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Springettsbury supervisors ask solicitor to draft ordinance to simplify small-quantity marijuana enforcement
Summary
Supervisors authorized staff to draft a township ordinance that would make possession of a small amount of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia a municipal summary offense, a move presenters said would shorten court processes and reduce police overtime.
Springettsbury Township supervisors voted to send a proposed ordinance to the solicitor and staff for drafting that would treat possession of small amounts of marijuana and marijuana paraphernalia as a township summary offense rather than a misdemeanor court process.
Supporters, including Chief Todd King and Corporal Russell Shower, framed the change as an efficiency measure. "What we have before you tonight is a proposal for a township ordinance in regards to the possession of a small amount of marijuana or also the possession of marijuana paraphernalia," Sergeant/Corporal Russell Shower told the board, outlining a shorter enforcement sequence that would use on-scene citations and township evidence…
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