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AB 390 Assembly Bill - INTRODUCED
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BILL NUMBER: AB 390	INTRODUCED
An act to add Section 22394.1 to, and to add Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 25400) to Division 9 of, the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 68152 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 11014.5, 11054, 11357, 11364.5, 11370, 11470, 11479, 11488, 11532, 11703, and 11705 of, to add Division 10.3 (commencing with Section 11720) to, and to repeal Sections 11358, 11359, 11360, 11361, and 11485 of, the Health and Safety Code, to add Part 14.6 (commencing with Section 34001) to Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to amend Sections 23222 and 40000.15 of the Vehicle Code, and to amend Section 18901.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to marijuana.
AB 390, as introduced, Ammiano. Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act.
Existing state law provides that every person who possesses, sells, transports, or cultivates marijuana, concentrated cannabis, or derivatives of marijuana, except as authorized by law, is guilty of one or more crimes.
This bill would remove marijuana and its derivatives from existing statutes defining and regulating controlled substances. It would instead legalize the possession, sale, cultivation, and other conduct relating to marijuana and its derivatives by persons 21 years of age and older, except as specified. It would set up a wholesale and retail marijuana sales regulation program, including special fees to fund drug abuse prevention programs, as specified, to commence after regulations concerning the program have been issued, and federal law permits possession and sale consistent with the program. It would ban local and state assistance in enforcing inconsistent federal and other laws relating to marijuana, and would provide specified infraction penalties for violations of these new marijuana laws and regulations, as specified. It would make other conforming changes.
By creating various infractions for violations of regulations and laws created by this act, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this, the Marijuana Control, Regulation, and Education Act, to do all of the following:
(b) To remove all existing civil and criminal penalties for adults 21 years of age or older who cultivate, possess, transport, sell, or use marijuana, without impacting existing laws proscribing dangerous activities while under the influence of marijuana, or certain conduct that exposes younger persons to marijuana.
(c) To ensure that the proper regulatory apparatus for marijuana sale and cultivation is ready when permitted by the federal government.
(d) To raise funds and to discourage substance abuse by the imposition of a substantial fee on the legal sale of marijuana, the proceeds of which will support drug education and awareness.
(e) To impose a set of regulations and laws concerning marijuana comparable to those imposed on alcohol.
(f) To impose substantial fines for violations of the noncommercial regulations and laws concerning marijuana, which will be applicable until and after commercial marijuana is available by virtue of future changes in federal law.
(g) To prevent state and local agencies from supporting any prosecution for federal or other crimes relating to marijuana that are inconsistent with those provided in this bill.
(h) To exclude from the fees and regulations imposed by this act marijuana that is for uses other than smoking or ingestion, and to exclude medicinal marijuana from fees under these provisions.
(i) To encourage the federal government to reconsider its policies concerning marijuana, and to change its laws accordingly.
SEC. 2. Section 23394.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
23394.1. An off-sale general license, as provided for in Section 23394, also authorizes the sale, to consumers only and not for resale, of marijuana, concentrated cannabis, or any of its derivatives pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 25400) of this division.
SEC. 3. Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 25400) is added to Division 9 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
25400. For purposes of this chapter, "marijuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; concentrated cannabis; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination.
25401. (a) The department shall license commercial cultivators of marijuana. The fee for the license shall be set at an amount that will reasonably cover to costs of assuring compliance with the regulations to be issued, but may not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for an initial application, or two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year for each annual renewal.
(b) Regulations adopted by the department pursuant to this chapter shall require background checks of applicants be conducted. At the request of the department, the Attorney General or any local agency shall provide summary criminal history information to the department as provided in Sections 11105 and 13300 of the Penal Code.
25402. The department shall, with consideration for the risks posed by cultivation of a valuable crop with public health implications that is subject to significant fees, issue and enforce regulations concerning commercial cultivators of marijuana that provide for all of the following:
(a) Adequate security to reasonably protect against unauthorized access to the marijuana crop at all stages of cultivation, harvesting, drying, processing, packing, and delivery to licensed sales outlets or wholesalers. Each licensee shall be required to provide a detailed crop security plan, along with satisfactory proof of the financial ability of the licensee to provide for that security.
