4289357 Resolution 20-88, “Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”

A RESOLUTION

 

20-88 

 

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

 

April 9, 2013

 

 

To declare the existence of an emergency, due to Congressional review, with respect to the need to amend the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 to provide that medical marijuana cultivation centers shall not be located in certain Retail Priority Areas.

 

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Congressional Review Emergency Declaration Resolution of 2013”.

 

Sec. 2. (a) In January, the Council enacted the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 (D.C. Act 20-4; 60 DCR 2790) (“emergency legislation”), and in March, the Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Temporary Amendment Act of 2013, signed by the Mayor on March 5, 2013 (D.C. Act 20-13; 60 DCR 3962) (“temporary legislation”), 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) The emergency legislation will expire on April 29, 2013, before the temporary legislation is projected to become law.

(c) It is important that the provisions of the emergency legislation continue in effect, without interruption, until the temporary legislation is in effect. 

 

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 Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2013 be adopted after a single reading.

 

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.