S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9102
I N S E N A T E
June 17, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to medical marihuana
dispensing sites
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 3365 of the public health law, as
added by chapter 90 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
9. The commissioner shall register [no more than five] registered
organizations that manufacture medical marihuana with no more than
[four] FOURTEEN dispensing sites wholly owned and operated by EACH such
registered organization. The commissioner shall ensure that such [regis-
tered organizations and] dispensing sites are geographically distributed
across the state. [The commission may register additional registered
organizations] EACH REGISTERED ORGANIZATION, GIVEN THAT NO DISPENSING
SITE SHALL BE LOCATED WITHIN ONE THOUSAND FEET OF ANOTHER DISPENSING
SITE, SHALL BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE:
(A) NO MORE THAN SIX DISPENSING SITES IN TOTAL IN THE COUNTIES OF NEW
YORK, KINGS, QUEENS, BRONX, AND RICHMOND;
(B) NO MORE THAN FOUR DISPENSING SITES IN TOTAL IN THE COUNTIES OF
NASSAU, SUFFOLK, AND WESTCHESTER; AND
(C) NO MORE THAN FOUR DISPENSING SITES IN TOTAL IN THE COUNTIES OTHER
THAN THE COUNTIES OF NEW YORK, KINGS, QUEENS, BRONX, RICHMOND, NASSAU,
SUFFOLK, AND WESTCHESTER.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
the amendments to subdivision 9 of section 3365 of the public health
law, made by section one of this act, shall not affect the repeal of
such section and shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16343-01-8