Assembly Bill A8341

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "marihuana regulation and taxation act"; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8341 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6005
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Various Laws, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A3089, S1747
2017-2018: A3506, S3040
2019-2020: A1617, S1527
2021-2022: A1248, S854

2013-A8341 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "marihuana regulation and taxation act"; relates to the description of marihuana, and the growing of and use of marihuana by persons eighteen years of age or older; makes technical changes regarding the definition of marihuana; relates to the qualification of certain offenses involving marihuana and exempts certain persons from prosecution for the use, consumption, display, production or distribution of marihuana

2013-A8341 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8341

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES, GOTTFRIED, SEPULVEDA, WEPRIN --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Codes

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the description of
  marihuana, and the growing of and use of marihuana by persons eighteen
  years of age or older; to  amend  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  in
  relation to making technical changes regarding the definition of mari-
  huana;  to  amend  the  penal law, in relation to the qualification of
  certain offenses involving marihuana and  to  exempt  certain  persons
  from  prosecution  for  the  use,  consumption, display, production or
  distribution of marihuana; to amend  the  alcoholic  beverage  control
  law,  in relation to providing for the licensure of persons authorized
  to produce, process and sell marihuana;  to  amend  the  tax  law,  in
  relation  to  providing  for  the  levying of an excise tax on certain
  sales of marihuana; to amend the criminal  procedure  law,  the  civil
  practice  law  and  rules, the general business law, the state finance
  law, the executive law, the penal law and the vehicle and traffic law,
  in relation to making conforming changes; to repeal  sections  221.10,
  221.25,  221.30,  221.50  and  221.55 of the penal law relating to the
  criminal possession and sale of marihuana; and to repeal paragraph (f)
  of subdivision 2 of section 850 of the general business  law  relating
  to drug related paraphernalia

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "marihuana
regulation and taxation act".
  S  2.  Legislative  findings  and  intent.  The legislature finds that
decades of arresting marihuana users has failed to prevent marihuana use
or prevent minors from accessing marihuana. Existing marihuana laws have
created a violent, illegal drug market that consumes millions of dollars
in criminal justice resources each year.  Existing marihuana  laws  have
also  disproportionately  impacted  African-American and Latino communi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10865-05-3
              

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