(b) Appropriate employment rules, including the rule that a person under 21 years of age may not have access to marijuana during cultivation, storage, drying, packing, or at any other time.
(c) Safeguards to assure that a person under 21 years of age may not transport marijuana on behalf of a commercial buyer or commercial seller.
(d) Restrictions to ensure that marijuana is not used or consumed on the premises of a commercial cultivator.
(e) An inspection and tracking system to reasonably ensure that all marijuana produced by the cultivator that is eventually sold is assessed pursuant to Part 14.6 (commencing with Section 34001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(f) Recordkeeping consistent with the regulatory needs of the department.
25403. (a) The department shall license marijuana wholesalers, who shall be allowed to package and prepare marijuana for sale, and who shall be authorized to sell marijuana to licensed sales outlets. The fee for the license shall be set in an amount that will reasonably cover the costs of compliance with the regulations to be issued, but may not exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for an initial application, or two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year for each annual renewal.
(b) The department shall issue regulations that include a requirement that all applicants for licensure receive background checks. At the request of the department, the Attorney General or any local agency shall provide summary criminal history information to the department as provided in Sections 11105 and 13300 of the Penal Code.
25404. The department shall, with consideration for the risks posed by a valuable commodity with public health implications that is subject to significant fees, issue and enforce regulations concerning the sale and packaging of marijuana by wholesale licensees. Those regulations shall provide for all of the following:
(a) Adequate security to reasonably protect against unauthorized access to marijuana at all stages of the wholesaler's possession of the marijuana, including receiving, processing, packing, storage, and delivery to licensed sales outlets. Each wholesaler shall be required to provide a detailed product security plan, along with satisfactory proof of the financial ability of the licensee to provide for that security.
(b) Appropriate employment rules, including the rule that a person under 21 years of age may not have access to marijuana during receiving, processing, packing, storage, and delivery or at any other time.
(d) Restrictions to ensure that marijuana is not used or consumed on the premises of a wholesaler.
(e) An inspection and tracking system to reasonably ensure that all marijuana received by the wholesaler that is eventually sold is assessed pursuant to Part 14.6 (commencing with Section 34001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
25405. The department shall issue and enforce regulations concerning the sale of marijuana by off-sale general licensees. Those regulations shall provide for all of the following:
(a) An inspection and tracking system to ensure that marijuana may not be sold by a licensee if that marijuana has not been made subject to an assessment provided for in Part 14.6 (commencing with Section 34001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(b) Marijuana shall be kept behind a counter in an area not directly accessible to any customer, and shall be stored in a case that is locked between sales.
(d) Punishments for violations in actions against licensees that are in substantial accord with those applicable to the regulation of alcohol sales, including heavy penalties for permitting persons under 21 years of age to purchase these products and other appropriate regulatory provisions concerning such matters as the time of sale, deliveries, and signage. It is the intent of the people in enacting this act that the regulation of marijuana sales be consistent with the statutory guidance regarding alcohol sales in Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 25600), to the extent that consistency is feasible.
(e) Recordkeeping consistent with the regulatory needs of the department.
25406. Beginning 30 days after the operative date of the regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, or 30 days after the date when federal law permits the possession and sale of marijuana consistent with this chapter, whichever is latest, the department shall begin to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
68152. The trial court clerk may destroy court records under Section 68153 after notice of destruction and if there is no request and order for transfer of the records, except the comprehensive historical and sample superior court records preserved for research under the California Rules of Court, when the following times have expired after final disposition of the case in the categories listed:
(2) Voluntarily dismissed by a party without entry of judgment: one year.
Notation of the dismissal shall be made on the civil index of cases or on a separate dismissal index.
