Source: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB321_HD1_.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 18:17:18+00:00

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SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Hawaii's medical use of marijuana law was enacted on June 14, 2000, as Act 228, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, to provide medical relief for seriously ill individuals in the State. While the current law recognizes the beneficial use of marijuana in treating or alleviating pain or other symptoms associated with certain debilitating illnesses, it is silent on how patients can obtain medical marijuana if they or their caregivers are unable to grow their own supply of medical marijuana. The legislature further finds that many of the State's nearly thirteen thousand qualifying patients lack the ability to grow their own supply of medical marijuana due to a number of factors, including disability and limited space to grow medical marijuana. As a result, a regulated statewide dispensary system for medical marijuana is urgently needed by qualifying patients in the State.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to establish a regulated statewide dispensary system for medical marijuana to ensure safe and legal access to medical marijuana for qualifying patients.
"Manufacture" means the preparation, propagation, compounding, conversion, or processing of a substance containing marijuana or its principal psychoactive constituent tetrahydrocannabinol, either directly or indirectly, by a person other than a qualifying patient or primary caregiver for the qualifying patient's use, by extraction from substances of natural origin, or independently by means of chemical synthesis, or by a combination of extraction and chemical synthesis, and includes any packaging or repackaging of the substance or labeling or relabeling of its container.
"Marijuana" shall have the same meaning as in section 329-121.
"Manufactured marijuana product" means any capsule, lozenge, oil, or pill that has been manufactured using marijuana.
"Medical marijuana dispensary" or "dispensary" means an establishment operated by a person licensed by the State pursuant to this part where medical marijuana or medical marijuana products manufactured pursuant to this part are made available for retail sale to qualifying patients or primary caregivers pursuant to this part and to section 329-122.
"Medical marijuana production center" or "production center" means a farm or facility operated by a person licensed by the State pursuant to this part where marijuana is cultivated with the limited and express intent that marijuana or medical marijuana products manufactured pursuant to this part be supplied to medical marijuana dispensaries or other medical marijuana production centers, pursuant to this part and to section 329-122.
"Person" means an individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association, or any form of business or legal entity.
"Primary caregiver" shall have the same meaning as in section 329-121.
"Production" means the planting, cultivation, growing, or harvesting of marijuana. "Production" includes the manufacture of medical marijuana products pursuant to this part.
"Qualifying patient" shall have the same meaning as in section 329-121.
§ -B Medical marijuana dispensaries; licensure; fees; inspection. (a) No person may operate a dispensary unless the person has obtained a license from the department pursuant to this part.
(b) The department shall adopt rules, in accordance with chapter 91, to provide for the licensure and standards for dispensaries in this State.
(4) If an island in the State, or the county of Kalawao, lacks a single licensed dispensary by July 1, 2017, a dispensary that is licensed and established on another island or in another county may petition the department to allow an owner or employee of the licensed dispensary to deliver medical marijuana products to a qualified patient or caregiver on the island that lacks a dispensary or in the county of Kalawao; provided that the owner or employee of the licensed dispensary shall at all times retain possession of the medical marijuana products until they are delivered to the qualified patient or caregiver. The department shall grant the petition within sixty days unless the department determines that there is good cause to deny the petition.
(e) Dispensaries licensed pursuant to this section may begin operations on July 1, 2017.
(3) Application fees of successful applicants are nonrefundable.
(g) The department shall establish and collect an annual renewal fee of $30,000 from a medical marijuana dispensary; provided that the amount of the renewal fee shall be subject to review and revision by the department; provided further that the renewal fee shall be sufficient to cover the department's expenses in carrying out this part.
(h) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the medical marijuana registry and regulation special fund pursuant to section 321-30.1.
§321-C Medical marijuana production centers; licensure; fees; inspection. (a) No person may operate a medical marijuana production center unless the person has obtained a license from the department pursuant to this part.
(b) The department shall adopt rules, in accordance with chapter 91, to provide for the licensure and standards for medical marijuana production centers in this State.
