HOUSE BILL No. 5654

 

 

February 27, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Yaroch, Marino, Lucido and Brann and referred to the Committee on Law and Justice.

 

     A bill to amend 2016 PA 281, entitled

 

"Medical marihuana facilities licensing act,"

 

by amending section 602 (MCL 333.27602), as amended by 2018 PA 10.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 602. (1) The medical marihuana excise fund is created in

 

the state treasury.

 

     (2) Except for the application fee under section 401, the

 

regulatory assessment under section 603, and any local fees, all

 

money collected under section 601 and all other fees, fines, and

 

charges, imposed under this act must be deposited in the medical

 

marihuana excise fund. The state treasurer shall direct the

 

investment of the fund. The state treasurer shall credit to the

 

fund interest and earnings from fund investments.

 

     (3) Money in the medical marihuana excise fund at the close of

 

the fiscal year remains in the fund and does not lapse to the

 

general fund.

 

     (4) The state treasurer is the administrator of the medical

 

marihuana excise fund for auditing purposes.

 

     (5) The money in the medical marihuana excise fund must be

 

allocated, upon appropriation, as follows:

 

     (a) 25% to municipalities in which a marihuana facility is

 

located, allocated in proportion to the number of marihuana

 

facilities within the municipality.

 

     (b) 30% to counties in which a marihuana facility is located,

 

allocated in proportion to the number of marihuana facilities

 

within the county.

 

     (c) 5% to counties the local law enforcement agency for the

 

municipality in which a marihuana facility is located, allocated in

 

proportion to the number of marihuana facilities within the county.

 

municipality. If there is no local law enforcement agency for the

 

municipality in which a marihuana facility is located, then the

 

money allocated under this subdivision must be allocated to the

 

county in which the marihuana facility is located. Money allocated

 

to a county under this subdivision must be used exclusively to

 

support the county sheriffs. and Money allocated under this

 

subdivision must be used in addition to and not in replacement of

 

any other funding received by the a local law enforcement agency or

 

county sheriffs, as applicable.

 

     (d) 30% to this state for the following:

     (i) Until September 30, 2017, for deposit in the general fund

 

of the state treasury.

 

     (ii) Beginning October 1, 2017, for deposit in the first

 

responder presumed coverage fund created in section 405 of the

 

worker's disability compensation act of 1969, 1969 PA 317, MCL

 

418.405.

 

     (e) 5% to the Michigan commission on law enforcement standards

 

for training local law enforcement officers.

 

     (f) 5% to the department of state police.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.