Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 460
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Soto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 366 - 375
    4  and insert:
    5         (c)Contingent upon the passage of a constitutional
    6  amendment related to the compassionate use of medical cannabis
    7  at the general election held on November 8, 2016, the Department
    8  of Health shall approve 12 additional licenses for dispensing
    9  organizations. Six of the additional licenses shall be selected
   10  from previously qualified applicants without regard to the
   11  region they applied in previously. These six applicants must
   12  apply to the department for a license and provide documentation
   13  that they continue to meet the requirements of paragraph (b) by
   14  December 15, 2016. The additional six licenses shall be selected
   15  by the Department of Health from new applicants and must include
   16  at least one applicant that is both a recognized class member of
   17  Pigford v. Glickman, 185 F.R.D. 82 (D.D.C. 1999), or In Re Black
   18  Farmers Litig., 856 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2011), and a member of
   19  the Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association, each of
   20  which must meet the requirements of subparagraphs (b)2.-7. and
   21  demonstrate the technical and technological ability to cultivate
   22  and produce low-THC cannabis.
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete lines 28 - 30
   27  and insert:
   28         12 dispensing organizations contingent upon the
   29         passage of a constitutional amendment; providing
   30         requirements for the 12 dispensing organizations;