04/14/2015 03:30 PM Senate COMMUNITY & REGIONAL AFFAIRS

       HB 75-MARIJUANA REG; CLUBS; MUNIS; LOCAL OPT ELECT                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
3:31:58 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BISHOP announced the consideration of HB 75.                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:32:16 PM                                                                                                                    
HEATH HILYARD,  Staff, Representative Cathy Tilton,  Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, Juneau,  Alaska, reminded the committee  that during                                                               
the  previous  hearing he  reviewed  the  sectional analysis  and                                                               
discussed the  substantive and  non-substantive provisions  of HB
. He explained that the  changes in the current version include                                                               
a household  plant limit, the  establishment of  marijuana clubs,                                                               
the list of establishments that  can be licensed, and the protest                                                               
and review  process for municipalities pertaining  to registering                                                               
marijuana establishments  that is  modeled on  Title 4.  He noted                                                               
that one  of the established  village local option  provisions is                                                               
significant.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:32:30 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR EGAN joined the committee meeting.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  HOFFMAN  announced that  he  would  speak to  the  local                                                               
option provision for villages.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:34:06 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:35:45 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BISHOP  called the  committee back  to order.  He announced                                                               
that the bill has an amendment.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:35:56 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  HOFFMAN moved  Amendment 1,  labeled 29-LS0345\U.A.6  as                                                               
follows:                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                          AMENDMENT 1                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     OFFERED IN THE SENATE              BY SENATOR HOFFMAN                                                                      
          TO: CSHB 75(JUD) am                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Page l, lines 4-6:                                                                                                         
         Delete relating to established villages and to                                                                         
       local option elections regarding the operation of                                                                        
     marijuana establishments;                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Page 5, lines 29 - 31:                                                                                                     
        Delete "An established village may prohibit the                                                                     
         operation of marijuana establishments by voter                                                                     
     initiative as provided in AS 17.38.200."                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     Page 8, line 5, through page 10, line 20:                                                                                  
          Delete all material.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Renumber the following bill sections accordingly.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HOFFMAN  detailed that the  amendment leaves  the village                                                               
issue neutral  and takes out  the reference to local  options. He                                                               
pointed out that  the local option could be addressed  at a later                                                               
time  either  in  another  committee,  on  the  floor,  or  in  a                                                               
conference committee in a previous  piece of legislation that has                                                               
passed the Senate.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:36:43 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  BISHOP removed  his objection  and announced  that without                                                               
further  objection,  Amendment 1  is  adopted.  He asked  if  Mr.                                                               
Hilyard had any comments on the impact of Amendment 1.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR.  HILYARD commented  that Amendment  1 simply  makes the  bill                                                               
consistent with  what was passed  in the initiative.  He detailed                                                               
that  the  initiative   was  silent  on  the   local  option  for                                                               
established villages.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR HOFFMAN pointed  out that the initiative  did not address                                                               
what happened  in unorganized  areas of  the state  and primarily                                                               
addressed  organized areas  of the  state. He  remarked that  the                                                               
initiative  was  neutral  on  the   issue  and  what  happens  in                                                               
unorganized areas of state can be addressed at a later time.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:38:14 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BISHOP announced that public testimony is closed.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:38:24 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR STEDMAN  moved to report  [SCS CSHB 75(CRA),  version 29-                                                               
LS0345\Q],   as   amended    from   committee   with   individual                                                               
recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:38:44 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR BISHOP  stated that without  objection, [SCS  CSHB 75(CRA)]                                                               
is  reported  from  the Senate  Community  and  Regional  Affairs                                                               
Standing Committee.