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| 28 | 28 | | STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) |
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| 32 | 32 | | HOUSE BILL 2987 By: Olsen |
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| 38 | 38 | | AS INTRODUCED |
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| 40 | 40 | | An Act relating to medical marijuana; amending 63 |
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| 41 | 41 | | O.S. 2021, Section 425, which relates to protections |
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| 42 | 42 | | for medical marijuana patient licen sees; authorizing |
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| 43 | 43 | | counties, cities and local municipalities to enact |
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| 44 | 44 | | certain ordinances or resolutions; providing |
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| 45 | 45 | | exceptions; directing the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana |
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| 46 | 46 | | Authority to cease issuing licenses under certain |
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| 47 | 47 | | circumstances; providing exceptions; an d providing an |
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| 48 | 48 | | effective date. |
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| 54 | 54 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 425 , is |
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| 56 | 56 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 57 | 57 | | Section 425. A. No school or landlord may refuse to e nroll or |
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| 58 | 58 | | lease to and may not otherwise penalize a person solely for his or |
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| 59 | 59 | | her status as a licensed medical marijuana patient, unless failing |
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| 60 | 60 | | to do so would cause the school or land lord the potential to lose a |
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| 61 | 61 | | monetary or licensing -related benefit under f ederal law or |
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| 62 | 62 | | regulations. |
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| 63 | 63 | | B. 1. Unless a failure to do so would cause an employer the |
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| 64 | 64 | | potential to lose a monetary or licensing -related benefit under |
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| 91 | 91 | | federal law or regulations, a n employer may not discriminate against |
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| 92 | 92 | | a person in hiring, termination or imposing any term or condition of |
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| 93 | 93 | | employment or otherwise penalize a person based upon the status of |
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| 94 | 94 | | the person as a licensed medical marijuana patient. |
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| 95 | 95 | | 2. Employers may take actio n against a licensed medical |
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| 96 | 96 | | marijuana patient if the licensed medical mar ijuana patient uses or |
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| 97 | 97 | | possesses marijuana while in his or her place of employment or |
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| 98 | 98 | | during the hours of employment. Employers may not take action |
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| 99 | 99 | | against the licensed medical mari juana patient solely based upon the |
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| 100 | 100 | | status of an employee as a licensed me dical marijuana patient or the |
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| 101 | 101 | | results of a drug test showing positive for marijuana or its |
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| 102 | 102 | | components. |
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| 103 | 103 | | C. For the purposes of medical care, including organ |
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| 104 | 104 | | transplants, the authori zed use of marijuana by a licensed medical |
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| 105 | 105 | | marijuana patient shall be cons idered the equivalent of the use of |
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| 106 | 106 | | any other medication under the direction of a physician and does not |
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| 107 | 107 | | constitute the use of an illicit substance or otherwise disqualify a |
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| 108 | 108 | | registered qualifying patient from medical care. |
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| 109 | 109 | | D. No licensed medical marijuana patient may be denied custody |
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| 110 | 110 | | of or visitation or parenting time with a minor child, and there is |
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| 111 | 111 | | no presumption of neglect or child endangerment for conduct allowed |
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| 112 | 112 | | under this law, unless the behavior of the person creates an |
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| 113 | 113 | | unreasonable danger to the s afety of the minor child. |
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| 140 | 140 | | E. No licensed medical marijuana patient may unduly be withheld |
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| 141 | 141 | | from holding a state -issued license by virtue of their being a |
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| 142 | 142 | | licensed medical marijuana p atient including, but not limited to, a |
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| 143 | 143 | | concealed carry permit. |
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| 144 | 144 | | F. 1. No Upon the effective date of this act, a county, city |
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| 145 | 145 | | or local municipality may unduly change or restrict zoning laws to |
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| 146 | 146 | | prevent the opening of a enact an ordinance or resolution |
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| 147 | 147 | | restricting the aggregate number of additional medical marijuana |
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| 148 | 148 | | dispensaries or medical marijuana grow facilities that may operate |
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| 149 | 149 | | within the county, city or local municipality ; provided, however, |
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| 150 | 150 | | the ordinance or resolution shall not entirely prevent or in any |
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| 151 | 151 | | manner prohibit the operation of medical marijuana dispensary |
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| 152 | 152 | | dispensaries or medical marijuana grow facilities within the county, |
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| 153 | 153 | | city or local municipality . Any ordinance or resolution enacted by |
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| 154 | 154 | | a county, city or local municipality pursuant to this paragraph |
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| 155 | 155 | | shall have no impact upon any medical marijuana dispensar y or |
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| 156 | 156 | | medical marijuana grow facilit y operating with a valid medical |
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| 157 | 157 | | marijuana business license issued by the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana |
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| 158 | 158 | | Authority prior to the effective date of this act . |
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| 159 | 159 | | 2. If a county, city or local municipality declines to enact an |
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| 160 | 160 | | ordinance or resolution restricting the aggregate number of |
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| 161 | 161 | | additional medical marijuana dispensaries or medical marijuana grow |
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| 162 | 162 | | facilities within its geographic boundaries, the Authority shall |
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| 163 | 163 | | cease issuing medical marijuana dispensary and medical marijuana |
