An act in relation to constituting chapter 7-A of the consolidated laws, in relation to the creation of a new office of cannabis management, as an independent entity within the division of alcoholic beverage control, providing for the licensure of persons authorized to cultivate, process, distribute and sell cannabis and the use of cannabis by persons aged twenty-one or older;
to amend the public health law, in relation to the description of cannabis;
to amend the penal law, in relation to the growing and use of cannabis by persons twenty-one years of age or older;
to amend the tax law, in relation to providing for the levying of taxes on cannabis;
to amend the criminal procedure law, the civil practice law and rules, the general business law, the state finance law, the executive law, the penal law, the alcoholic beverage control law, the general obligations law, the social services law, the labor law, the family court act, and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to making conforming changes;
to amend the public health law, in relation to the definition of smoking; to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the New York state cannabis revenue fund, the New York state drug treatment and public education fund and the New York state community grants reinvestment fund;
to amend chapter 90 of the laws of 2014 amending the public health law, the tax law, the state finance law, the general business law, the penal law and the criminal procedure law relating to medical use of marihuana, in relation to the effectiveness thereof;
to amend chapter 174 of the laws of 1968 constituting the urban development corporation act, in relation to loans to social and economic equity applicants, providing increased drug recognition awareness and Advanced Roadside Impaired Driver Enforcement training, directing a study designed to evaluate methodologies and technologies for the detection of cannabis-impaired driving, providing for the transfer of employees and functions from the department of health to the office of cannabis management; to repeal certain provisions of the public health law relating to growing of cannabis and medical use of marihuana;
to repeal article 221 of the penal law relating to offenses involving marihuana;
to repeal paragraph (f) of subdivision 2 of section 850 of the general business law relating to drug related paraphernalia;
and to repeal certain provisions of the penal law relating to making conforming changes
Citation
Chapter 92 of the Laws of 2021
Territorial extent
New York
Enacted by
New York State Legislature
Enacted
March 31, 2021
Legislative history
Bill citation
S854-A of 2021-2022
Introduced by
Senator Liz Krueger and Assemblyperson Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Introduced
January 2021
Status: In force
The Cannabis Law legalizes recreational cannabis in New York. It is chapter 7-A of the Consolidated Laws of New York, and was originally enacted by the Marihuana Regulation and Taxation Act on March 31, 2021 but has since been amended.
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