D.C. Act 25-669. Streatery Program Endorsement Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2024.
AN ACT
To amend, on an emergency basis, section 25-113 of the District of Columbia Official Code to continue the extension of the Streatery Program endorsements through July 31, 2025 and to clarify endorsement deadlines for certain classes of licensees; and to amend the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 to make a clarifying amendment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Streatery Program Endorsement Extension Emergency Amendment Act of 2024".
Sec. 2. Section 25-113(a)(6) of the District of Columbia Code is amended as follows:
(a) Strike the phrase "2022 and 2023" wherever it appears and insert the phrase "2022, 2023, 2024, and through July 31, 2025" in its place.
(b) Subparagraph (A)(i)(II) is amended by striking the semicolon and inserting the phrase "annually with the fee for 2025 due by April 1, 2025; except, that an on-premises retailer licensee, class C/T, D/T, C/N, or D/N, or a manufacturer licensee class B, shall pay the fee for 2025 by September 30, 2025;" in its place.
Sec. 3. Section 7(q)(1) the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999, effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code § 7-1671.06(q)(1)), is amended to read as follows:
"(q)(1)(A) A retailer or internet retailer shall not locate within any residential district or within 400 feet of a preschool, primary or secondary school, or recreation center; except, that a license holder or an applicant who has applied prior to the effective date of the Medical Cannabis Clarification and Program Enforcement Amendment Act of 2024, passed on 2nd reading on October 1, 2024 (Enrolled version of Bill 25-581), shall not be permitted to locate within 300 feet of a preschool, primary or secondary school, or recreation center.
"(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (A) of this paragraph, an unlicensed establishment license holder or applicant that applied for a retailer or internet retailer license during the 90-calendar day open application period set forth in
Sec. 4. Fiscal impact statement.
The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code § 1-301.47a).
Sec. 5. Effective date.
This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section
412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).
