit basis.  The bylaws of a registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary shall contain such provisions relative to the disposition of revenues and receipts to establish and maintain its nonprofit character.  A registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary need not be recognized as tax-exempt by the internal revenue service and is not required to incorporate pursuant to title 10, chapter 19, article 1.

B.  The operating documents of a registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary shall include procedures for the oversight of the registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary and procedures to ensure accurate recordkeeping.

C.  A registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary shall have a single secure entrance and shall implement appropriate security measures to deter and prevent the theft of marijuana and unauthorized entrance into areas containing marijuana.

D.  A registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary is prohibited from acquiring, possessing, cultivating, manufacturing, delivering, transferring, transporting, supplying or dispensing marijuana for any purpose except to assist registered qualifying patients with the medical use of marijuana directly or through the registered qualifying patients' designated caregivers.

E.  All cultivation of marijuana must take place in an enclosed, locked facility, at a physical address provided to the department during the registration process, which that can only be accessed only by registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary agents associated in the registry with the nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary.

F.  A registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary may acquire usable marijuana or marijuana plants from a registered qualifying patient or a registered designated caregiver only if the registered qualifying patient or registered designated caregiver receives no compensation for the marijuana.

G.  A nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary shall not permit allow any person to consume marijuana on the property of the nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary.

H.  Registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries are subject to reasonable inspection by the department.  The department shall give reasonable notice of an inspection under this subsection.

I.  The department of health services shall share with the department of revenue all sales data, excluding any registered qualifying patient-specific information, that is collected from registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries.  The department of health services shall revoke the registration of a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary that does not comply with the tax requirements of title 42, chapter 5 as reported by the department of revenue. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Requirements for enactment; three-fourths vote

Pursuant to article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, section 36-2806, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, is effective only on the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the legislature.

Sec. 3.  Emergency

This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.