Reference is to Printer's Date 5/7/14-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/ SECTION __.
(A) There is created a study
committee whose purpose is to develop a plan for the sale and
use of medical marijuana in the State should the Drug
Enforcement Administration declassify or reclassify marijuana as
a controlled substance.
(B)(1) Members of the
study committee must include:
(a)
the Director or a designee of the Department of
Agriculture;
(b)
the Director or a designee of the Department of Health and
Environmental Control;
(c)
the Director or a designee of the Department of Revenue;
(d)
the Director of a designee of the State Law Enforcement
Division;
(e)
two members of the House of Representatives appointed by
the Speaker of the House, one of whom the Speaker shall
designate as a co-chair of the study committee;
(f)
two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate, one of whom the President Pro Tempore
shall designate as a co-chair of the study committee;
(g)
one member of the public appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives;
(h)
one member of the public appointed by the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate;
(i)
the President or a designee of the Medical University of
South Carolina; and
(j)
the President or a designee of Clemson University.
(2)
The study committee also may invite representatives of
non-profit entities with expertise in the production of CBD oil
to participate in the study committee process.
(3)
The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee and the
Senate Medical Affairs Committee shall designate staff to assist
the study committee.
(C) The study committee
shall provide a report with findings and recommendations to the
House of Representatives and the Senate by March 15, 2015, at
which the study committee shall dissolve. The report must
address, at a minimum, methods and procedures for cultivating
medical marijuana in the State, the amount of tax to impose on
the sale of medical marijuana, the need for an agriculture
marketing plan for the sale and use of medical marijuana, and
the impact of the sale and use of medical marijuana on public
health and wellness. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.