Sections
16 entriesSection 26010Establishes the Department of Cannabis Control within the Business and Consumer Services Agency under a director’s supervision and control, and requires the…Section 26010.5Establishes the Governor-appointed, Senate-confirmed Director of the Department of Cannabis Control, authorizes delegation to specified deputies, assistants, or chiefs, and gives the…Section 26010.6Requires the Department of Cannabis Control to submit fingerprints and related information to the Department of Justice for specified employees, prospective employees,…Section 26010.7Establishes the Department of Cannabis Control and director as successors to specified predecessor-agency cannabis duties, continuing regulations, orders, actions, rights, records, property,…Section 26011Prohibits the department director and Cannabis Control Appeals Panel members from receiving commissions or profits from license applicants or holders, holding specified…Section 26011.5Establishes public protection as the department’s highest priority in exercising licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions under the cannabis division. Requires protection of…Section 26012Establishes the department’s sole statewide authority, except as otherwise authorized, to create, issue, deny, renew, discipline, condition, suspend, or revoke commercial-cannabis licenses.…Section 26012.5Requires the department to publish license-status information on its website under applicable public-records and privacy laws and, beginning January 1, 2022, include…Section 26012.6Requires the department to collect demographic data from license applicants or licensees and publish only aggregated, nonidentifying results on its website, while…Section 26013Requires the department to adopt rules reasonably necessary to implement the cannabis division and allows emergency regulations to consolidate, clarify, or implement…Section 26013.5Allows department notices required by the division to be signed and served by the director or an authorized employee personally or through…Section 26014Requires the department to convene a diverse advisory committee to advise on cannabis standards, regulations, best practices, public health, safety, and illicit-market…Section 26015Allows the department to investigate cannabis matters it considers necessary and grants designated enforcement investigators, inspectors, and deputies peace-officer authority while enforcing…Section 26016Allows the department to delegate hearing and decision authority under the division to an administrative law judge, except for hearings under the…Section 26017Allows the department, in any hearing under the division, to reimburse a witness who appears at the department’s request under subpoena for…Section 26018Allows the department, before a penalty assessment becomes effective, to review the assessment on its own motion without further proceedings. Limits that…