AN ACT Relating to transportation and delivery services for marijuana producers, marijuana processors, and marijuana retailers; amending RCW 69.50.4013 and 69.50.4014; and adding new sections to chapter 69.50 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 69.50 RCW to read as follows:

A licensed marijuana producer, marijuana processor, or marijuana retailer, or their employees, when operating in compliance with the provisions of RCW 69.50.325 through 69.50.401, and the administrative rules adopted thereunder, may use the services of a common carrier who is subject to the provisions of chapter 81.29 RCW to physically transport or deliver marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products within the state, if the carrier is a licensed transporter as authorized by the liquor control board under section 2 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 69.50 RCW to read as follows:

(1) The liquor control board must adopt rules providing for an annual licensing procedure of a common carrier who seeks to transport or deliver marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products within the state.

(2) The rules for licensing must:

(a) Establish criteria for considering the approval or denial of a common carrier's original application or renewal application;

(b) Provide minimum qualifications for any employee authorized to drive or operate the transportation or delivery vehicle, including a minimum age of at least twenty-one years;

(c) Address the safety of the employees transporting or delivering the products;

(d) Address the security of the products being transported, including a system of electronically tracking all products at both the point of pickup and the point of delivery; and

(e) Set reasonable fees for the application and licensing process.

(3) The liquor control board may adopt rules establishing the maximum amounts of marijuana, useable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products that may be physically transported or delivered at one time by a common carrier as provided under section 1 of this act.

Sec. 3.  RCW 69.50.4013 and 2013 c 3 s 20 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) It is unlawful for any person to possess a controlled substance unless the substance was obtained directly from, or pursuant to, a valid prescription or order of a practitioner while acting in the course of his or her professional practice, or except as otherwise authorized by this chapter.

(2) Except as provided in RCW 69.50.4014, any person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW.

(3)(a) The possession, by a person twenty-one years of age or older, of useable marijuana or marijuana-infused products in amounts that do not exceed those set forth in RCW 69.50.360(3) is not a violation of this section, this chapter, or any other provision of Washington state law.

Sec. 4.  RCW 69.50.4014 and 2003 c 53 s 335 are each amended to read as follows:

Except as provided in RCW 69.50.401(2)(c) or as otherwise authorized by this chapter, any person found guilty of possession of forty grams or less of ((marihuana))marijuana is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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