Agenda - Council Work Session - 04/11/2023

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HF100 NINTH ENGROSSMENT REVISOR BD 1-10100-9 188.1 Sec. 20. [152.0265] CANNABIS CULTIVATION CRIMES. 188.2 Subdivision 1. Cultivation of cannabis in the first degree. A person is guilty of 188.3 cultivation of cannabis in the first degree and may be sentenced to imprisonment of not 188.4 more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both, if the person 188.5 unlawfully cultivates more than 23 cannabis plants. 188.6 Subd. 2. Cultivation of cannabis in the second degree. A person is guilty of cultivation 188.E of cannabis in the second decree and may be sentenced to imprisonment of not more than 188.8 one year or to payment of a fine of not more than $3,000, or both, if the person unlawfully 188.9 cultivates more than 16 cannabis plants but not more than 23 cannabis plants. 188.10 EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes 188.11 committed on or after that date. 188.12 Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 152.11. subdivision 2, is amended to read: 188.13 Subd. 2. Prescription requirements for Schedule III or IV controlled substances. (a) 188.14 Except as provided in paragraph (b), no person may dispense a controlled substance included 188.15 in Schedule III or IV of section 152.02 without a prescription issued, as permitted under 188.16 subdivision 1, by a doctor of medicine, a doctor of osteopathic medicine licensed to practice 188.17 medicine, a doctor of dental surgery, a doctor of dental medicine, a doctor of podiatry, a 188.18 doctor of optometry limited to Schedule IV, or a doctor of veterinary medicine, lawfully 188.19 licensed to prescribe in this state or from a practitioner licensed to prescribe controlled 188.20 substances by the state in which the prescription is issued, and having a current federal drug 188.21 enforcement administration registration number. Such prescription may not be dispensed 188.22 or refilled except with the documented consent of the prescriber, and in no event more than 188.23 six months after the date on which such prescription was issued and no such prescription 188.24 may be refilled more than five times. 188.25 (b) This subdivision does not apply to cannabis plants, cannabis flower, cannabis products, 188.26 or hemp -derived consumer products sold or transferred in compliance with chapter 342. 188.27 Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 169A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 188.28 to read: 188.29 Subd. 3 a. Artificially derived cannabinoid. "Artificially derived cannabinoid" has the 188.30 meaning given in section 342.01, subdivision 6. Article 4 Sec. 22. 188