Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, is considering either reintroducing the bill later this month, or waiting to see how a ballot measure to legalize marijuana fares in November. He was unable to move his bill, Assembly Bill 390, to the Health Committee, where it had to be heard before reaching the Assembly floor, in time to meet a Friday deadline for all 2009-introduced bills.


The bill would place a $50 fee on each ounce of marijuana sold to pay for drug education and treatment. Board of Equalization Chairwoman Betty Yee, who has endorsed the bill, said legalization would raise $1.4 billion in state revenues.


Ammianoâ??s bill would remove all penalties in California law on cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession and use of marijuana, natural THC, or paraphernalia for anyone older than 21.

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