Enacts the "cannabis oversight and official engagement act"; requires the office of cannabis management to notify appropriate elected officials of applications for adult-use retail dispensaries in their legislative districts; requires the office to consider any responses from such elected officials in determining an application for an adult-use retail dispensary license; requires such communications to be made public.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9389
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to enacting the "cannabis
oversight and official engagement act"
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "cannabis oversight and official engagement act".
§ 2. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 76-a to read
as follows:
§ 76-A. NOTIFICATION TO ELECTED OFFICIALS OF ADULT-USE RETAIL DISPEN-
SARY LICENSE. 1. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE
FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
(A) "ADULT-USE RETAIL DISPENSARY LICENSE" MEANS AN ADULT-USE RETAIL
DISPENSARY LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTY-TWO OF THIS ARTI-
CLE.
(B) "ELECTED OFFICIAL" MEANS THE ELECTED MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OR
SENATE REPRESENTING A LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT.
(C) "LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT" MEANS AN ASSEMBLY OR SENATE DISTRICT IN THE
STATE, AS DESIGNATED BY THE MOST RECENTLY APPROVED DISTRICTING OR REDIS-
TRICTING PLAN.
2. NOTICE REQUIREMENT. (A) PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF ANY APPLICATION
FOR AN ADULT-USE RETAIL DISPENSARY LICENSE, THE OFFICE SHALL NOTIFY THE
ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS WITHIN WHICH
THE PROPOSED ADULT-USE RETAIL DISPENSARY WOULD BE LOCATED OF SUCH APPLI-
CATION. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE SENT NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS BEFORE A
DECISION IS MADE REGARDING SUCH APPLICATION. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE SENT
BY CERTIFIED MAIL, ELECTRONIC MAIL, OR ANY OTHER METHOD DEEMED RELIABLE
BY THE OFFICE.
(B) THE NOTICE REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
INCLUDE:
(I) THE TRADE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PROPOSED ADULT-USE RETAIL
DISPENSARY;
(II) THE FULL NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE APPLICANT;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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