(8) Misdemeanor alleging a marijuana violation under subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e) (a) or (b) of Section 11357 of the Health and Safety Code , or subdivision (b) of Section 11360 of the Health and Safety Code in accordance with the procedure set forth in Section 11361.5 of the Health and Safety Code: records shall be destroyed two years from the date of conviction or from the date of arrest if no conviction.
(5) Marijuana misdemeanor under subdivision (e) (b) of Section 11357 of the Health and Safety Code in accordance with procedures specified in subdivision (a) of Section 11361.5 of the Health and Safety Code: upon reaching age 18 the records shall be destroyed.
(2) Upon application and order for renewal of the judgment to the extended time for enforcing the judgment.
SEC. 5. Section 11014.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11014.5. (a) "Drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products , and materials of any kind which that are designed for use or marketed for use , in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of this division. It includes, but is not limited to:
(8) Objects designed for use or marketed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana, cocaine , hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, such as:
(C) Roach clips, meaning objects used to hold burning material , such as a marijuana cigarette, that has become too small or too short to be held in the hand.
SEC. 6. Section 11054 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11054. (a) The controlled substances listed in this section are included in Schedule I.
(20) Tetrahydrocannabinols Synthetic tetrahydrocannabinols not derived from cannabis plants . Synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of Cannabis, sp. and/or synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity such as the following: delta 1 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers; delta 6 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers; delta 3,4 cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and its optical isomers.
SEC. 7. Section 11357 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11357. (a) Except as authorized by law, every person who possesses any concentrated cannabis shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by both such fine and imprisonment, or shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison.
11357. (a) Except as authorized by law, every person 18 years of age or over who possesses not more than 28.5 grams of marijuana , other than or concentrated cannabis , upon the grounds of, or within, any school providing instruction in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12 during hours the school is open for classes or school-related programs is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 10 days, or both.
(b) Except as authorized by law, every person under the age of 18 who possesses not more than 28.5 grams of marijuana , other than or concentrated cannabis, upon the grounds of, or within, any school providing instruction in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12 during hours the school is open for classes or school-related programs is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to the following dispositions:
11358. Every person who plants, cultivates, harvests, dries, or processes any marijuana or any part thereof, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison.
11359. Every person who possesses for sale any marijuana, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison.
11360. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section or as authorized by law, every person who transports, imports into this state, sells, furnishes, administers, or gives away, or offers to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away, or attempts to import into this state or transport any marijuana shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of two, three or four years.
11361. (a) Every person 18 years of age or over who hires, employs, or uses a minor in unlawfully transporting, carrying, selling, giving away, preparing for sale, or peddling any marijuana, who unlawfully sells, or offers to sell, any marijuana to a minor, or who furnishes, administers, or gives, or offers to furnish, administer, or give any marijuana to a minor under 14 years of age, or who induces a minor to use marijuana in violation of law shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of three, five, or seven years.
SEC. 12. Section 11364.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
(7) Blenders, bowls, containers, spoons, and mixing devices intended for use or designed for use in compounding controlled substances.
(8) Capsules, balloons, envelopes, and other containers intended for use or designed for use in packaging small quantities of controlled substances.
(9) Containers and other objects intended for use or designed for use in storing or concealing controlled substances.
(10) Hypodermic syringes, needles, and other objects intended for use or designed for use in parenterally injecting controlled substances into the human body.
(11) Objects intended for use or designed for use in ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing marijuana, cocaine , hashish, or hashish oil into the human body, such as the following:
(E) Roach clips, meaning objects used to hold burning material , such as a marijuana cigarette that has become too small or too short to be held in the hand.
(8) Whether the owner, or anyone in control of the object, is a legitimate supplier of like or related items to the community, such as a licensed distributor or dealer of tobacco or marijuana products.
SEC. 13. Section 11370 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11370. (a) Any person convicted of violating Section 11350, 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11353, 11355, 11357, 11359, 11360, 11361, 11363, 11366, or 11368, or of committing any offense referred to in those sections, shall not, in any case, be granted probation by the trial court or have the execution of the sentence imposed upon him or her suspended by the court, if he or she has been previously convicted of any offense described in subdivision (c).
