Report Title:

Medical Marijuana; Adequate Supply; Reciprocity

 

Description:

Increases the amount of marijuana a qualifying patient may have as an adequate supply from 3 to 6 mature plants, from 4 immature plants to 18 seedlings, and from 1 ounce to 24 ounces of usable marijuana.  Establishes reciprocity with other states having medical marijuana laws.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

493

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to medical marijuana.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part IX to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§329-    Reciprocity; registration certificate.  A registration certificate or its equivalent issued by another state government to permit the medical use of marijuana by a qualifying patient or to permit a person to assist with a qualifying patient's medical use of marijuana in that other state shall have the same force and effect in this State as a registration certificate issued by the department of public safety."

     SECTION 2.  Section 329-121, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "adequate supply" to read as follows:

     ""Adequate supply" means an amount of marijuana jointly possessed between the qualifying patient and the primary caregiver that is not more than is reasonably necessary to assure the uninterrupted availability of marijuana for the purpose of alleviating the symptoms or effects of a qualifying patient's debilitating medical condition; provided that an "adequate supply" shall not exceed [three] six mature marijuana plants, [four immature marijuana plants,] eighteen seedlings, and [one ounce] twenty-four ounces of usable marijuana [per each mature plant]."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

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