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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

HB 2000: Marijuana/liquor control brd

Facilitating the efforts of the liquor control board to ensure the timely implementation of a well-designed, commercially viable regulatory scheme for the development of a legal marketplace for marijuana as required by Initiative Measure No. 502.

Summary

  • Establishes that participation by a prospective producer, processor, or retailer of marijuana products in the legal market created pursuant Initiative Measure No. 502 requires that such participant qualify for, and purchase, a 502 marketing certificate from the Liquor Control Board (LCB) as a prerequisite to obtaining a license.
  • Requires that 502 marketing certificates be sold to prospective market participants by the LCB at a public sale and that such sale must yield a purchase price that is no less than fair market value.
  • Revises the distance requirement from one thousand feet down to five hundred feet with respect to the minimum distance required between licensed marijuana marketing operations and specified public facilities.
  • Deletes statutory provisions establishing set licensing fees that the LCB must charge a prospective or operating producer, processor, or retailer in order to obtain or renew a license (i.e., the $250 application fee and $1,000 annual renewal fee), thus allowing the LCB to set such fees by rule.
  • Authorizes the LCB to suspend licenses and reinstate suspended licenses upon payment of monetary penalties set by the LCB pursuant to its rule making authority.

From the House Bill Analysis 2013 (HB 2000), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedMar 13, 2013
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Christopher Hurst (D-31)
Introduced
March 13, 2013 in the House
Last action
January 13, 2014
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to facilitating the efforts of the liquor control board to ensure the timely implementation of a well-designed, commercially viable regulatory scheme for the development of a legal marketplace for marijuana as required by Initiative Measure No. 502;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Christopher Hurst (D-31)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  4. First reading, referred to Government Accountability & Oversight (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).

HB 2000 in other sessions

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