SEC. 14. Section 11470 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11470. The following are subject to forfeiture:
(e) The interest of any registered owner of a boat, airplane, or any vehicle other than an implement of husbandry, as defined in Section 36000 of the Vehicle Code, which has been used as an instrument to facilitate the manufacture of, or possession for sale or sale of 14.25 grams or more of heroin or cocaine base as specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 11054, or a substance containing 14.25 grams or more of heroin or cocaine base as specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 11054, or 14.25 grams or more of a substance containing heroin or cocaine base as specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 11054, or 28.5 grams or more of Schedule I controlled substances except marijuana, peyote , or psilocybin; 10 pounds dry weight or more of marijuana, peyote , or psilocybin; or 28.5 grams or more of cocaine, as specified in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 11055, or methamphetamine; or a substance containing 28.5 grams or more of cocaine, as specified in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 11055, or methamphetamine; or 57 grams or more of a substance containing cocaine, as specified in paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 11055, or methamphetamine; or 28.5 grams or more of Schedule II controlled substances. No interest in a vehicle which may be lawfully driven on the highway with a class C, class M1, or class M2 license, as prescribed in Section 12804 of the Vehicle Code, may be forfeited under this subdivision if there is a community property interest in the vehicle by a person other than the defendant and the vehicle is the sole class C, class M1, or class M2 vehicle available to the defendant's immediate family.
(h) Subject to the requirements of Section 11488.5 and except as further limited by this subdivision to protect innocent parties who claim a property interest acquired from a defendant, all right, title, and interest in any personal property described in this section shall vest in the state upon commission of the act giving rise to forfeiture under this chapter, if the state or local governmental entity proves a violation of Section 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11355, 11359, 11360, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, 11379.6, 11380, 11382, or 11383 of this code, or Section 182 of the Penal Code, or a felony violation of Section 11366.8 of this code, insofar as the offense involves the manufacture, sale, possession for sale, offer for sale, offer to manufacture, or conspiracy to commit at least one of those offenses, in accordance with the burden of proof set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (i) of Section 11488.4 or, in the case of cash or negotiable instruments in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), paragraph (4) of subdivision (i) of Section 11488.4.
The operation of the special vesting rule established by this subdivision shall be limited to circumstances where its application will not defeat the claim of any person, including a bona fide purchaser or encumbrancer who, pursuant to Section 11488.5, 11488.6, or 11489, claims an interest in the property seized, notwithstanding that the interest in the property being claimed was acquired from a defendant whose property interest would otherwise have been subject to divestment pursuant to this subdivision.
SEC. 15. Section 11479 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11479. Notwithstanding Sections 11473 and 11473.5, at any time after seizure by a law enforcement agency of a suspected controlled substance, that amount in excess of 10 pounds in gross weight may be destroyed without a court order by the chief of the law enforcement agency or a designated subordinate. Destruction shall not take place pursuant to this section until all of the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) At least five random and representative samples have been taken, for evidentiary purposes, from the total amount of suspected controlled substances to be destroyed. These samples shall be in addition to the 10 pounds required above. When the suspected controlled substance consists of growing or harvested marijuana plants, at least one 10 pound sample (which may include stalks, branches, or leaves) and five representative samples consisting of leaves or buds shall be retained for evidentiary purposes from the total amount of suspected controlled substances to be destroyed.
Subsequent to any destruction of a suspected controlled substance pursuant to this section, an affidavit shall be filed within 30 days in the court which has jurisdiction over any pending criminal proceedings pertaining to that suspected controlled substance, reciting the applicable information required by subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) together with information establishing the location of the suspected controlled substance, and specifying the date and time of the destruction. In the event that there are no criminal proceedings pending which pertain to that suspected controlled substance, the affidavit may be filed in any court within the county which would have jurisdiction over a person against whom those criminal charges might be filed.
SEC. 16. Section 11485 of the Health and Safety Code is repealed.
