Assembly Bill A7718

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the state cannabis advisory board

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A7718 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7528
Current Committee:
Assembly Economic Development
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14, Cannabis L

2023-A7718 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds a non-voting member from the division of service-disabled veterans' business development to the state cannabis advisory board.

2023-A7718 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7718
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Economic Development
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in  relation  to  the  state  cannabis
   advisory board
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 14 of the cannabis law is  amended
 to read as follows:
   2.  The state cannabis advisory board shall consist of thirteen voting
 appointed members, along with a representative from  the  department  of
 environmental  conservation,  the department of agriculture and markets,
 the office of children and family services, the department of labor, the
 department of health, the division of housing and community renewal, the
 office of addiction services  and  supports,  [and]  the  department  of
 education,  AND  THE  DIVISION  OF  SERVICE-DISABLED  VETERANS' BUSINESS
 DEVELOPMENT, serving as non-voting ex-officio  members.    The  governor
 shall have seven appointments, the temporary president of the senate and
 the  speaker  of  the assembly shall each have three appointments to the
 board.  The members shall be appointed to each serve  three  year  terms
 and in the event of a vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner
 of the original appointment for the remainder of the term. The appointed
 members  and  representatives  shall  receive  no compensation for their
 services but shall  be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties as board members.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11663-01-3

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