Bill Text: NY S09679 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the cannabis control board to issue a cannabis showcase event permit to certain licensees authorized to conduct retail sales of adult-use cannabis, cannabis products and cannabis merchandise.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-12-21 - APPROVAL MEMO.93 [S09679 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09679-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9679--A
            Cal. No. 1610

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 17, 2024
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        Introduced  by  Sens. HINCHEY, COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
          and  Government  Operations  --  committee  discharged  and  said bill
          committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered  to  a  third  reading,
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
          third reading

        AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to authorizing a  cannabis
          showcase event permit

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section  130-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 130-a. Cannabis showcase event permit. 1. When used in this section,
     4  "cannabis showcase event" shall mean an event where:
     5    a  licensee  authorized to conduct retail sales of adult-use cannabis,
     6  cannabis products, and cannabis merchandise  engages  in  the  sale  and
     7  showcase  of  such  products  away  from the licensed premises in demon-
     8  strated partnership with a licensed New York  state  adult-use  cannabis
     9  cultivator  or processor, at showcase events located at farmers' markets
    10  and public markets as defined in section two hundred sixty of the  agri-
    11  culture  and markets law or similar such locations, as authorized by the
    12  office.
    13    2. A licensee authorized under this chapter to conduct retail sales of
    14  adult-use cannabis may apply to the office for a cannabis showcase event
    15  permit and shall be required to demonstrate that they are in partnership
    16  with a licensed cultivator or processor.  An application for a  cannabis
    17  showcase  event permit shall identify licensees who are authorized under
    18  this chapter to showcase at such cannabis showcase event.
    19    3. A cannabis showcase event permit shall authorize: (a) the permitted
    20  licensee, authorized under this  chapter  to  conduct  retail  sales  of
    21  adult-use  cannabis,  adult-use cannabis products, and cannabis merchan-
    22  dise, and (b) the permitted licensee, authorized under this  chapter  to
    23  cultivate  and  process  adult-use cannabis, to showcase their adult-use

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15667-03-4
        S. 9679--A                          2

     1  cannabis  and cannabis products, for a temporary period of  time,  at  a
     2  cannabis showcase event.
     3    4.  A  separate  cannabis  showcase event permit shall be required for
     4  each showcase event at which a cannabis showcase event is being held.
     5    5. No cannabis showcase event permit shall  authorize  more  than  one
     6  cannabis  showcase event at one time. A licensee may participate in more
     7  than one cannabis showcase event so long as each cannabis showcase event
     8  has a corresponding separate cannabis showcase event permit.
     9    6. Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  chapter,  a  cannabis
    10  showcase event permit shall be valid for no more than fourteen days.
    11    7.  The  board  may  set  reasonable  fees for cannabis showcase event
    12  permits. Such fees may be based on the type of cannabis  showcase  event
    13  permit  sought,  size,  length,  duration,  or  any other factors deemed
    14  reasonable and appropriate by  the  board  to  achieve  the  policy  and
    15  purpose of this chapter.
    16    8.  Permitted  licensees shall comply with all reporting requirements,
    17  including required sales reporting, and all other requirements set forth
    18  in regulations, and any noncompliance by such permitted licensees  shall
    19  subject  such  permitted  licensees to applicable fees, fines and penal-
    20  ties.
    21    9. The board shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.