New York A 5129: Extends provisions relating to owner controlled insurance programs

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A05129 Summary:

BILL NOA05129 

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SPONSORO'Pharrow

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Amd §§16, 132 & 138-a, Cannabis L

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Provides that any applicant who cultivates for sale or sells cannabis, cannabis products, medical cannabis, or any product marketed or labeled as such, without having an appropriate registration, license or permit therefor, shall be deemed ineligible to receive or renew a license to sell cannabis.

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BILL NOA05129 

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02/12/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5129

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to prohibiting any person
 or applicant from receiving a license from the office of cannabis
 management in certain circumstances

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 16 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 8 to read as follows:
 3 8. The board or the office shall deem any applicant, as defined in
 4 subdivision one of section three of this chapter, who is found in
 5 violation of subdivision five of section one hundred thirty-six of this
 6 chapter, to be ineligible to receive a license as defined in subdivision
 7 thirty-one of section three of this chapter.
 8 § 2. The opening paragraph of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of
 9 section 132 of the cannabis law, as amended by section 13 of part G of
 10 chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 11 Any person or applicant as defined in subdivision one of section three
 12 of this chapter who cultivates for sale, offers to sell, or sells
 13 cannabis, cannabis products, medical cannabis, or any product marketed
 14 or labeled as such, without having an appropriate registration, license
 15 or permit therefor, including a person whose registration, license, or
 16 permit has been revoked, surrendered or cancelled, where such person is
 17 engaging in activity for which a license would be required under this
 18 chapter, may be subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand
 19 dollars for each day during which such violation continues, shall be
 20 deemed ineligible to receive or renew a license as defined in subdivi-
 21 sion thirty-one of section three of this chapter, and an additional
 22 civil penalty in an amount of no more than five times the revenue from
 23 such prohibited sales or, in an amount of no more than three times the
 24 projected revenue for any such product found in the possession of such

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09153-01-5

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 1 person based on the retail list price of such products; provided, howev-
 2 er, that any such person who engages in such activity from a residence
 3 or other real property not otherwise held out as open to the public or
 4 otherwise being utilized in a business or commercial manner or any
 5 private vehicle on or about same such property, and the quantity of such
 6 product on such premises or vehicle does not exceed the limits of
 7 personal use under article two hundred twenty-two of the penal law, may
 8 be subject to a civil penalty of no more than five thousand dollars.
 9 § 3. Subdivisions 13 and 14 of section 138-a of the cannabis law, as
 10 added by section 14 of part G of chapter 55 of the laws of 2024, are
 11 amended and a new subdivision 15 is added to read as follows:
 12 13. upon finding a violation of this section by a holder of a license
 13 issued by the state liquor authority, a registration issued by the
 14 commissioner of taxation and finance to sell cigarettes or tobacco
 15 products at retail, a registration issued by the commissioner of taxa-
 16 tion and finance to sell vapor products at retail, or a lottery sales
 17 agent license i