(a) The Marijuana Control Board is established in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development as a regulatory and quasi-judicial agency. The board is in the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development for administrative purposes only.
Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
marijuana: means all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including marijuana concentrate. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The board members shall be appointed by the governor and confirmed by a majority of the members of the legislature in joint session. A member of the board may not hold any other state or federal office, either elective or appointive. The board consists of five voting members as follows:
(1) one person from the public safety sector;(2) one person from the public health sector;(3) one person currently residing in a rural area;(4) one person actively engaged in the marijuana industry; and(5) one person who is either from the general public or actively engaged in the marijuana industry.(c) Not more than two members of the board may be engaged in the same business, occupation, or profession.(d) A board member representing the general public, the public safety sector, the public health sector, or a rural area, or the member’s immediate family member, may not have a financial interest in the marijuana industry.(e) In this section,
(1) “financial interest” means holding, directly or indirectly, a legal or equitable interest in the operation of a business licensed under this chapter;(2) “immediate family member” means a spouse, child, or parent;(3) “marijuana industry” means a business or profession related to marijuana in which the person is lawfully engaged and that is in compliance with the provisions of state law, including this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter;(4) “public health sector” means a state, federal, or local entity that works to ensure the health and safety of persons and communities through education, policymaking, treatment and prevention of injury and disease, and promotion of wellness;(5) “public safety sector” means a state, federal, or local law enforcement authority that provides for the welfare and protection of the general public through the enforcement of applicable laws;(6) “rural area” means a community with a population of 7,000 or less that is not connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks, or with a population of 2,000 or less that is connected by road or rail to Anchorage or Fairbanks.
