CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 171Introduced by Assembly Member LackeyJanuary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 19353 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 171, as introduced, Lackey. Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act: licensure: reporting. Existing law, the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA), authorizes a person who obtains both a state license under the MCRSA and the relevant local license to engage in commercial medical cannabis activity pursuant to those licenses, as specified. The act authorizes a licensing authority, as defined, to issue a state license to qualified applicants engaging in commerical cannabis activity, subject to certain procedures and requirements. A licensing authority may deny an application for a state license, or issue a conditional license, if certain conditions apply. That act also requires each licensing authority to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, and to post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The licensing authority is required to include various information in that report, including, among others, the number of state licenses issued by that authority.This bill would also require a licensing authority to include in its annual report the number of conditional licenses issued.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19353 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:19353. Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, each licensing authority shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for the previous fiscal year:(a) The amount of funds allocated and spent by the licensing authority for medical cannabis licensing, enforcement, and administration.(b) The number of state licenses issued, including conditional licenses, renewed, denied, suspended, and revoked, by state license category.(c) The average time for processing state license applications, by state license category.(d) The number of appeals from the denial of state licenses or other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authority and the average time spent on these appeals.(e) The number of complaints submitted by citizens or representatives of cities or counties regarding licensees, provided as both a comprehensive statewide number and by geographical region.(f) The number and type of enforcement activities conducted by the licensing authorities and by local law enforcement agencies in conjunction with the licensing authorities or the bureau.(g) The number, type, and amount of penalties, fines, and other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authorities.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 171Introduced by Assembly Member LackeyJanuary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 19353 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 171, as introduced, Lackey. Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act: licensure: reporting. Existing law, the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA), authorizes a person who obtains both a state license under the MCRSA and the relevant local license to engage in commercial medical cannabis activity pursuant to those licenses, as specified. The act authorizes a licensing authority, as defined, to issue a state license to qualified applicants engaging in commerical cannabis activity, subject to certain procedures and requirements. A licensing authority may deny an application for a state license, or issue a conditional license, if certain conditions apply. That act also requires each licensing authority to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, and to post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The licensing authority is required to include various information in that report, including, among others, the number of state licenses issued by that authority.This bill would also require a licensing authority to include in its annual report the number of conditional licenses issued.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 171
Introduced by Assembly Member LackeyJanuary 17, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Lackey
January 17, 2017
An act to amend Section 19353 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 171, as introduced, Lackey. Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act: licensure: reporting.
Existing law, the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA), authorizes a person who obtains both a state license under the MCRSA and the relevant local license to engage in commercial medical cannabis activity pursuant to those licenses, as specified. The act authorizes a licensing authority, as defined, to issue a state license to qualified applicants engaging in commerical cannabis activity, subject to certain procedures and requirements. A licensing authority may deny an application for a state license, or issue a conditional license, if certain conditions apply. That act also requires each licensing authority to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, and to post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The licensing authority is required to include various information in that report, including, among others, the number of state licenses issued by that authority.This bill would also require a licensing authority to include in its annual report the number of conditional licenses issued.
Existing law, the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA), authorizes a person who obtains both a state license under the MCRSA and the relevant local license to engage in commercial medical cannabis activity pursuant to those licenses, as specified. The act authorizes a licensing authority, as defined, to issue a state license to qualified applicants engaging in commerical cannabis activity, subject to certain procedures and requirements. A licensing authority may deny an application for a state license, or issue a conditional license, if certain conditions apply. That act also requires each licensing authority to prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, and to post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The licensing authority is required to include various information in that report, including, among others, the number of state licenses issued by that authority.
