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Assembly Bill A502

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the location of the principal office of the cannabis control board and office of cannabis management

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2025-A502 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §7, Cannabis L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7676

2025-A502 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the principal office of the cannabis control board and office of cannabis management shall be located in Albany county.

2025-A502 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    502
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Ways and Means
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to  the  location  of  the
   principal  office of the cannabis control board and office of cannabis
   management

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 6 of section 7 of the cannabis law is amended
 to read as follows:
   6. The cannabis control board and office of cannabis management  shall
 have  its  principal office in the [city] COUNTY of Albany, and maintain
 branch offices in the cities of New York  and  Buffalo  and  such  other
 places as it may deem necessary.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01074-01-5

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