(a) The Governor may enter into an agreement with another state or states authorizing medicinal or adult-use commercial cannabis activity, or both, between entities licensed under the laws of the contracting state and entities operating with a state license, provided that both of the following criteria are met:

(1) The commercial cannabis activities are lawful and subject to licensure under the laws of the contracting state.

Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 26301

  • Agreement: means an agreement relating to commercial cannabis authorized under this chapter and entered into between this state and another state or states. See California Business and Professions Code 26300
  • Contracting state: means a state of the United States, including a district, commonwealth, territory, or possession subject to the legislative authority of the United States, with which the Governor has entered into an agreement pursuant to this chapter. See California Business and Professions Code 26300
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
  • State license: means a commercial cannabis license issued by a licensing authority pursuant to this division. See California Business and Professions Code 26300

(2) With respect to the interstate transportation of cannabis or cannabis products, the agreement prohibits both of the following:

(A) The transportation of cannabis and cannabis products by any means other than those authorized under both the laws of the contracting state and the regulations of the department.

(B) The transportation of cannabis and cannabis products through the jurisdiction of a state, district, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States that does not authorize that transportation.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the execution of, and compliance with the terms of, an agreement does not constitute a project for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 396, Sec. 3. (SB 1326) Effective January 1, 2023.)

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