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Measure Title: RELATING TO COUNTIES. Report Title: Counties; Compassion Centers
Description: Provides that each county has the power to establish compassion centers for the dispensing of medical marijuana. Requires that compassion centers shall only provide service to qualified patients and primary caregivers registered with the department of public safety. Makes compassion centers subject to the general excise tax by making inapplicable the exemption for amounts received from sales of prescription drugs or prosthetic devices. Imposes a general excise tax on marijuana sales. Eff 8/7/2012. (SD1)
Companion:
Package: None
Current Referral: TIA/PSM, WAM Introducer(s): ESPERO, Bunda, English, Galuteria, Green
2/22/2010S The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Chun Oakland, English, Fukunaga, Galuteria, Hooser, Kidani, Kokubun, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Tsutsui ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hee, Hemmings.
S = Senate
H = House
D = Data Systems
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment