HI HB263

Imposes a General Excise Tax (GET) on licensed medical marijuana dispensaries equal to an unspecified percentage of gross proceeds or gross income from marijuana and manufactured marijuana product sales.

Directs a portion of GET tax revenues collected from medical marijuana dispensaries to be deposited into the Medical Marijuana Registry and Regulation Special Fund for public health purposes, including drug recognition expert training for law enforcement and public health education.

Adds a new sub-account within the Medical Marijuana Registry and Regulation Special Fund to receive and account for the dispensary tax revenues separately from existing registry program fees.

Expands allowable uses of the Medical Marijuana Registry and Regulation Special Fund to include public health and health purposes funded by the new dispensary tax revenue.

Takes effect on July 1, 2090.