Bill Text: NY A09179 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the cannabis control board not to issue any license, permit or registration for retail dispensaries of cannabis until the cannabis control board reviews and closes businesses which are selling cannabis without a proper license or permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-12 - referred to economic development [A09179 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A09179-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9179 IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development AN ACT to establish a moratorium on issuing any license, permit or registration for retail dispensaries of cannabis until the cannabis control board reviews and closes businesses which are selling cannabis without a proper license or permit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds that there has 2 been an increase in the number of unlicensed "Smoke Shops" throughout 3 the state, estimated to exceed 30,000, with approximately 1500 operating 4 illegally in New York City alone. These operations undermine the integ- 5 rity of our local businesses. These establishments often operate outside 6 the bounds of existing regulations, posing a significant challenge to 7 law enforcement and disrupting the business model that the state has 8 been established for cannabis dispensaries draining the state of impor- 9 tant tax revenue. 10 § 2. The cannabis control board shall not issue any license, permit or 11 registration for retail dispensaries of cannabis until the cannabis 12 control board or any other authorized entity or law enforcement agency 13 reviews and closes businesses which are selling cannabis without a prop- 14 er license or permit issued by the office of cannabis management. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14079-01-4