11485. Any peace officer of this state who, incident to a search under a search warrant issued for a violation of Section 11358 with respect to which no prosecution of a defendant results, seizes personal property suspected of being used in the planting, cultivation, harvesting, drying, processing, or transporting of marijuana, shall, if the seized personal property is not being held for evidence or destroyed as contraband, and if the owner of the property is unknown or has not claimed the property, provide notice regarding the seizure and manner of reclamation of the property to any owner or tenant of real property on which the property was seized. In addition, this notice shall be posted at the location of seizure and shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property was seized. If, after 90 days following the first publication of the notice, no owner appears and proves his or her ownership, the seized personal property shall be deemed to be abandoned and may be disposed of by sale to the public at public auction as set forth in Article 1 (commencing with Section 2080) of Chapter 4 of Title 6 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, or may be disposed of by transfer to a government agency or community service organization. Any profit from the sale or transfer of the property shall be expended for investigative services with respect to crimes involving marijuana.
SEC. 17. Section 11488 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11488. (a) Any peace officer of this state, subsequent to making or attempting to make an arrest for a violation of Section 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11355, 11359, 11360, 11378, 11378.5, 11379, 11379.5, 11379.6, or 11382 of this code, or Section 182 of the Penal Code insofar as the offense involves manufacture, sale, purchase for the purpose of sale, possession for sale or offer to manufacture or sell, or conspiracy to commit one of those offenses, may seize any item subject to forfeiture under subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive, of Section 11470. The peace officer shall also notify the Franchise Tax Board of a seizure where there is reasonable cause to believe that the value of the seized property exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000).
SEC. 18. Section 11532 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11532. (a) It is unlawful for any person to loiter in any public place in a manner and under circumstances manifesting the purpose and with the intent to commit an offense specified in Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 11350) and Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 11400).
(1) Acts as a "look-out."
(7) Is under the influence of a controlled substance or possesses narcotic or drug paraphernalia. For the purposes of this paragraph, "narcotic or drug paraphernalia" means any device, contrivance, instrument, or apparatus designed or marketed for the use of smoking, injecting, ingesting, or consuming marijuana, hashish, PCP , or any controlled substance, including, but not limited to, roach clips, cigarette papers, and rollers designed or marketed for use in smoking a controlled substance.
SEC. 19. Section 11703 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11703. As used in this division:
(a) "Marketing of illegal controlled substances" means the possession for sale, sale, or distribution of a specified illegal controlled substance, and shall include all aspects of making such a controlled substance available, including, but not limited to, its manufacture.
(b) "Individual user of an illegal controlled substance" means the individual whose use of a specified illegal controlled substance is the basis of an action brought under this division.
(c) "Level 1 offense" means the possession for sale of less than four ounces or the sale or furnishing of less than one ounce of a specified illegal controlled substance , or the cultivation of at least 25 plants but less than 50 plants, the furnishing of more than 28.5 grams, or the possession for sale or sale of up to four pounds, of marijuana .
(d) "Level 2 offense" means the possession for sale of four ounces or more but less than eight ounces of, or the sale or furnishing of one ounce or more but less than two ounces of, a specified illegal controlled substance , or the cultivation of at least 50 but less than 75 plants, the possession for sale of four pounds or more but less than eight pounds, or the sale or furnishing of more than one pound but less than five pounds, of marijuana .
(e) "Level 3 offense" means the possession for sale of eight ounces or more but less than 16 ounces of, or the sale or furnishing of two ounces or more but less than four ounces of, a specified illegal controlled substance , or the cultivation of at least 75 but less than 100 plants, the possession for sale of eight pounds or more but less than 16 pounds, or the sale or furnishing of more than five pounds but less than 10 pounds, of marijuana .
(f) "Level 4 offense" means the possession for sale of 16 ounces or more of, or the sale or furnishing of four ounces or more of, a specified illegal controlled substance , or the cultivation of 100 plants or more of, the possession for sale of 16 pounds of, or the sale or furnishing of more than 10 pounds of, marijuana .
