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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session

 

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1024

 

medical marijuana; sales data; enforcement

Purpose

            An emergency measure that requires, upon request, the Department of Health Services (DHS) to share with the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) sales data and other information collected from registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries. Contains requirements for enactment for initiatives and referendums (Proposition 105).

Background

            The Arizona Medical Marijuana Act was passed as a 2010 ballot measure, legalizing the use of medical marijuana. Current requirements for nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries focus on security measures, cultivation, acquisition and consumption on the dispensary's premises (A.R.S. § 36-2806).

            There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.

Provisions

1.      Requires, upon request, DHS to share with ADOR licensee information of a medical marijuana dispensary including its name and registry identification number, its physical address, cultivation site, transaction privilege tax license number, information about its supplier and sales data collected from registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries.

2.      Excludes the sharing of any registered qualifying patient-specific information.

3.      Allows ADOR to disclose confidential information to DHS to determine if a medical marijuana dispensary is in compliance with transaction privilege tax requirements.

4.      Requires DHS to revoke the registration of nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries that do not comply with transaction privilege tax requirements.

5.      Makes technical changes.

6.      Requires for enactment the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the Legislature (Proposition 105).

7.      Becomes effective on signature of the Governor, if the emergency clause is enacted.

Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole

1.      Requires DHS to share information with ADOR only upon request.

2.      Requires, upon request, DHS to share with ADOR licensee information of a medical marijuana dispensary including its name and registry identification number, its physical address, cultivation site, transaction privilege tax license number and information about its supplier in addition to sales data.

3.      Allows ADOR to disclose confidential information to DHS to determine if a medical marijuana dispensary is in compliance with transaction privilege tax requirements.

Senate Action

FIN                 1/23/19      DP     9-1-0

Prepared by Senate Research

February 5, 2019

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