(c) Medical marijuana production centers may distribute marijuana only to dispensaries or other production centers licensed pursuant to this part. Medical marijuana production centers shall not distribute marijuana directly to qualifying patients or primary caregivers.
(d) The department shall determine the number of medical marijuana production centers appropriate to meet the needs of qualifying patients and dispensaries in this State; provided that the department shall base this determination on the presumption that no single production center shall acquire, cultivate, manufacture, possess, or transport more than one thousand marijuana plants in total at any one time.
(e) The department may begin offering a minimum of thirty licenses to production centers on July 1, 2016.
(2) marijuana plants in total at any one time.
(i) The department shall establish and collect an annual renewal fee from medical marijuana production centers sufficient to cover the department's expenses in carrying out this part.
(j) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the medical marijuana registry and regulation special fund pursuant to section 321-30.1.
§321-D Public education. (a) The department shall engage in a continuing education and training program to explain and clarify the purposes and requirements of this part. The program shall target community partner agencies, physicians and other health care providers, patients and caregivers, law enforcement agencies, individuals under eighteen years of age, law and policy makers, and the general public.
(b) The department shall employ at least one full time staff member whose qualifications and duties include the provision of medical marijuana health education.
§321-E Manufacturing of medical marijuana products. (a) Any medical marijuana dispensary or production center licensed by the department pursuant to this part shall be permitted to manufacture medical marijuana; provided that the dispensary or production center shall also obtain any other state or county permits or licenses that may be necessary for a particular manufacturing activity.
(b) The department shall establish standards regarding the manufacture of medical marijuana products; provided that any area within a dispensary or production center where marijuana will be manufactured into an ingestible form shall comply with the food safety code, chapter 11-50, Hawaii Administrative Rules.
(c) A manufacturer of a manufactured marijuana product shall calculate the equivalent physical weight of the marijuana that is used to manufacture the product and shall make the equivalency calculations available to the department and to a consumer of the manufactured marijuana product.
(b) As used in this section, "lozenge" means a small tablet manufactured in a manner to allow for the dissolving of its medicinal or therapeutic component slowly in the mouth.
(4) In the case of manufactured marijuana products, lists the equivalent physical weight of the marijuana used to manufacture the amount of the product that is within the packaging, pursuant to section 321-E.
(b) Any capsule, lozenge, or pill containing medical marijuana or its principal psychoactive constituent tetrahydrocannabinol shall be packaged so that one dose, serving, or single wrapped item contains no more than ten milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol.
(C) When storing marijuana or manufactured marijuana products in a public warehouse, be responsible for selecting a warehouse operator that will provide adequate security to guard against storage losses.
(B) During a period of thirty consecutive days, exceeds the equivalent of eight ounces of marijuana.
(14) The establishment of a range of penalties for violations of this part or rules adopted thereunder.
§321-I Prohibited acts related to visits to more than one dispensary to obtain medical marijuana or manufactured marijuana products. (a) It is unlawful for any qualifying patient or primary caregiver who visits more than one dispensary to knowingly or intentionally withhold information regarding prior dispensary visits for the purpose of obtaining quantities of medical marijuana or manufactured marijuana products that exceed limits established by this part.
(b) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a petty misdemeanor and subject to a fine of $500.
(7) Making a false statement on any document submitted or required to be filed by this part, including furnishing false or fraudulent material information in any application.
(b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant thereto shall be fined not less than $ nor more than $ for each violation.
until the time for taking an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals have been concluded. Upon a revocation order becoming final, all marijuana and manufactured marijuana products may be forfeited to the State.
(d) All proceedings for denial, suspension, fine, or revocation of a license on any grounds specified in subsection (a) shall be conducted pursuant to chapter 91, including the right of judicial review.
(2) No medical marijuana production center or dispensary shall be permitted within seven hundred and fifty feet of the real property comprising a playground, public housing project or complex, or school.
