Amendments to house Bill No. 670

2nd Reading Copy

Requested by Andrea Olsen

For the (H) Committee of the Whole

Prepared by Jameson Walker

04/05/2021, 08:16:38

1. Title, line 10.

Strike: "INCREASING THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA TAX RATE TO 5%"

Insert: "ELIMINATING THE TAX ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA"

2. Title, page 2, line 2 through line 3.

Strike: "REPEALING" on line 2 through "2020;" on line 3

3. Page 2, line 10.

Following: "15-64-102(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

4. Page 2, line 13.

Following: "legislature"

Insert: ", and as provided in subsection (6)"

5. Page 2.

Following: line 23

Insert: "(6) Funds deposited into the account must be transferred in the following amounts to provide funding as set out below:

(a) 4.125% of the funds to be deposited into the nongame wildlife account established in 87-5-121;

(b) 4.125% of the funds to be deposited into the state park account established in 23-1-105(1);

(d) 37.125% of the funds to be deposited to the credit of the department of fish, wildlife, and parks to be used solely as funding for wildlife habitat in the same manner as funding generated under 87-1-242(3) and used pursuant to 87-1-209;

(e) 10.5% to the state general fund; and

(f) the remainder in the subaccounts provided for in this subsection (6)(f). There are subaccounts in the marijuana revenue trust fund established by subsection (1). Funding deposited into this account under this subsection (6) is further deposited into subaccounts to be used only as follows:

(i) 10% of the funds to be deposited into a subaccount to be administered by the department of public health and human services to provide grants to existing agencies and not-for-profit organizations, whether government or community-based, to increase access to evidence-based low-barrier drug addiction treatment, prioritizing medically proven treatment and overdose prevention and reversal methods and public or private treatment options with an emphasis on reintegrating recipients into their local communities, to support overdose prevention education, and to support job placement, housing, and counseling for those with substance use disorders;

(ii) 10% of the funds to be deposited into a subaccount to be administered by the department of commerce for distribution to the local government representing the locality where the retail sales occurred;

(iii) 10% of the funds to be deposited into a subaccount to be administered by the veterans' affairs division of the department of military affairs to provide services and assistance for all Montana veterans and surviving spouses and dependents; and

(iv) 10% of the funds to be deposited into a subaccount to be administered by the Montana department of public health and human services to administer medicaid rate increases that provide for a wage increase to health care workers who provide direct medicaid-funded home and community health services for elderly and disabled persons."

6. Page 2, line 26.

Following: "15-64-102(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

7. Page 3, line 7.

Strike: "(b) the medical marijuana tax collected pursuant to Title 15, chapter 64, part 1;"

8. Page 3, line 8.

Strike: "(c)"

Insert: "(b)"

9. Page 4, line 2 through line 3.

Strike: "at" on line 2 through "15-64-102(1)(b)(ii)" on line 3

Insert: "with no tax"

10. Page 4, line 5.

Strike: "at the tax rate specified in 15-64-102(1)(b)(ii)"

Insert: "with no tax"

11. Page 6, line 20 through line 21.

Strike: "at" on line 20 through "15-64-102(1)(b)(ii)" on line 21

12. Page 12, line 4 through line 6.

Strike: ":" on line 4 through "(b)" on line 6

13. Page 12, line 10 through line 11.

Strike: "at" on line 10 through "15-64-102(1)(b)(ii)" on line 11

14. Page 17, line 17.

Following: "--"

Strike: "medical and"

15. Page 17, line 26.

Strike: "(i) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b)(ii), the"

Insert: "The"

16. Page 17, line 27.

Strike: "15%"

Insert: "20%"

17. Page 17, line 28.

Strike: "(A)"

Insert: "(i)"

18. Page 17, line 28.

Following: "under"

Insert: "this"

Following: "(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

19. Page 18, line 3.

Strike: "(B)"

Insert: "(ii)"

20. Page 18, line 3.

Following: "under"

Insert: "this"

Following: "(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

21. Page 18, line 5 through line 8.

Strike: subsection (ii) in its entirety

22. Page 18, line 15 through line 16.

Strike: ":" on line 15 through "(a)" on line 16

23. Page 18, line 16.

Following: "(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

24. Page 18, line 17 through line 19.

Strike: ";" on line 17 through "sales" on line 19

25. Page 28, line 9 through line 10.

Strike: "(i)" on line 9 through "15-64-102(1)(b)(ii)" on line 10

26. Page 28, line 17 through line 18.

Strike: "at" on line 17 through "15-64-102(1)(b)(ii)" on line 18

27. Page 42, line 7.

Following: "15-64-102(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

28. Page 42, line 11.

Following: "15-64-102(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

29. Page 47, line 2.

Following: "15-64-102(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

30. Page 47, line 3.

Following: "cardholders"

Strike: "at the tax rate in 15-64-102(1)(b)(ii)"

31. Page 88, line 27.

Strike: "(b) the medical marijuana tax collected pursuant to Title 15, chapter 64, part 1"

32. Page 88, line 28.

Strike: "(c)"

Insert: "(b)"

33. Page 93, line 21 through line 22.

Strike: section 73 in its entirety

Renumber: subsequent sections

34. Page 94, line 10.

Following: "15-64-102(1)(b)"

Strike: "(i)"

35. Page 95, line 1.

Strike: "74"

Insert: "73"