Assembly Bill A4770

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   4770
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to implementing  licensure
   and  eligibility  limitations  for the cannabis control board's social
   and economic equity plan
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 of section 87 of the canna-
 bis law is amended to read as follows:
   (c) was convicted of a marihuana-related offense prior to  the  effec-
 tive  date of this chapter, or had a parent, guardian, child, spouse, or
 dependent, or was a dependent of an individual who, prior to the  effec-
 tive date of this chapter, was convicted of a marihuana-related offense;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  AN  INDIVIDUAL  CONVICTED OF AN OFFENSE OR OFFENSES
 RELATING TO ANY ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE OR SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN MARIHUANA-RE-
 LATED OFFENSES SHALL BE DEEMED INELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR  LICENS-
 ING UNDER THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUITY PLAN.
   §  2. Section 65 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 6 to read as follows:
   6. A LICENSEE CONVICTED OF A FELONY PURSUANT TO  ARTICLE  TWO  HUNDRED
 TWENTY  OR  TWO  HUNDRED  TWENTY-TWO  OF  THE  PENAL  LAW SHALL HAVE ALL
 LICENSES GRANTED UNDER THIS CHAPTER IMMEDIATELY REVOKED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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