CRIS ERICSON is in favor of bills allowing the use of medical marijuana.

The new medical marijuana dispensary law in Vermont requires Non-Profit organizations to pay the State a $30,000.00 a year, every year, certificate fee to exist.

Is it wrong to charge a Non-Profit organization such a fee?

http://www.leg.state.vt.us
SEARCH FOR ALL MARIJUANA BILLS IN THE
2011 - 2012 VERMONT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT065.pdf
VT LEG 270475.1
No. 65. An act relating to registering four nonprofit organizations to
dispense marijuana for symptom relief.
(S.17)
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. 1. 18 V.S.A. chapter 86, subchapter 2 is amended to read:
Subchapter 2. Marijuana for Medical Symptom Use by Persons
with Severe Illness
§ 4472. DEFINITIONS
...No. 65 Page 28 of 39
VT LEG 270475.1
dispensary if it determines that an applicant’s criminal history record indicates
that the person’s association with a dispensary would pose a demonstrable
threat to public safety.
(g) After a dispensary is approved but before it begins operations, it shall
submit the following to the department of public safety:
(1) The legal name and articles of incorporation of the dispensary.
(2) The physical address of the dispensary.
(3) The name, address, and date of birth of each principal officer and
board member of the dispensary along with a complete set of fingerprints for
each.
(4) A registration fee of $20,000.00 for the first year of operation, and
an annual fee of $30,000.00 in subsequent years.
(h) The governor may suspend the implementation and enforcement of
subsection (a) or subsection (b) of this section, or both, if the governor
determines that implementation of the suspended subsection is in the interest of
justice and public safety.
§ 4474g. DISPENSARY REGISTRY IDENTIFICATION CARD;
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the department of
public safety shall issue each principal officer, board member, and employee of
a dispensary a registry identification card or renewal card within 30 days of
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http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT065.pdf
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