This bill is part of the 2019 Cannabis Bills section of our ongoing update on California Cannabis Legislation – see the full California Cannabis Law Legislative Update which includes information on cannabis bills from other years.
AB 3 (Cooper D) Cannabis: Adolescent Cannabis Prevention Fund.
The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA), among other things, generally divides responsibility for the state licensure and regulation of commercial cannabis activity among the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the State Department of Public Health, and specifies grounds for disciplinary action of a licensee by a licensing authority. MAUCRSA establishes the Cannabis Control Fund and the Cannabis Fines and Penalties Account for specified use by the licensing authorities.
This bill would establish the Adolescent Cannabis Prevention Fund to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purposes of preventing persons under 21 years of age from accessing cannabis and cannabis products, unless otherwise specified. The bill would require specified fine and penalty moneys collected by licensing authorities to be deposited into the fund for those purposes.
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