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February 10, 2014 ( Volume 8 1 Issue 3 <br />Zoning Bulletin <br />to Alaska election officials. If a sufficient number of signatures are verified <br />(30,000 are required), the proposed initiative will qualify for the August <br />state ballot. <br />Source: CNN; www.cnn.com <br />COLORADO <br />As of January 1, 2014, the sale of recreational marijuana to anyone age <br />21 or older is now legal in Colorado. <br />Source: CNN; www.cnn.com <br />PENNSYLVANIA <br />The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has asked the Supreme Judicial <br />Court of Pennsylvania to reconsider its December decision that struck <br />down parts of Act 13 as unconstitutional (see case summary in this <br />bulletin). Reportedly, the Commonwealth is asking the Supreme Court to <br />remand the case to a Pennsylvania court for further evidence, exhibit and <br />testimony gathering. <br />According to a press release from Governor Corbett's office, the <br />Supreme Court's decision represents a "stunning departure from the <br />historical practice of that Court, and an unrestrained venture into a fact- <br />finding role that the Court always has insisted is not its proper place in the <br />judicial system." Accordingly, the Commonwealth is seeking "remand <br />[of] the case to Commonwealth Court for the development of an eviden- <br />tiary record. . . application of the Court's newly -pronounced standards to <br />the facts as found by the Commonwealth Court . . . and finally a fair and <br />final determination as to whether Act 13 violates [the Environmental <br />Rights Amendment] based on a full record and formal findings." <br />S ources: Reuters; www.reuters.com; Lexology; www.lexology.com <br />12 © 2014 Thomson Reuters <br />