California 2017 2017-2018 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB3069 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/23/2018

                    Amended IN  Assembly  March 23, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3069Introduced by Assembly Member CooperFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 405 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. add Section 26019 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3069, as amended, Cooper. Employment.Cannabis: informational, educational, or training events.The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA authorizes an applicant to apply to all applicable state licensing authorities to obtain a state license to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity, except as specified, and requires the applicant to obtain a separate license for each location where the applicant engages in commercial cannabis activity.MAUCRSA authorizes a state licensing authority to issue a state temporary event license to a licensee authorizing onsite cannabis sales to, and consumption by, persons 21 years of age or older at a county fair or district agricultural association event, provided that certain other requirements are met. Existing state regulations govern the issuance of a temporary cannabis event license and a cannabis event organizer license.This bill would authorize a cannabis informational, educational, or training event to be held for state and local government officials, including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers. The bill would authorize the display of cannabis products at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event and would prohibit onsite consumption, sampling, or sale of cannabis during the event. The bill would authorize licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers to transport cannabis products to the event without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, an initiative measure, authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act with a 2/3 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature. This bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of the act. Existing law prohibits an employer from using property put up by any employee or applicant as a bond for any purpose other than liquidating accounts between the employer and employee or for return to the employee or applicant and requires the property to be held in trust for this purpose and not mingled with the property of the employer. Existing law provides that an employer or prospective employer, or agent or officer thereof, who misappropriates that property, mingles it with his or own, or uses it for any other purpose than those described is guilty of theft, as provided.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY2/3  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 26019 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:26019. (a) A cannabis informational, educational, or training event may be held for state and local government officials including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers.(b) For the purpose of subdivision (a), cannabis products may be displayed at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event.(c) Licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers may transport cannabis products to the event described in subdivision (a) without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.(d) Onsite consumption, sample, or sale shall be prohibited during the cannabis informational, educational, or training event described in subdivision (a).SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, for the following reason: This measure authorizes events pertaining to cannabis in order to provide information, education, and training to those who are in a position to protect the public safety and the public health.SECTION 1.Section 405 of the Labor Code is amended to read:405.Property put up by an employee or applicant as a bond shall not be used for any purpose other than liquidating accounts between the employer and employee or for return to the employee or applicant and shall be held in trust for this purpose and not mingled with the property of the employer. A contract between the employer and employee or applicant shall not abrogate the provisions of this section. An employer or prospective employer, or agent or officer thereof, who misappropriates the property, mingles it with his or her own, or uses it for any other purpose than described in this section is guilty of theft and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code relating to theft.

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 23, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 3069Introduced by Assembly Member CooperFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 405 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. add Section 26019 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 3069, as amended, Cooper. Employment.Cannabis: informational, educational, or training events.The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA authorizes an applicant to apply to all applicable state licensing authorities to obtain a state license to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity, except as specified, and requires the applicant to obtain a separate license for each location where the applicant engages in commercial cannabis activity.MAUCRSA authorizes a state licensing authority to issue a state temporary event license to a licensee authorizing onsite cannabis sales to, and consumption by, persons 21 years of age or older at a county fair or district agricultural association event, provided that certain other requirements are met. Existing state regulations govern the issuance of a temporary cannabis event license and a cannabis event organizer license.This bill would authorize a cannabis informational, educational, or training event to be held for state and local government officials, including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers. The bill would authorize the display of cannabis products at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event and would prohibit onsite consumption, sampling, or sale of cannabis during the event. The bill would authorize licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers to transport cannabis products to the event without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, an initiative measure, authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act with a 2/3 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature. This bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of the act. Existing law prohibits an employer from using property put up by any employee or applicant as a bond for any purpose other than liquidating accounts between the employer and employee or for return to the employee or applicant and requires the property to be held in trust for this purpose and not mingled with the property of the employer. Existing law provides that an employer or prospective employer, or agent or officer thereof, who misappropriates that property, mingles it with his or own, or uses it for any other purpose than those described is guilty of theft, as provided.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY2/3  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 23, 2018

Amended IN  Assembly  March 23, 2018

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 3069

Introduced by Assembly Member CooperFebruary 16, 2018

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper
February 16, 2018

 An act to amend Section 405 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. add Section 26019 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to cannabis.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 3069, as amended, Cooper. Employment.Cannabis: informational, educational, or training events.

The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA authorizes an applicant to apply to all applicable state licensing authorities to obtain a state license to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity, except as specified, and requires the applicant to obtain a separate license for each location where the applicant engages in commercial cannabis activity.MAUCRSA authorizes a state licensing authority to issue a state temporary event license to a licensee authorizing onsite cannabis sales to, and consumption by, persons 21 years of age or older at a county fair or district agricultural association event, provided that certain other requirements are met. Existing state regulations govern the issuance of a temporary cannabis event license and a cannabis event organizer license.This bill would authorize a cannabis informational, educational, or training event to be held for state and local government officials, including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers. The bill would authorize the display of cannabis products at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event and would prohibit onsite consumption, sampling, or sale of cannabis during the event. The bill would authorize licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers to transport cannabis products to the event without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, an initiative measure, authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act with a 2/3 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature. This bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of the act. Existing law prohibits an employer from using property put up by any employee or applicant as a bond for any purpose other than liquidating accounts between the employer and employee or for return to the employee or applicant and requires the property to be held in trust for this purpose and not mingled with the property of the employer. Existing law provides that an employer or prospective employer, or agent or officer thereof, who misappropriates that property, mingles it with his or own, or uses it for any other purpose than those described is guilty of theft, as provided.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act of 2016 (AUMA), an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities. MAUCRSA authorizes an applicant to apply to all applicable state licensing authorities to obtain a state license to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity, except as specified, and requires the applicant to obtain a separate license for each location where the applicant engages in commercial cannabis activity.