(g) "Participate in the marketing of illegal controlled substances" means to transport, import into this state, sell, possess with intent to sell, furnish, administer, or give away, or offer to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away a specified illegal controlled substance. "Participate in the marketing of illegal controlled substances" shall include the manufacturing of an illegal controlled substance, but shall not include the purchase or receipt of an illegal controlled substance for personal use only.
(h) "Person" means an individual, governmental entity, corporation, firm, trust, partnership, or incorporated or unincorporated association, existing under or authorized by the laws of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
(i) "Period of illegal use" means, in relation to the individual user of an illegal controlled substance, the time of the individual's first illegal use of an illegal controlled substance to the accrual of the cause of action.
(j) "Place of illegal activity" means, in relation to the individual user of an illegal controlled substance, each county in which the individual illegally possesses or uses an illegal controlled substance during the period of the individual's use of an illegal controlled substance.
(k) "Place of participation" means, in relation to a defendant in an action brought under this division, each county in which the person participates in the marketing of illegal controlled substances during the period of the person's participation in the marketing of illegal controlled substances.
() "Specified illegal controlled substance" means cocaine, phencyclidine, heroin, or methamphetamine and any other illegal controlled substance the manufacture, cultivation, importation into this state, transportation, possession for sale, sale, furnishing, administering, or giving away of which is a violation of Section 11351, 11351.5, 11352, 11358, 11359, 11360, 11378.5, 11379.5, or 11383.
SEC. 20. Section 11705 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
11705. (a) Any one or more of the following persons may bring an action for damages caused by an individual's use of an illegal controlled substance:
(1) A parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or sibling of the individual controlled substance user.
(2) An individual who was exposed to an illegal controlled substance in utero.
(3) An employer of the individual user of an illegal controlled substance.
(4) A medical facility, insurer, employer, or other nongovernmental entity that funds a drug treatment program or employee assistance program for the individual user of an illegal controlled substance or that otherwise expended money on behalf of the individual user of an illegal controlled substance. No public agency other than a public agency medical facility shall have a cause of action under this division.
(5) A person injured as a result of the willful, reckless, or negligent actions of an individual user of an illegal controlled substance.
(1) A person who sold, administered, or furnished an illegal controlled substance to the individual user of the illegal controlled substance.
(2) A person who knowingly participated in the marketing of illegal controlled substances, if all of the following apply:
(A) The place of illegal activity by the individual user of an illegal controlled substance is within the city, city and county, or unincorporated area of the county in which the defendant's place of participation is situated.
(B) The defendant's participation in the marketing of illegal controlled substances was connected with the same type of specified illegal controlled substance used by the individual user of an illegal controlled substance, and the defendant has been convicted of an offense for that type of specified illegal controlled substance.
(C) The defendant participated in the marketing of illegal controlled substances at any time during the period the individual user of an illegal controlled substance illegally used the controlled substance.
(D) The underlying offense for the conviction of the specified illegal controlled substance occurred in the same county as the individual user's place of use.
(c) As used in subdivision (b), knowingly "knowingly participated in the marketing of illegal controlled substances" means a conviction for transporting, importing into this state, selling, possessing with intent to sell, furnishing, administering, or giving away, or offering to transport, import into this state, sell, furnish, administer, or give away a specified illegal controlled substance or a quantity of marijuana specified in subdivision (e), (f), (g), or (h) (c), (d), (e), or (f) of Section 11703, which are separate in time.
(d) A person entitled to bring an action under this section may recover all of the following damages:
(1) Economic damages, including, but not limited to, the cost of treatment and rehabilitation, medical expenses, loss of economic or educational potential, loss of productivity, absenteeism, support expenses, accidents or injury, and any other pecuniary loss proximately caused by the use of an illegal controlled substance.
(2) Noneconomic damages, including, but not limited to, physical and emotional pain, suffering, physical impairment, emotional distress, medical anguish, disfigurement, loss of enjoyment, loss of companionship, services and consortium, and other nonpecuniary losses proximately caused by an individual's use of an illegal controlled substance.