"Playground" means any public outdoor facility, including any parking lot appurtenant thereto, that is intended for recreation, with any portion thereof containing three or more separate apparatus intended for the recreation of children, including but not limited to sliding boards, swing sets, and teeterboards.
"Public housing project or complex" means a housing project directly controlled, owned, developed, or managed by the Hawaii public housing authority pursuant to the federal or state low-rent public housing program.
"School" means any public or private preschool, kindergarten, elementary, intermediate, middle secondary, or high school.
(2) Annually cause an independent financial audit, at the production center or dispensary operator's own expense, to be conducted of the production center or dispensary and shall submit the audit's findings to the department.
(b) The department shall report annually to the governor and the legislature on the establishment and regulation of medical marijuana production centers and dispensaries including, but not limited to, the number and location of production centers and dispensaries licensed, the total licensing fees collected, and any licensing violations determined by the department.
§321-M Cultivation of medical marijuana by qualifying patients and primary caregivers. Nothing in this part shall be construed as prohibiting a qualifying patient or primary caregiver from cultivating or possessing an adequate supply of medical marijuana pursuant to part IX of chapter 329.
§321-N Coordination among state and federal agencies. The department shall initiate ongoing dialogue among relevant state and federal agencies to identify processes and policies that ensure the privacy of medical marijuana patients and the compliance of patients, caregivers, producers, and dispensaries with state laws and regulations related to medical marijuana.
§321-O Interim rules. The department may adopt interim rules, which shall be exempt from chapter 91, to effectuate the purposes of this part; provided that the interim rules shall be effective for no more than twenty-four months."
"§46-4 County zoning. (a) This section and any ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted in accordance with this section shall apply to lands not contained within the forest reserve boundaries as established on January 31, 1957, or as subsequently amended.
(12) Other regulations the boards or city council find necessary and proper to permit and encourage the orderly development of land resources within their jurisdictions.
The council of any county shall prescribe rules, regulations, and administrative procedures and provide personnel it finds necessary to enforce this section and any ordinance enacted in accordance with this section. The ordinances may be enforced by appropriate fines and penalties, civil or criminal, or by court order at the suit of the county or the owner or owners of real estate directly affected by the ordinances.
Any civil fine or penalty provided by ordinance under this section may be imposed by the district court, or by the zoning agency after an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to chapter 91. The proceeding shall not be a prerequisite for any injunctive relief ordered by the circuit court.
Nothing in this section shall invalidate any zoning ordinance or regulation adopted by any county or other agency of government pursuant to the statutes in effect prior to July 1, 1957.
The powers granted herein shall be liberally construed in favor of the county exercising them, and in such a manner as to promote the orderly development of each county or city and county in accordance with a long-range, comprehensive general plan to ensure the greatest benefit for the State as a whole. This section shall not be construed to limit or repeal any powers of any county to achieve these ends through zoning and building regulations, except insofar as forest and water reserve zones are concerned and as provided in subsections (c) and (d).
Neither this section nor any ordinance enacted pursuant to this section shall prohibit the continued lawful use of any building or premises for any trade, industrial, residential, agricultural, or other purpose for which the building or premises is used at the time this section or the ordinance takes effect; provided that a zoning ordinance may provide for elimination of nonconforming uses as the uses are discontinued, or for the amortization or phasing out of nonconforming uses or signs over a reasonable period of time in commercial, industrial, resort, and apartment zoned areas only. In no event shall such amortization or phasing out of nonconforming uses apply to any existing building or premises used for residential (single-family or duplex) or agricultural uses. Nothing in this section shall affect or impair the powers and duties of the director of transportation as set forth in chapter 262.
(b) Any final order of a zoning agency established under this section may be appealed to the circuit court of the circuit in which the land in question is found. The appeal shall be in accordance with the Hawaii rules of civil procedure.
(c) Each county may adopt reasonable standards to allow the construction of two single-family dwelling units on any lot where a residential dwelling unit is permitted.
