Issue 3

Grants a monopoly for the commercial production and sale of marijuana for recreational

and medicinal purposes
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Proposed by Initiative Petition
To add Section 12 of Article XV of the Constitution of the State of Ohio.

A majority yes vote is necessary for the amendment to pass.

The proposed amendment would:

Endow exclusive rights for commercial marijuana growth, cultivation, and extraction to
self~designated landowners who own ten predetermined parcels of land in Butler,
Clermont, Franklin, Hamilton, Licking, Lorain, Lucas, Delaware, Stark, and Summit
Counties. One additional growth facility may be allowed for in four years only if existing
facilities cannot meet consumer demand.

Permit retail sale of recreational marijuana at approximately 1,100 locations statewide.
Such retail establishments must have a state license that may be obtained only if the
electors of the precinct where the store will be located approve the use of the location for
such purpose at a local option election.

Legalize the production of marijuana-infused products, including edible products,
concentrates, sprays, ointments and tinctures by marijuana product manufacturing
facilities.

Allow each person, 21 years of age or older, to, grow, cultivate, use, possess, and share
up to eight ounces of usable homegrown marijuana plus four ?owering marijuana plants
if the person holds a valid state license. Allow each person, 21 years of age or older, to
purchase, possess, transport, use, and share up to 1 ounce of marijuana for recreational
use. Authorize the use of medical marijuana by any person, regardless of age, who has a
certi?cation for a debilitating medical condition.

Prohibit marijuana establishments within 1,000 feet of a house of worship, public library,
public or chartered elementary or secondary school, state-licensed day-care center, or
public playground, however: after a certain date, a new day?care, library, etc., cannot
force a preexisting marijuana establishment to relocate by opening a new location within
1,000 feet of the business.

 

Prohibit any local or state law, including zoning laws, from being applied to prohibit the
development or operation of marijuana growth, cultivation, and extraction facilities, retail
marijuana stores, and medical marijuana dispensaries unless the area is zoned exclusively
residential as of January 1, 2015 or as of the date that an application for a license is first
?led for a marijuana establishment.

Create a special tax rate limited to 15% on gross revenue of each marijuana growth,
cultivation, and extraction facility and marijuana product manufacturing facility and a
special tax rate limited to 5% on gross revenue of each retail marijuana store. Revenues
from the tax go to a municipal and township government fund, a strong county fund, and
the marijuana control commission fund.

Create a marijuana incubator in Cuyahoga County to promote growth and development of
the marijuana industry and locate marijuana testing facilities near colleges and
universities in Athens, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Mahoning, Scioto and Wood Counties, at a
minimum.

Limit the ability of the legislature and local governments from regulating the
manufacture, sales, distribution and use of marijuana and marijuana products. Create a
new state government agency called the marijuana control commission (with limited
authority) to regulate the industry, comprised of seven Ohio residents appointed by the
Governor, including a physician, a law enforcement of?cer, an administrative law
attorney, a patient advocate, a resident experienced in owning, developing, managing and
operating businesses, a resident with experience in the legal marijuana industry, and a
member of the public. 

 

YES SHALL THE AMENDMENT BE
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CERTIFICATION

Acting in my capacity as the secretary of the Ohio Ballot Board, I hereby certify to the
Secretary of the State of Ohio that the foregoing text is the ballot language prescribed by the
Ohio Ballot Board, acting pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Ohio Constitution and-
section 3505.062 of the Revised Code of Ohio, for this constitutional amendment proposed
by petition for submission to the Ohio electorate at the election to be held on November 3,

201 5 .
In testimony whereof, I have subscribed my name in Columbus, Ohio, this 18th day

of September, 2015.
CW, My

Secretary, Ohio Ballot Board