(3) Exemplary damages.
(5) Costs of suit, including, but not limited to, reasonable expenses for expert testimony.
SEC. 21. Division 10.3 (commencing with Section 11720) is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
DIVISION 10.3. MARIJUANA
11720. For purposes of this division, "marijuana" means all parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; concentrated cannabis; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin. It does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination.
11721. It is lawful and not a violation of California law for a person 21 years of age or older to possess or transport marijuana.
11722. (a) It is lawful and not a violation of California law to sell marijuana to a person 21 years of age or older as provided in Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 25400) of Division 9 of the Business and Professions Code. Any sale of marijuana by a person not licensed as provided therein after the date determined by Section 25406 of the Business and Professions Code is a violation of this division.
(b) Until the date specified by subdivision (a), it is lawful and not a violation of California law to sell marijuana to a person 21 years of age or older.
11723. (a) It is lawful and not a violation of California law for a person 21 years of age or older to smoke or ingest marijuana in one's home, or in any private residence, or upon the grounds of that home or residence not visible from any public place or neighboring property, with the consent of a resident 21 years of age or older.
(b) It is an infraction to smoke or ingest marijuana in a public place.
11724. (a) It is lawful and not a violation of California law, except as provided in subdivision (f) of Section 647 of the Penal Code, or in Section 11729, for a person 21 years of age or older to be under the influence of marijuana.
11725. It is unlawful for a person not licensed pursuant to Chapter 14.5 (commencing with Section 25400) of Division 9 of the Business and Professions Code to cultivate marijuana, except in compliance with the following requirements:
(a) Marijuana may be cultivated only by persons 21 years of age or older.
(b) Marijuana may be cultivated only in a location in the home or yard in which the marijuana is not visible from any public place. For purposes of this paragraph, "public place" does not include air space, or any place from which a viewer would violate the cultivator' s legitimate expectation of privacy.
(c) Each person 21 years of age or older may have in cultivation no more than 10 mature plants at any given time.
(d) A licensed nursery may cultivate seedlings for sale to persons 21 years of age or older, but shall destroy any seedling if it has not been purchased by a consumer before it reaches maturity.
(e) Aside from the sale of seedlings by a licensed nursery, marijuana cultivated pursuant to this section may not be sold.
(f) The presence of persons younger than 21 years of age in a household does not affect the lawfulness of the cultivation of marijuana under this division.
11726. (a) Unlawful cultivation of marijuana is an infraction, punishable by a fine of up to one hundred dollars ($100).
(b) Providing or selling marijuana to, or purchasing or cultivating marijuana for a person under 21 years of age is an infraction, punishable by a fine of up to one hundred dollars ($100). However, this division is not intended to preclude prosecution under Section 272 of the Penal Code, or any similar provision, where appropriate.
(c) Possession or use of marijuana by a person under 21 years of age is an infraction, punishable by a fine of up to one hundred dollars ($100).
(d) Any other violation of this division is an infraction, punishable by a fine of up to one hundred dollars ($100).
11727. Notwithstanding any other law, it is lawful and not a violation of California law to possess, transport, or sell the mature stalks of the plant Cannabis sativa L., fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom, which is regulated as marijuana), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination.
11728. State or local funds may not be expended on, and state or local law enforcement or other personnel may not assist in, the enforcement of any federal or other laws that are inconsistent with this division, or provide for greater sanctions for conduct prohibited by this division.
11729. This division may not be construed to affect or limit any criminal statute that forbids impairment while engaging in dangerous activities like driving, or that penalizes bringing marijuana to a school enrolling pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
11730. This division may not be construed to affect the rights of employers concerning employees who use marijuana.
SEC. 22. Part 14.6 (commencing with Section 34001) is added to Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read:
PART 14.6. MARIJUANA FEES
34001. It is the intent of the people in enacting this part to discourage drug use and to raise revenue for drug education and drug awareness programs by enacting a supplemental fee on marijuana.