(d) Neither this section nor any other law, county ordinance, or rule shall prohibit group living in facilities with eight or fewer residents for purposes or functions that are licensed, certified, registered, or monitored by the State; provided that a resident manager or a resident supervisor and the resident manager's or resident supervisor's family shall not be included in this resident count. These group living facilities shall meet all applicable county requirements not inconsistent with the intent of this subsection, including but not limited to building height, setback, maximum lot coverage, parking, and floor area requirements.
(e) Neither this section nor any other law, county ordinance, or rule shall prohibit the use of land for employee housing and community buildings in plantation community subdivisions as defined in section 205-4.5(a)(12); in addition, no zoning ordinance shall provide for the elimination, amortization, or phasing out of plantation community subdivisions as a nonconforming use.
(f) Neither this section nor any other law, county ordinance, or rule shall prohibit the use of land for medical marijuana production centers or dispensaries established and licensed pursuant to part of chapter 321."
[(4)] (5) For any other expenditure necessary, as authorized by the legislature, to implement [a] medical marijuana registry and regulation [program.] programs.
(2) A medical marijuana dispensary program sub-account, into which shall be deposited all fees collected pursuant to sections 321-B and 321-C.
(c) The department, upon completion of the transfer of the medical use of marijuana program, shall charge a medical marijuana registration fee of no more than $35."
"§329- Protections afforded to an owner or qualified employee of a licensed production center or dispensary. (a) An owner or employee of a medical marijuana production center or a medical marijuana dispensary that is licensed under section 321-B or 321-C may assert the production or distribution of medical marijuana as an affirmative defense to any prosecution involving marijuana under this part or chapter 712; provided that the owner or employee strictly complied with the requirements of chapter 321, part .
(b) An owner or employee of a licensed medical marijuana production center or licensed medical marijuana dispensary not complying with the permitted scope of the production or distribution of medical marijuana under chapter 321, part , shall not be afforded the protections provided by subsection (a).
(c) No person shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for merely being in the presence or vicinity of a medical marijuana production center or medical marijuana dispensary licensed and operating under chapter 321, part ."
""Adequate supply" means an amount of marijuana jointly possessed between the qualifying patient and the primary caregiver that is not more than is reasonably necessary to [assure] ensure the uninterrupted availability of marijuana for the purpose of alleviating the symptoms or effects of a qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition; provided that an "adequate supply" shall not exceed: seven marijuana plants, whether immature or mature, and four ounces of usable marijuana at any given time[.]; or any combination of usable marijuana and marijuana products manufactured pursuant to part of chapter 321 that exceed four ounces of usable marijuana or the equivalent of four ounces of usable marijuana, as calculated using information provided pursuant to section 321-G(a)(4)."
(3) The use of marijuana by a qualifying patient, parent, or primary caregiver for purposes other than medical use permitted by this part."
SECTION 8. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016, and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017, to be deposited into the medical marijuana registry and regulation special fund established pursuant to section 321-30.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
SECTION 9. There is appropriated out of the medical marijuana registry and regulation special fund the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 to carry out the purposes of this Act, including the hiring of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions to carry out the purposes of the medical marijuana dispensary program established pursuant to this Act.
SECTION 10. Not later than July 1, 2016, the department of health shall establish and commence a repayment plan and schedule to repay to the general fund, the sums deposited into the medical marijuana registry and regulation special fund established pursuant to section 321-30.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The department of health shall only use moneys from the medical marijuana registry and regulation special fund to repay the general fund. The repayment schedule shall not extend beyond June 30, .
SECTION 11. Not later than March 15, 2016, the director of health shall submit a report and provide an informational briefing to the legislature concerning the progress of implementing the provisions of part II of this Act, including the status of rulemaking by the department of health pertaining to the licensure of medical marijuana dispensaries and production centers.
SECTION 12. In codifying the new sections added by section 2 of this Act, the revisor of statutes shall substitute appropriate section numbers for the letters used in designating the new sections in this Act.
SECTION 13. If any provision of this Act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the Act that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.
SECTION 14. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 15. This Act shall take effect ; provided that part VI shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

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