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Cannabis trailer bill would shift tax fund support for enforcement; advocates say the change violates voter intent
Summary
Department of Finance said AB 141 would permit cannabis tax funds to pay enforcement costs and support the state’s track‑and‑trace system rather than raise fees on licensees; advocates said the move runs counter to Proposition 64’s voter intent.
The Department of Finance told the Assembly Budget Committee that the cannabis trailer bill (AB 141) would effectuate statutory changes to allow the Department of Cannabis Control to receive cannabis tax funding to cover reasonable enforcement costs for unauthorized commercial cannabis activity and to sustain the state’s track‑and‑trace system without imposing fee increases on existing licensees.
DOF staff described the change as a fund‑shift from the Cannabis Control Fund…
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