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Assembly Bill A8118

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to notice to elected officials upon receipt of certain applications

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2025-A8118 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §61, Cannabis L

2025-A8118 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing notice to elected officials upon receipt and approval of an application for a cannabis retail dispensary or on-site consumption license.

2025-A8118 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8118
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PIROZZOLO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to notice to elected offi-
   cials upon receipt of certain applications
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 61 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. THE BOARD SHALL, WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE RECEIPT AS WELL AS  UPON
 APPROVAL  OF  A COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR AN ADULT-USE RETAIL DISPENSARY
 LICENSE OR AN ADULT-USE ON-SITE  CONSUMPTION  LICENSE,  PROVIDE  WRITTEN
 NOTICE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE WHO REPRESENT THE
 DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  THE  PREMISES OF THE PROPOSED DISPENSARY OR ON-SITE
 CONSUMPTION ESTABLISHMENT IS LOCATED, THAT THE APPLICATION WAS  RECEIVED
 BY THE BOARD.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the canna-
 bis control board shall provide the notice required by subdivision 4  of
 section  61  of the cannabis law as added by section one of this act for
 any completed application which is pending as of the effective  date  of
 this act.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11496-01-5

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