Adds to the penalties for the underage use of cannabis the office of cannabis management contacting the person's parents and/or guardians and such person and their parents and/or guardians attending a cannabis diversion program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5266
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to the underage use of
cannabis
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of
2 section 132 of the cannabis law is amended to read as follows:
3 (i) The person shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than
4 fifty dollars. The civil penalty shall be payable to the office of
5 cannabis management. The office of cannabis management shall contact the
6 parents and/or guardians of such person and inform them of the person's
7 violations of this chapter. Such person and the parents and/or guardians
8 of such person shall be required to attend a cannabis diversion program
9 established by the office of cannabis management to assess for substance
10 use disorders.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
12 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
13 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
14 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
15 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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