Medical cannabis.

Existing law, the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act, establishes the licensure of persons engaged in specified activities relating to medical cannabis and other regulatory provisions. That act establishes within the Department of Consumer Affairs the Bureau of Medical Marijuana Regulation. That act also requires a licensing authority to deposit all licensing fees to be deposited into accounts established in the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act Fund, a fund established in the State Treasury. Existing law imposes certain fines and civil penalties for specified violations of the act and requires moneys collected as a result of these fines and civil penalties to be deposited into the Medical Marijuana Fines and Penalties Account, established within that fund. This bill would rename, on January 1, 2017, the act as the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act and the bureau as the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation. This bill would rename, on January 1, 2017, the fund as the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act Fund and the account as the Medical Cannabis Fines and Penalties Account. The bill would make conforming changes to the act and would replace, where appropriate, the term "marijuana" with the term "cannabis." This bill would also make other conforming and similar changes to other related areas of law.