Prohibits the sale, dispensing, giving away, provision and cultivation of marihuana for any reason, and the operation of any dispensary of marihuana, regardless if otherwise authorized by law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4930--C
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 1, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. BALL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to prohibit the sale, dispensing, provision and cultivation of
marihuana for any purpose
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
2 the "illegal narcotics dispensary ban".
3 § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law specifically or gener-
4 ally authorizing such activities, no person shall sell, dispense, give
5 away, provide or cultivate any quantity of marihuana, regardless of the
6 purpose of such sale, dispensing, provision or cultivation, nor shall
7 any person operate a dispensary of marihuana. Every act committed in
8 violation of this act shall be subject to the provisions of article 221
9 of the penal law as such article existed on January 1, 2014.
10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10494-05-3
