SB 1222 — marijuana dispensaries; inspections; business hours

SB1222 - 541R - S-BoyerS flrVer amend  (ref  Bill)  adopted-AdoptedSenate            Engrossed Bill  Number:      State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature First Regular Session       SENATE BILL 1222       AN ACT   Amending section 36‑2806, Arizona Revised Statutes;

S.B.relating to medical marijuana.

1222               Boyer(TEXT FloorOF AmendmentBILL            BEGINS ReferenceON to:NEXT PAGE)   Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

printedSection 1.  Subject billto            the Amendmentrequirements draftedof by:article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, section 36-2806, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

LegSTART_STATUTE36-2806.  Registered Council     FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION   ·         Allows the Department of Health Services to inspect a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensarydispensaries; (dispensary) during the dispensary's normal business hours to determine whether the dispensary is in compliance with prescribed rules and requirements.

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MHE.  All  cultivation  of marijuana must take place in an enclosed, locked facility, at a physical address provided to the department during the registration process, which that can only be accessed only by registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary agents associated in the registry with the nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary.

F.  A registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary may acquire usable marijuana or marijuana plants from a registered qualifying patient or a registered designated caregiver only if the registered qualifying patient or registered designated caregiver receives no compensation for the marijuana.

G.  A nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary shall not permit allow any person to consume marijuana on the property of a  the nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary.

H.  Registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries are subject to reasonable inspection by the department.  The department shall give reasonable notice of an inspection may inspect a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary under this subsection during the dispensary's normal business hours to determine whether the dispensary is in compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.

END_STATUTE Sec. 2.  Requirements for enactment;

three-fourths vote Pursuant to article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona, section 36-2806, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, is effective only on the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of each house of the legislature.