Prohibits cannabis retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises within one thousand feet of the perimeter of a school grounds; prohibits the advertising and marketing of cannabis content within one thousand feet of the perimeter of a school grounds, playgrounds, child day care providers, public parks, and libraries.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
January 12, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to prohibiting cannabis
retail and on-site consumption licensees from operating such premises
within one thousand feet of the perimeter of a school grounds
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 72 of the cannabis law is amended
to read as follows:
6. No cannabis retail licensee shall locate a storefront within [five
hundred] ONE THOUSAND feet of THE PERIMETER OF a school grounds as such
term is defined in the education law or within two hundred feet of a
house of worship.
§ 2. Subdivision 4 of section 77 of the cannabis law is amended to
read as follows:
4. No applicant shall be granted an adult-use on-site consumption
license for any premises within [five hundred] ONE THOUSAND feet of THE
PERIMETER OF A school grounds as such term is defined in the education
law or two hundred feet from a house of worship.
§ 3. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 86 of the cannabis law
is amended to read as follows:
(e) is within or is readily observed within [five hundred] ONE THOU-
SAND feet of the perimeter of a school grounds, playground, child day
care providers, public park, or library;
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13695-02-3
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