5428137 Resolution 21-64, Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015

A RESOLUTION

 

21-64  

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

March 17, 2015

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency with respect to the need to amend the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 to extend the time period that an applicant for a registration to operate a cultivation center whose application was pending as of June 20, 2012, shall be allowed to modify the application.

 

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2015”.

 

Sec. 2. (a) The Council passed the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Amendment Act of 2013, effective December 13, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-0059; 60 DCR 15484) (“Act”), which amended the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 to prohibit locating medical marijuana cultivation centers in certain Retail Priority Areas.

(b) In addition, the Act allowed any applicant that had an application pending as of the effective date of the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Temporary Amendment Act of 2012, effective June 20, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-146; 59 DCR 4164), for a registration to operate a cultivation center within a Retail Priority Area to modify the application within 180 days after the effective date of the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Temporary Amendment Act of 2013, effective May 1, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-1; 60 DCR 3962), without negatively affecting the current status of the application.  The 180 days have passed.

(c) An affected applicant is close to establishing a new location for the cultivation center it intends to operate, but needs additional time to finalize its arrangements. 

(d) It is important that the applicant execute its agreement and leases to conclude its relocation.  

 

Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia determines that the circumstances enumerated in section 2 constitute emergency circumstances making it necessary that the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Emergency Amendment Act of 2015 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.