STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1658
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: S.B. No. 682
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 682, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA,"
begs leave to report as follows:
More specifically, this measure:
(1) Establishes a regulated system of medical marijuana dispensaries and production centers and a Medical Marijuana Advisory Commission;
(2) Prohibits counties from enacting zoning ordinances or rules that prohibit the use of land for licensed dispensaries and production centers;
(3) Establishes a Medical Marijuana Registry Program Sub-account and Medical Marijuana Dispensary Program Sub-account within the renamed Medical Marijuana Registry and Regulation Special Fund;
(4) Establishes an affirmative defense for owners or employees of a medical marijuana production center or dispensary subject to criminal charges for the production or distribution of marijuana;
(5) Requires qualifying patients or primary caregivers who cultivate marijuana plants to either register with the Department of Health or obtain a license, based on the number of plants cultivated;
(6) Defines the authorized sources of medical marijuana and amends the definition of a permitted adequate supply to account for manufactured marijuana products;
(7) Clarifies the right of qualifying patients, primary caregivers, and owners or employees of licensed dispensaries and production centers to transport medical marijuana in a public place;
(8) Permits any physician who has a bona fide physician-patient relationship with a qualifying patient to issue a written certification;
(9) Appropriates funds into the Medical Marijuana Registry and Regulation Special Fund; and
(10) Requires the Director of Health and the Legislative Reference Bureau to report to the Legislature on the progress of implementing the dispensary and production center system and any further required legislation.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 682, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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