S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10091
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 3, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to exempting the town of
Pound Ridge from the establishment of retail dispensary licenses and
on-site consumption licenses for cannabis
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 131 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-A. THE LICENSURE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A RETAIL DISPENSARY LICENSE
AND/OR ON-SITE CONSUMPTION LICENSE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE FOUR
OF THIS CHAPTER AUTHORIZING THE RETAIL SALE OF ADULT-USE CANNABIS TO
CANNABIS CONSUMERS SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE TOWN OF POUND RIDGE IN
THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, PROVIDED THAT THE TOWN OF POUND RIDGE,
BETWEEN THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION AND NINE MONTHS THEREAFT-
ER, ADOPTS A LOCAL LAW, SUBJECT TO A PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM PURSUANT TO
SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW, REQUESTING THAT THE
CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD PROHIBIT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SUCH RETAIL DISPEN-
SARY LICENSES AND/OR ON-SITE CONSUMPTION LICENSES WITHIN THE JURISDIC-
TION OF THE TOWN. AFTER NINE MONTHS FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
SUBDIVISION, NO LOCAL LAW MAY BE ADOPTED THAT PROHIBITS THE ESTABLISH-
MENT OF RETAIL DISPENSARY LICENSEES AND/OR ON-SITE CONSUMPTION LICENSES;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A LOCAL LAW REPEALING SUCH PROHIBITION MAY BE
ADOPTED AFTER SUCH DATE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15280-01-4
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