BILL NUMBER: SB 643	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator McGuire

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to medical marijuana.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 643, as introduced, McGuire. Medical marijuana.
   Existing law, the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, an initiative
measure enacted by the voters at the November 6, 1996, statewide
general election, authorizes the use of marijuana for medical
purposes. Existing law enacted by the Legislature, commonly referred
to as the Medical Marijuana Program Act, requires the establishment
of a program for the issuance of identification cards to qualified
patients so that they may lawfully use marijuana for medical
purposes, and requires the establishment of guidelines for the lawful
cultivation of marijuana grown for medical use.
   This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would, among other things, reaffirm and clarify
aspects of the Medical Marijuana Program Act, regulate the
cultivation of medical marijuana, and authorize and appropriate
adequate funding for the Board of Equalization to undertake a study,
as specified, in order to make recommendations on the best way to
levy and collect fees to regulate the cultivation and sale of medical
marijuana.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would do all of the following:
   (1) Protect the residents of California, private property, public
lands, and waterways from trespass cultivation of medical marijuana.
   (2) Reaffirm and clarify aspects of the Medical Marijuana Program
Act.
   (3) Regulate the cultivation of medical marijuana and authorize
the collection of fees.
   (4) Authorize and appropriate adequate funding for the Board of
Equalization to undertake a study of the results of legislation
recently passed in Colorado and the State of Washington in order to
make recommendations on the best way to levy and collect fees to
regulate the cultivation and sale of medical marijuana.
   (5) Authorize the creation of appellations of origin for medical
marijuana cultivated in California.