STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1295-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: S.B. No. 2523
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Health and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2523, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees find that authorizing licensed medical marijuana dispensary production centers to include secured greenhouses and shade houses will promote efficient and economical production and decrease energy consumption by facilitating the use of the State's abundant sunshine to grow medical marijuana, rather than by relying solely on artificial lighting.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Adding definitions of "enclosed indoor facility," "greenhouse," and "shade house";
(2) Providing that, until September 30, 2017, an enclosed indoor facility excludes a greenhouse or shade house that does not comply with the definition of an enclosed indoor facility;
(3) Providing that production centers operated pursuant to a dispensary license issued on or after October 1, 2017, need not be enclosed indoor facilities, but must be secured at all times;
(4) For a greenhouse or shade house used pursuant to a dispensary licensed issued on or after October 1, 2017, deleting the requirement that the contents not be visible from any street or road used by the public nor visible to adjoining landowners;
(5) Providing that section 1 of the measure shall be repealed on September 30, 2017; and sections 2 and 3 of the measure shall take effect on October 1, 2017; and
(6) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2523, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2523, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Judiciary,
____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |