BILL NUMBER: AB 2300	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wood

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 11362.79 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to marijuana.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2300, as introduced, Wood. Marijuana.
   Existing law, the Medical Marijuana Program, requires the State
Department of Public Health to establish and maintain a voluntary
program for the issuance of identification cards to qualified
patients who satisfy specified requirements with respect to the use
of medical marijuana. Existing law provides that the Medical
Marijuana Program does not authorize a person with an identification
card to smoke medical marijuana under specified circumstances,
including in or within 1,000 feet of the grounds of a school,
recreation center, or youth center, unless the medical use occurs
within a residence.
   This bill would authorize a city council or a board of supervisors
to prohibit the smoking of medical marijuana within 1 mile of the
grounds of a school, recreation center, or youth center, unless the
medical use occurs within a residence.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11362.79 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   11362.79.   Nothing in this article shall  
This article does not  authorize a qualified patient or person
with an identification card to engage in the smoking of medical
marijuana under any of the following circumstances:
   (a)  In any place where smoking is prohibited by law.
   (b)  In or within 1,000 feet of the grounds of a school,
recreation center, or youth center, unless the medical use occurs
within a residence.  A city   council or board of
supervisors may increase this distance up to one mile. 
   (c)  On a schoolbus.
   (d)  While in a motor vehicle that is being operated.
   (e)  While operating a boat.