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AB 545 (Low D) Cannabis: Bureau of Cannabis Control: Cannabis Control Appeals Panel.
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 Bureau of Cannabis Control in the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the State Department of Public Health.
This bill would require the powers and duties of the bureau to be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and would require the review to be performed as if MAUCRSA were scheduled to be repealed as of January 1, 2023.
Existing law establishes the Joint Sunset Review Committee, a legislative committee comprised of 10 Members of the Legislature, to identify and eliminate waste, duplication, and inefficiency in government agencies and to conduct a comprehensive analysis of an eligible agency, as defined, for which a date for repeal has been established, to determine if the agency is still necessary and cost effective.
Existing law specifies that these provisions do not apply to the Bureau of Cannabis Control.
This bill would delete the provision that specifies that these provisions do not apply to the Bureau of Cannabis Control.
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