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IN HB1303
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Mara Reardon
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AI Summary
HB 1303 Summary
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Establishes a medicinal marijuana excise tax of $3.50 per gram, collected by dispensaries at point of sale and reported monthly to the Department of State Revenue.
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Directs 50% of excise tax revenue to the system for teacher and student advancement grant fund and 50% to the local infrastructure revolving fund.
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Requires the state Department of Health to license and regulate medicinal marijuana dispensaries, cardholders, and employees, with all marijuana sold required to be harvested and processed in Indiana.
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Allows individuals with debilitating medical conditions (including cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, ALS, Crohn's disease, and others) to apply for medicinal marijuana cards from physicians and be protected from prosecution for possession.
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Provides criminal defense exemptions for registered medicinal marijuana cardholders, licensed dispensaries, and dispensary employees from marijuana and paraphernalia-related charges.
Legislative Description
Medical marijuana. Establishes the medicinal marijuana excise tax, and requires a medicinal marijuana dispensary to transfer the tax to the department of state revenue for deposit in the system for teacher and student advancement grant fund and the local infrastructure revolving fund. Requires the executive board of the state department of health to adopt rules to regulate registered medicinal marijuana cardholders, medicinal marijuana dispensaries, and registered medicinal marijuana dispensary employees. Requires that medicinal marijuana sold in a medicinal marijuana dispensary must be harvested and processed in Indiana. Provides that certain crimes involving marijuana, hash oil, hashish, and paraphernalia do not
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
1/10/2017