A NEW BILL WANTS TO KEEP MARIJUANA COMPANIES AT LEAST 1000 FEET AWAY FROM SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES. 116 IS A BILL TO MOVE. MAKE SURE THAT MARIJUANA GROWS ARE NOT WITHIN 1000 FEET OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP. BUT THE BILL DOESN’T JUST NAME CHURCHES AND PLACES OF WORSHIP FOR THAT DISTANCE RULE. WE NEED TO MAKE THE MODIFICATION SURE THAT IT’S A COMPOSITE NATION. THAT WILL BE FINE. IT ALSO SAYS MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND COMMERCIAL GROVES CANNOT BE WITHIN 1000 FEET OF PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND RECEIVE 12 EYES AND ZERO NAY VOTES. AND A CLEAR SENATE BILL 1162 HAVE PASSED. THE BILL WAS PASSED IN THE SENATE BUSINESS AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE TO DISTANCE WOULD BE MEASURED FROM THE NEAREST PROPERTY LINE OF THE CHURCH OR SCHOOL TO THE NEAREST PERIMETER WALL OF THE MARIJUANA LOCATION. I DON’T NECESSARILY THINK THAT REQUIRING DISPENSARIES TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM CHURCHES MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. THIS DISPENSARY OWNER TOLD ME HE THINKS THERE COULD BE FINANCIAL IMPACTS TO THE MARIJUANA INDUSTRY IF LESS BUSINESSES CAN OPEN DUE TO DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS. I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON IF THEY SHUT DOWN DISPENSARIES THAT ARE ALREADY OPERATING OR IF THEY ALLOW CURRENT ONES THAT ARE 900 FEET AWAY FROM A CHURCH. NEW DATA FROM THE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL MARIJUANA AUTHORITY SHOWS JUST UNDER $6 MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL SALES TAXES WERE COLLECTED FROM MARIJUANA SALES LAST MONTH. I THINK WE’VE SEEN HIGHER MONTHS THAN THAT. THE BILL TEXT DOES SAY EXISTING MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES AND GROWERS WOULD NOT BE PENALIZED IF THEY WERE LEGALLY LICENSED BEFORE THIS BILL WAS INTRODUCED. DO CANNABIS BUSINESSES WOULD BE IMPACTED? I MEAN, YOU CAN’T THROW A DART IN THERE WITHOUT HITTING A CHURCH IN THIS STATE. SO I WOULD IMAGINE MOST DISPENSARIES WOULD BE CLOSED IF THAT WAS THE CASE. THE BILL DID NOTE CITIES COULD NOT CHANGE THE
Oklahoma bill aims to keep certain medical marijuana facilities away from churches, schools
There is debate in the state Capitol over new medical marijuana regulations.
New bills are being put in front of Oklahoma lawmakers this legislative session, with one debate being over new medical marijuana regulations. | MORE | Federal judge in Oklahoma rules against ban on gun ownership for marijuana usersSenate Bill 116 wants to keep certain medical marijuana facilities to be at least 1,000 feet away from schools and churches.”(Senate Bill) 116 is a bill to make sure that marijuana grows are not within 1,000 feet of a place of worship,” Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, said.The bill doesn’t just name churches and places of worship for that distance rule.”We need to make a modification to specify that it would be a congregation. That would be fine,” Bullard said.The measure also says marijuana dispensaries and commercial grows cannot be within 1,000 feet of private or public schools.The bill was passed in the Senate Business and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. The distance would be measured from the nearest property line of the church or school to the nearest perimeter wall of the marijuana location.| MORE | Oklahoma could reap major financial benefits legalizing recreational marijuana, group says”I don’t necessarily think that requiring dispensaries to be a certain distance from churches makes a whole lot of sense,” Corbin Wyatt, the owner of Likewise Cannabis, said.The dispensary owner told KOCO 5 he thinks there could be financial impacts on the marijuana industry if fewer businesses can open due to distance requirements.”I guess it depends if it would shut down dispensaries that are already operating, or if they allow current ones that are 900 feet away from a church,” Wyatt said.New data from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shows just under $6 million in state and local sales taxes were collected from marijuana sales in January.”You can’t throw a dart in the air without hitting a church in this state, so I would imagine most dispensaries might close if that was the case,” Wyatt said.The bill did not that cities could not change their zoning laws to prevent dispensaries from opening. Top HeadlinesInvestigation underway after deadly shooting at Oklahoma City motel’A real final score’: Weatherford basketball team beats Anadarko 4-2Super Bowl LVII to be played on turfgrass developed by Oklahoma State UniversityOklahoma’s congressional delegation reacts to president’s State of the UnionSuspect on the run after leading OKC police on high-speed chase in Oklahoma CityTulsa couple claims Starbucks overcharged more than $4,000 in tip
New bills are being put in front of Oklahoma lawmakers this legislative session, with one debate being over new medical marijuana regulations.
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Senate Bill 116 wants to keep certain medical marijuana facilities to be at least 1,000 feet away from schools and churches.
“(Senate Bill) 116 is a bill to make sure that marijuana grows are not within 1,000 feet of a place of worship,” Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, said.
The bill doesn’t just name churches and places of worship for that distance rule.
“We need to make a modification to specify that it would be a congregation. That would be fine,” Bullard said.
The measure also says marijuana dispensaries and commercial grows cannot be within 1,000 feet of private or public schools.
The bill was passed in the Senate Business and Commerce Committee on Wednesday. The distance would be measured from the nearest property line of the church or school to the nearest perimeter wall of the marijuana location.
| MORE | Oklahoma could reap major financial benefits legalizing recreational marijuana, group says
“I don’t necessarily think that requiring dispensaries to be a certain distance from churches makes a whole lot of sense,” Corbin Wyatt, the owner of Likewise Cannabis, said.
The dispensary owner told KOCO 5 he thinks there could be financial impacts on the marijuana industry if fewer businesses can open due to distance requirements.
“I guess it depends if it would shut down dispensaries that are already operating, or if they allow current ones that are 900 feet away from a church,” Wyatt said.
New data from the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shows just under $6 million in state and local sales taxes were collected from marijuana sales in January.
“You can’t throw a dart in the air without hitting a church in this state, so I would imagine most dispensaries might close if that was the case,” Wyatt said.
The bill did not that cities could not change their zoning laws to prevent dispensaries from opening.
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