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SB 1262 Senate Bill-Bill Analysis Page 7 of 18 SB 1262 Page 9 licensee to cooperate with an inspection will be grounds for summary suspension of the license. 49)Defines "edible marijuana product" as marijuana or a marijuana-derived product that is ingested or meant to be ingested through the mouth and into the digestive system. 50)Requires the bureau to establish quality assurance protocols by July 1, 2016, to ensure uniform testing, safety, and labeling for all marijuana sold via dispensaries or other facilities, or cultivated by any licensed facilities, as specified, and to develop a list of certified testing laboratories that can perform uniform testing in compliance with these provisions and post that list on its Internet Web site. 51)Requires licensees to bear the responsibility and the costs for contracting with certified testing laboratories for testing marijuana samples, and to provide test results to local code enforcement officers, any other locally designated enforcement entity, and the bureau, as specified. 52)Provides that for purposes of these provisions, edible marijuana products are deemed unadulterated food products, and requires these products to comply with quality assurance protocols and specified health and safety and labeling standards. 53)Authorizes the board of supervisors of any county to levy a tax on the privilege of cultivating, dispensing, producing, processing, storing, providing, donating, selling, or distributing marijuana or products containing marijuana, as specified. However, any tax imposed under these provisions, shall be subject to voter approval. 54)States that the provisions of this Act are severable, and that if one is held invalid, the invalidity will not affect other provision which can still be given effect. EXISTING+ LAW . 1)Prohibits the possession, possession with intent to sell, cultivation, sale, transportation, importation, or furnishing of marijuana, except as otherwise provided by law. (Health & Saf. Code, 45 11357, 11358, 11359, and 11360.) SB 1262 Page 10 2)States that the People of the State of California hereby find and declare that the purposes of the Compassionate Use Act (CUA) of 1996 are as follows: a) To ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use cannabis for medical purposes where that medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician who has determined that the person's health would benefit from the use of cannabis in the treatment of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which cannabis provides relief. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_1251-1300/sb_l 262_cfa_20140626_I 11950_asm_comm.htm l 7/3/2014