HB 1527-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2448

08/04

HOUSE BILL 1527-FN

AN ACT exempting cultivation of marijuana from manufacturing under the controlled drug act.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cohn, Merr 6

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill exempts cultivation of marijuana from manufacturing under the controlled drug act.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2448

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT exempting cultivation of marijuana from manufacturing under the controlled drug act.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Definition; Cultivation of Marijuana. Amend RSA 318-B:1, XV to read as follows:

XV. “Manufacturer” means a person who, by compounding, mixing, cultivating, growing or other process, produces or prepares controlled drugs, but shall not mean a pharmacist who compounds controlled drugs to be sold or dispensed on prescription nor a person who cultivates or grows marijuana.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.

LBAO

12-2448

12/09/11

HB 1527-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT exempting cultivation of marijuana from manufacturing under the controlled drug act.

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