House File 2462 S-5079 Amend House File 2462, as passed by the House, as follows: 1 1. Page 1, after line 13 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. The following amendment to the Constitution of 3 the State of Iowa is proposed: 4 Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Iowa is 5 amended by adding the following new section: 6 Sec. 9. Cannabis. The possession, growth, cultivation, 7 processing, manufacture, preparation, packaging, transferal, 8 consumption, and retail sale and purchase of cannabis, or 9 products created from or including cannabis, by persons 10 21 years of age or older, shall be lawful and subject to 11 regulation by the alcoholic beverages division or its successor 12 agency, except for cannabis purchased for medical use pursuant 13 to the recommendation of a medical professional as provided 14 for by law. “Cannabis” means all parts of the plant genus 15 Cannabis L., whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, and 16 every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or 17 preparation of the plant or its seeds. 18 The receipts from retail purchases of cannabis or products 19 created from or which include cannabis, other than cannabis 20 purchased for medical use pursuant to the recommendation of a 21 medical professional as provided for by law, shall be subject 22 to taxation by the state at a rate to be determined by the 23 general assembly by law not to exceed twenty percent and shall 24 be credited to the general fund of the state. 25 The receipts from retail purchases of cannabis, other 26 than cannabis purchased for medical use pursuant to the 27 recommendation of a medical professional as provided for by 28 law, shall be subject to a supplemental tax at a rate to be 29 determined by the general assembly by law not to exceed three 30 percent. Revenue from this tax shall be apportioned to the 31 municipality overseeing the location generating the receipt or, 32 in the case of an unincorporated area, to the county overseeing 33 that location. 34 The general assembly shall provide by law for the 35 -1- HF 2462.3947 (2) 89 as/rh 1/ 3 #1.
implementation of this section. 1 Sec. ___. REFERRAL AND PUBLICATION. The foregoing proposed 2 amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa is referred 3 to the general assembly to be chosen at the next general 4 election for members of the general assembly, and shall be 5 published as provided by law for three consecutive months 6 previous to the date of that election. > 7 2. Title page, line 2, after < heroin > by inserting < , and 8 proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Iowa 9 relating to cannabis > 10 3. By renumbering as necessary. 11 ______________________________ JOE BOLKCOM ______________________________ JANET PETERSEN ______________________________ TONY BISIGNANO ______________________________ CLAIRE CELSI ______________________________ WILLIAM A. DOTZLER, JR. ______________________________ TODD TAYLOR -2- HF 2462.3947 (2) 89 as/rh 2/ 3 #2. #3.
______________________________ JACKIE SMITH ______________________________ PAM JOCHUM ______________________________ ZACH WAHLS -3- HF 2462.3947 (2) 89 as/rh 3/ 3