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AK SB62

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/25/2015

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

Senate

29th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes a comprehensive regulatory framework for marijuana businesses in Alaska, including licensing requirements for producers, processors, retailers, boutique producers, brokers, and home growers under the Department of Commerce.

  • Creates six types of marijuana licenses with specific operational restrictions: producers can grow and sell to processors/retailers; retailers can sell up to one ounce per day between 8 a.m. and midnight; boutique producers grow maximum 50 plants; brokers purchase from producers/boutique growers and sell to retailers/processors.

  • Implements a $50 per ounce excise tax on marijuana sold from producers or brokers to retailers or processors, collected monthly by the state.

  • Establishes packaging and labeling standards including child-proof containers, potency labeling, and restricts edible marijuana to 10 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol per dose individually wrapped.

  • Prohibits marijuana retailers within 200 feet of schools, churches, or correctional facilities; allows municipalities to regulate or prohibit marijuana establishments within their jurisdictions; sets application fees not to exceed $5,000 annually adjusted for inflation.

Legislative Description

Regulation Of Marijuana Businesses; Board

Licensing

Last Action

REFERRED TO STATE AFFAIRS

2/25/2015

Committee Referrals

State Affairs2/25/2015

Full Bill Text

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