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| 5 | 5 | | _____________________________ _____________________________ 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | Councilmember Charles Allen Councilmember Brooke Pinto 3 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL 5 |
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| 10 | 10 | | _________________________ 7 |
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| 12 | 12 | | IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 9 |
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| 14 | 14 | | _________________________ 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend, on a temporary basis, the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative 14 |
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| 18 | 18 | | of 1999 to prohibit medical cannabis retailer licensees from locating within 300 feet of 15 |
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| 19 | 19 | | preschools, primary and secondary schools, and recreation centers without exception, and 16 |
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| 20 | 20 | | to authorize medical cannabis retailer license applicants whose locations are within 300 17 |
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| 21 | 21 | | feet of preschools, primary and secondary schools, and recreation centers to change the 18 |
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| 22 | 22 | | location of the retailer facility on its application within 180 calendar days after the 19 |
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| 23 | 23 | | effective date of this act. 20 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this 22 |
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| 26 | 26 | | act may be cited as the “Prohibition of Cannabis Retailers Near Schools Temporary Amendment 23 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act of 2024”. 24 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 2. Section 7a of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 25 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1999, effective February 25, 2010 (D.C. Law 13-315; D.C. Official Code § 7-1671.06a), is 26 |
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| 30 | 30 | | amended as follows: 27 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) Subsection (a) is amended by adding a new paragraph (3A) to read as follows: 28 |
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| 32 | 32 | | “(3A) An unlicensed establishment that actually applied for a retailer license 29 |
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| 33 | 33 | | under paragraph (3) of this subsection shall be allowed to change the location of the retailer 30 |
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| 34 | 34 | | facility on its application within 180 calendar days after the effective date of the Prohibition of 31 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Cannabis Retailers Near Schools Emergency Amendment Act of 2024, passed on emergency 32 |
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| 38 | 38 | | basis on April 2, 2024 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-XXX), without negatively affecting the status 33 |
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| 39 | 39 | | of the application, provided that: 34 |
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| 40 | 40 | | “(A) The location of the establishment in the original application filed 35 |
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| 41 | 41 | | with ABCA was within 300 feet of a preschool, primary or secondary school, or recreation 36 |
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| 42 | 42 | | center; and 37 |
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| 43 | 43 | | “(B) The main entrance to the preschool, primary or secondary school, or 38 |
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| 44 | 44 | | recreation center, or the nearest property line of the school or recreation center, is actually on or 39 |
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| 45 | 45 | | occupies ground zoned commercial or industrial according to the official atlases of the Zoning 40 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Commission of the District of Columbia.”. 41 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) Subsection (c) is amended by striking the phrase “shall not apply where” and inserting 42 |
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| 48 | 48 | | the phrase “shall not apply to cultivation center or internet retailer license applications where” in 43 |
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| 49 | 49 | | its place. 44 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement. 45 |
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| 51 | 51 | | The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact 46 |
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| 52 | 52 | | statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved 47 |
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| 53 | 53 | | October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a). 48 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Sec. 4. Effective date. 49 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (a) This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by 50 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), a 30-day period of congressional review 51 |
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| 57 | 57 | | as provided in section 602(c)(1) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 52 |
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| 58 | 58 | | 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 813; D.C. Official Code § 1-206.02(c)(1)), and publication in the District of 53 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Columbia Register. 54 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (b) This act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect. 55 |
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