MAUCRSA authorizes a state licensing authority to issue a state temporary event license to a licensee authorizing onsite cannabis sales to, and consumption by, persons 21 years of age or older at a county fair or district agricultural association event, provided that certain other requirements are met. Existing state regulations govern the issuance of a temporary cannabis event license and a cannabis event organizer license.

This bill would authorize a cannabis informational, educational, or training event to be held for state and local government officials, including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers. The bill would authorize the display of cannabis products at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event and would prohibit onsite consumption, sampling, or sale of cannabis during the event. The bill would authorize licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers to transport cannabis products to the event without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.

The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, an initiative measure, authorizes the Legislature to amend the act to further the purposes and intent of the act with a 2/3 vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature. 

This bill would declare that its provisions further specified purposes and intent of the act. 

Existing law prohibits an employer from using property put up by any employee or applicant as a bond for any purpose other than liquidating accounts between the employer and employee or for return to the employee or applicant and requires the property to be held in trust for this purpose and not mingled with the property of the employer. Existing law provides that an employer or prospective employer, or agent or officer thereof, who misappropriates that property, mingles it with his or own, or uses it for any other purpose than those described is guilty of theft, as provided.



This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.



## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 26019 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:26019. (a) A cannabis informational, educational, or training event may be held for state and local government officials including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers.(b) For the purpose of subdivision (a), cannabis products may be displayed at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event.(c) Licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers may transport cannabis products to the event described in subdivision (a) without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.(d) Onsite consumption, sample, or sale shall be prohibited during the cannabis informational, educational, or training event described in subdivision (a).SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, for the following reason: This measure authorizes events pertaining to cannabis in order to provide information, education, and training to those who are in a position to protect the public safety and the public health.SECTION 1.Section 405 of the Labor Code is amended to read:405.Property put up by an employee or applicant as a bond shall not be used for any purpose other than liquidating accounts between the employer and employee or for return to the employee or applicant and shall be held in trust for this purpose and not mingled with the property of the employer. A contract between the employer and employee or applicant shall not abrogate the provisions of this section. An employer or prospective employer, or agent or officer thereof, who misappropriates the property, mingles it with his or her own, or uses it for any other purpose than described in this section is guilty of theft and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code relating to theft.

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 26019 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:26019. (a) A cannabis informational, educational, or training event may be held for state and local government officials including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers.(b) For the purpose of subdivision (a), cannabis products may be displayed at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event.(c) Licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers may transport cannabis products to the event described in subdivision (a) without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.(d) Onsite consumption, sample, or sale shall be prohibited during the cannabis informational, educational, or training event described in subdivision (a).

SECTION 1. Section 26019 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

26019. (a) A cannabis informational, educational, or training event may be held for state and local government officials including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers.(b) For the purpose of subdivision (a), cannabis products may be displayed at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event.(c) Licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers may transport cannabis products to the event described in subdivision (a) without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.(d) Onsite consumption, sample, or sale shall be prohibited during the cannabis informational, educational, or training event described in subdivision (a).

26019. (a) A cannabis informational, educational, or training event may be held for state and local government officials including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers.(b) For the purpose of subdivision (a), cannabis products may be displayed at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event.(c) Licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers may transport cannabis products to the event described in subdivision (a) without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.(d) Onsite consumption, sample, or sale shall be prohibited during the cannabis informational, educational, or training event described in subdivision (a).

26019. (a) A cannabis informational, educational, or training event may be held for state and local government officials including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers.(b) For the purpose of subdivision (a), cannabis products may be displayed at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event.(c) Licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers may transport cannabis products to the event described in subdivision (a) without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.(d) Onsite consumption, sample, or sale shall be prohibited during the cannabis informational, educational, or training event described in subdivision (a).



26019. (a) A cannabis informational, educational, or training event may be held for state and local government officials including, but not limited to, legislators, city council members, law enforcement organizations, emergency medical services staff, firefighters, child protective services, and social workers.

(b) For the purpose of subdivision (a), cannabis products may be displayed at an event held at an unlicensed location only if the general public does not have access to the event.

(c) Licensed cannabis retailers and manufacturers may transport cannabis products to the event described in subdivision (a) without a cannabis event organizer license or a temporary cannabis event license.

(d) Onsite consumption, sample, or sale shall be prohibited during the cannabis informational, educational, or training event described in subdivision (a).

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, for the following reason: This measure authorizes events pertaining to cannabis in order to provide information, education, and training to those who are in a position to protect the public safety and the public health.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, for the following reason: This measure authorizes events pertaining to cannabis in order to provide information, education, and training to those who are in a position to protect the public safety and the public health.

SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes and intent of the Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act, for the following reason: 

### SEC. 2.

This measure authorizes events pertaining to cannabis in order to provide information, education, and training to those who are in a position to protect the public safety and the public health.





Property put up by an employee or applicant as a bond shall not be used for any purpose other than liquidating accounts between the employer and employee or for return to the employee or applicant and shall be held in trust for this purpose and not mingled with the property of the employer. A contract between the employer and employee or applicant shall not abrogate the provisions of this section. An employer or prospective employer, or agent or officer thereof, who misappropriates the property, mingles it with his or her own, or uses it for any other purpose than described in this section is guilty of theft and shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code relating to theft.