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| 190 | 190 | | grow facility licenses and shall be restricted from issuing any |
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| 191 | 191 | | additional licenses except under the following conditions : |
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| 192 | 192 | | a. the Authority shall be au thorized to issue one |
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| 193 | 193 | | additional medical marijuana dispensary license and |
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| 194 | 194 | | one additional medical marijuana grow fa cility license |
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| 195 | 195 | | per county per calendar year, or |
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| 196 | 196 | | b. if the population of a county exceeds one hundred |
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| 197 | 197 | | thousand (100,000), as determined by the latest |
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| 198 | 198 | | Federal Decennial Census, the Aut hority shall be |
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| 199 | 199 | | authorized to issue two additional medical marijuana |
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| 200 | 200 | | dispensary licenses and two additional medical |
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| 201 | 201 | | marijuana grow facility licenses per county per |
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| 202 | 202 | | calendar year. |
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| 203 | 203 | | 3. For purposes of this subsection, an undue change or |
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| 204 | 204 | | restriction of munici pal zoning laws means an act which entirely |
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| 205 | 205 | | prevents medical marijuana dis pensaries from operating within |
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| 206 | 206 | | municipal boundaries as a matter of law. Municipalities counties, |
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| 207 | 207 | | cities and local municipalities may follow their standard planning |
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| 208 | 208 | | and zoning procedures to determine if certain zones or districts |
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| 209 | 209 | | would be appropriate for locating marijuana-licensed premises, |
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| 210 | 210 | | medical marijuana businesses or any other premises where marijuana |
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| 211 | 211 | | or its by-products are cultivated, grown, processed, stored or |
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| 212 | 212 | | manufactured. |
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| 239 | 239 | | 3. 4. For purposes of this section, a medical marijuana |
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| 240 | 240 | | dispensary or medical marijuana grow facility does not include those |
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| 241 | 241 | | other entities licensed by the Department as marijuana -licensed |
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| 242 | 242 | | premises, medical marijuana businesses or other facilities or |
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| 243 | 243 | | locations where marijuana or any product containing marijuana or its |
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| 244 | 244 | | by-products are cultivated, grown, processed, stored or |
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| 245 | 245 | | manufactured. |
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| 246 | 246 | | G. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the |
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| 247 | 247 | | location of any retail medical marijuana dispensary is specifica lly |
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| 248 | 248 | | prohibited within one thousand (1,000) feet of any school entrance. |
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| 249 | 249 | | On and after the effective date of this act, for purposes of |
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| 250 | 250 | | calculating the 1,000 -foot setback distance, the measurement shall |
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| 251 | 251 | | be determined by calculating the distance in a straight line from |
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| 252 | 252 | | the school door nearest the front door of the retail medical |
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| 253 | 253 | | marijuana dispensary to the front door of the retail medical |
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| 254 | 254 | | marijuana dispensary. |
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| 255 | 255 | | 1. On and after June 26, 2018, if any school is established |
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| 256 | 256 | | within one thousand (1,000) feet of any retail medical marijuana |
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| 257 | 257 | | dispensary after a license has been issued by the Authority for that |
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| 258 | 258 | | location, the setback distance between properties shall not apply as |
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| 259 | 259 | | long as the licensed property is used for its original licensed |
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| 260 | 260 | | purpose. The licensed locati on shall be grandfathered in as to the |
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| 261 | 261 | | setback distance as long as the pro perty is used in accordance with |
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| 262 | 262 | | the original licensed purpose. |
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| 289 | 289 | | 2. On and after June 26, 2018, the Authority, due to an error |
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| 290 | 290 | | in measurement of the setback distance or failure to me asure the |
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| 291 | 291 | | setback distance by the Authority prior to issuance of an origin al |
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| 292 | 292 | | license at a location, shall not: |
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| 293 | 293 | | a. deny any issuance or renewal of a license at that |
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| 295 | 295 | | b. deny any transfer of license pursuant to a change in |
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| 296 | 296 | | ownership at that location , or |
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| 297 | 297 | | c. revoke any license due to an error in measurement or |
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| 298 | 298 | | failure to measure the setback distance, except as |
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| 299 | 299 | | otherwise provided by law. |
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| 300 | 300 | | The retail medical marijuana dispensary shall be grandfathered |
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| 301 | 301 | | in as to the setback distance, subject only to the mun icipal |
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| 302 | 302 | | compliance provisions of Section 426.1 of this title. |
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| 303 | 303 | | 3. For purposes of this subsection: |
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| 304 | 304 | | a. "school" means the same as defined in Section 427.2 of |
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| 305 | 305 | | this title, and |
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| 306 | 306 | | b. "error in measurement " means a mistake made by the |
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| 307 | 307 | | Authority or a municipality in the setback measurement |
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| 308 | 308 | | process where either the distance between a retail |
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| 309 | 309 | | medical marijuana dispensary and a school is |
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| 310 | 310 | | miscalculated due to mathematical error or the method |
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| 341 | 341 | | original license has been issued. |
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| 342 | 342 | | SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2022. |
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| 344 | 344 | | 58-2-8439 GRS 09/16/21 |
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