Senate Bill S5533

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to appointments to the cannabis control board, and to oversight of registered cannabis organizations

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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-S5533 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2904
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§7, 36, 78 & 79, Cannabis L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10366

2023-S5533 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to appointments to the cannabis control board; relates to seed-to-sale tracking and reporting for registered cannabis organizations; relates to state and local inspections of registered cannabis organizations.

2023-S5533 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5533 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5533
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation  to  appointments  to  the
   cannabis control board, and to oversight of registered cannabis organ-
   izations

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 7 of the cannabis  law  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. The cannabis control board is hereby created and shall consist of a
 chairperson nominated by the governor and with the advice and consent of
 the  senate,  with one vote, and [four] EIGHT other voting board members
 as provided for in subdivision two of this section.
   2. Appointments. In addition to the chairperson,  the  governor  shall
 have two direct appointments to the board, [and] the temporary president
 of  the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall each have [one] TWO
 direct [appointment] APPOINTMENTS to the board, AND THE MINORITY  LEADER
 OF  THE  SENATE  AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY SHALL EACH HAVE
 ONE DIRECT APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD.  Appointments shall be for  a  term
 of  three  years  each  and should, to the extent possible, be geograph-
 ically and demographically representative of the state  and  communities
 historically  affected by the war on drugs. Board members shall be citi-
 zens and permanent residents of this  state.  The  chairperson  and  the
 remaining  members  of such board shall continue to serve as chairperson
 and members of the board until the expiration of  the  respective  terms
 for  which  they  were appointed. Upon the expiration of such respective
 terms the successors of such chairperson and members shall be  appointed
 to  serve for a term of three years each and until their successors have
 been appointed and qualified. The members, except for  the  chairperson,
 shall when performing the work of the board, be compensated at a rate of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06570-01-3
              

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