This bill would also require a licensing authority to include in its annual report the number of conditional licenses issued.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 19353 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:19353. Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, each licensing authority shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for the previous fiscal year:(a) The amount of funds allocated and spent by the licensing authority for medical cannabis licensing, enforcement, and administration.(b) The number of state licenses issued, including conditional licenses, renewed, denied, suspended, and revoked, by state license category.(c) The average time for processing state license applications, by state license category.(d) The number of appeals from the denial of state licenses or other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authority and the average time spent on these appeals.(e) The number of complaints submitted by citizens or representatives of cities or counties regarding licensees, provided as both a comprehensive statewide number and by geographical region.(f) The number and type of enforcement activities conducted by the licensing authorities and by local law enforcement agencies in conjunction with the licensing authorities or the bureau.(g) The number, type, and amount of penalties, fines, and other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authorities.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 19353 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:19353. Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, each licensing authority shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for the previous fiscal year:(a) The amount of funds allocated and spent by the licensing authority for medical cannabis licensing, enforcement, and administration.(b) The number of state licenses issued, including conditional licenses, renewed, denied, suspended, and revoked, by state license category.(c) The average time for processing state license applications, by state license category.(d) The number of appeals from the denial of state licenses or other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authority and the average time spent on these appeals.(e) The number of complaints submitted by citizens or representatives of cities or counties regarding licensees, provided as both a comprehensive statewide number and by geographical region.(f) The number and type of enforcement activities conducted by the licensing authorities and by local law enforcement agencies in conjunction with the licensing authorities or the bureau.(g) The number, type, and amount of penalties, fines, and other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authorities.
SECTION 1. Section 19353 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
19353. Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, each licensing authority shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for the previous fiscal year:(a) The amount of funds allocated and spent by the licensing authority for medical cannabis licensing, enforcement, and administration.(b) The number of state licenses issued, including conditional licenses, renewed, denied, suspended, and revoked, by state license category.(c) The average time for processing state license applications, by state license category.(d) The number of appeals from the denial of state licenses or other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authority and the average time spent on these appeals.(e) The number of complaints submitted by citizens or representatives of cities or counties regarding licensees, provided as both a comprehensive statewide number and by geographical region.(f) The number and type of enforcement activities conducted by the licensing authorities and by local law enforcement agencies in conjunction with the licensing authorities or the bureau.(g) The number, type, and amount of penalties, fines, and other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authorities.
19353. Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, each licensing authority shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for the previous fiscal year:(a) The amount of funds allocated and spent by the licensing authority for medical cannabis licensing, enforcement, and administration.(b) The number of state licenses issued, including conditional licenses, renewed, denied, suspended, and revoked, by state license category.(c) The average time for processing state license applications, by state license category.(d) The number of appeals from the denial of state licenses or other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authority and the average time spent on these appeals.(e) The number of complaints submitted by citizens or representatives of cities or counties regarding licensees, provided as both a comprehensive statewide number and by geographical region.(f) The number and type of enforcement activities conducted by the licensing authorities and by local law enforcement agencies in conjunction with the licensing authorities or the bureau.(g) The number, type, and amount of penalties, fines, and other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authorities.
19353. Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, each licensing authority shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for the previous fiscal year:(a) The amount of funds allocated and spent by the licensing authority for medical cannabis licensing, enforcement, and administration.(b) The number of state licenses issued, including conditional licenses, renewed, denied, suspended, and revoked, by state license category.(c) The average time for processing state license applications, by state license category.(d) The number of appeals from the denial of state licenses or other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authority and the average time spent on these appeals.(e) The number of complaints submitted by citizens or representatives of cities or counties regarding licensees, provided as both a comprehensive statewide number and by geographical region.(f) The number and type of enforcement activities conducted by the licensing authorities and by local law enforcement agencies in conjunction with the licensing authorities or the bureau.(g) The number, type, and amount of penalties, fines, and other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authorities.
19353. Beginning on March 1, 2023, and on or before March 1 of each year thereafter, each licensing authority shall prepare and submit to the Legislature an annual report on the authoritys activities, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, and post the report on the authoritys Internet Web site. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information for the previous fiscal year:
(a) The amount of funds allocated and spent by the licensing authority for medical cannabis licensing, enforcement, and administration.
(b) The number of state licenses issued, including conditional licenses, renewed, denied, suspended, and revoked, by state license category.
(c) The average time for processing state license applications, by state license category.
(d) The number of appeals from the denial of state licenses or other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authority and the average time spent on these appeals.
(e) The number of complaints submitted by citizens or representatives of cities or counties regarding licensees, provided as both a comprehensive statewide number and by geographical region.
(f) The number and type of enforcement activities conducted by the licensing authorities and by local law enforcement agencies in conjunction with the licensing authorities or the bureau.
(g) The number, type, and amount of penalties, fines, and other disciplinary actions taken by the licensing authorities.