34002. This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Marijuana Supplemental Fee Law."
34004. For purposes of this part:
(a) "Marijuana" includes all marijuana, concentrated cannabis, and their derivatives, except that marijuana containing less than one-half of 1 percent tetrahydrocannabinol by weight is not subject to this supplemental fee. However, no fee shall be imposed under this part on marijuana used medicinally with a doctor's recommendation as specified in Section 11362.5 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) "Retailer" means any retailer licensed pursuant to Section 23394.1 of the Business and Professions Code who sells marijuana at retail.
34011. Until a different fee is determined pursuant to Section 34032 there is hereby imposed a fee of fifty dollars ($50) per ounce (avoirdupois) for the sale of marijuana sold at retail in this state on or after the date determined by Section 25406 of the Business and Professions Code.
34022. The board shall enforce this part and may prescribe, adopt, and enforce rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this part. The board may prescribe the extent to which any ruling and regulation shall be applied without retroactive effect.
CHAPTER 4. DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS AND ADJUSTMENT OF THE FEE
34031. Any amount required to be paid to the state under this part shall be paid to the board in the form of a remittance payable to the State Board of Equalization. The board shall transmit the payments to the Treasurer to be deposited in the Drug Abuse Prevention Supplemental Funding Account, which is hereby created in the General Fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the moneys in the fund shall be expended exclusively for drug education, awareness, and rehabilitation programs under the jurisdiction of the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, or any successor to that agency.
34032. The fee imposed pursuant to Chapter 2 shall be annually reviewed by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, or any successor to that agency, to determine whether a fee less than that specified in Chapter 2 will provide sufficient resources to support its drug education, awareness, and rehabilitation programs. Based on this annual review, the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs shall adjust that fee to an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per ounce (avoirdupois) of marijuana that is necessary to fund its drug education, awareness, and rehabilitation programs, and that amount shall be collected in place of the fee specified in Chapter 2.
SEC. 23. Section 23222 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
(b) Except as authorized by law, every person who possesses, while driving a motor vehicle upon a highway or on lands, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 23220, not more than one avoirdupois ounce of marijuana, other than concentrated
cannabis as defined by Section 11006.5 of the Health and Safety Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the person has been previously convicted three or more times of an offense described in this subdivision during the two-year period immediately preceding the date of commission of the violation to be charged, the previous convictions shall also be charged in the accusatory pleading and, if found to be true by the jury upon a jury trial or by the court upon a court trial or if admitted by the person, Sections 1000.1 and 1000.2 of the Penal Code are applicable to the person, and the court shall divert and refer the person for education, treatment, or rehabilitation, without a court hearing or determination or the concurrence of the district attorney, to an appropriate community program which will accept the person. If the person is so diverted and referred, the person is not subject to the fine specified in this subdivision. In any case in which a person is arrested for a violation of this subdivision and does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the person shall be released by the arresting officer upon presentation of satisfactory evidence of identity and giving his or her written promise to appear in court, as provided in Section 40500, and shall not be subjected to booking.
SEC. 24. Section 40000.15 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
40000.15. A violation of any of the following provisions shall constitute a misdemeanor, and not an infraction:
SEC. 25. Section 18901.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is amended to read:
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to a person who has been convicted of unlawfully transporting, importing into this state, selling, furnishing, administering, giving away, possessing for sale, purchasing for purposes of sale, manufacturing a controlled substance, possessing precursors with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance , or cultivating, harvesting, or processing marijuana or any part thereof pursuant to Section 11358 of the Health and Safety Code .
(f) The department shall adopt regulations as otherwise necessary to implement this section no later than July 1, 2005. Emergency regulations adopted for implementation of this section may be adopted by the director in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. The adoption of emergency regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary for immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, or general welfare. The emergency regulations shall be exempt from review by the Office of Administrative Law. The emergency regulations authorized by this section shall be submitted to the Office of Administrative Law for filing with the Secretary of State and shall remain in effect for no more than 180 days.
SEC. 26. The provisions of this act are severable. If any provision of this act or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
SEC. 27. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.