BILL REQ. #:  H-3156.1 

Read first time 01/20/14.   Referred to Committee on Health Care & Wellness.

     AN ACT Relating to requiring qualifying patients or designated providers to obtain permits to grow or provide medical marijuana; and adding a new section to chapter 69.51A RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 69.51A RCW to read as follows:
     A qualifying patient or designated provider who grows or provides cannabis or cannabis products for the medical use of marijuana in accordance with the provisions of this chapter must obtain a permit from the city, town, or county in order to grow or provide medical marijuana in the city, town, or county. In order to obtain a permit, the applicant must provide the city, town, or county with the name of the applicant, the address where the medical marijuana is grown, the number of marijuana plants grown at the address, and a copy of the applicant's valid documentation or a copy of the qualifying patient's valid documentation to whom the medical marijuana is provided. The city, town, or county may impose a maximum fee of twenty-five dollars for the permit. A qualifying patient or designated provider who has obtained a permit must notify the city, town, or county within five business days of any change in the required information provided for the original permit.