5655020 Joint Public Hearing on B21-257, Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Expansion Amendment Act OF 2015
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COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
COUNCILMEMBER YVETTE M. ALEXANDER, CHAIRPERSON
COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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COUNCILMEMBER KENYAN MCDUFFIE, CHAIRPERSON
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
ANNOUNCE A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON
BILL 21-257, THE "Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Expansion Amendment Act of 2015”
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2015
11:00 A.M., ROOM 500, JOHN A. WILSON BUILDING
1350 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004
Councilmember Yvette M. Alexander, Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Human Services, and Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary, announce a joint public hearing on Bill 21-257, the “Medical Marijuana Cultivation Center Expansion Amendment Act of 2015.” The hearing will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building.
The purpose of this bill is to allow those that own or lease the real property adjacent to and within the same physical structure as their cultivation center, to expand their facilities into that adjacent real property to increase production. It also permanently increases the number of living plants medical marijuana cultivation centers may possess to 1000.
Those who wish to testify should contact Malcolm Cameron, Legislative Analyst to the Committee on Health and Human Services, at 202-741-0909 or via e-mail at mcameron@dccouncil.us, and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business on Tuesday, October 6, 2015. Persons wishing to testify are encouraged, but not required, to submit 15 copies of written testimony. Witnesses should limit their testimony to four minutes; less time will be allowed if there are a large number of witnesses.
For those unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record. Copies of written statements can be emailed to mcameron@dccouncil.us or mailed to Malcolm Cameron at the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 115, Washington, D.C., 20004. The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2015.
