BILL NUMBER: AB 2300	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wood

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2300, as amended, Wood.  Marijuana.  
Medical marijua   na. 
   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.   in a location at which
smoking is prohibited by law. 
   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.   also
state that the Medical Marijuana Program does not authorize the
smoking of medical marijuana where smoking is prohibited by a
landlord, as specified. 
   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.  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   location at which
 smoking is prohibited by  law.   law or
prohibited by a landlord pursuant to Section 1947.5 of the Civil
Code. 
   (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.