Amendment ID: S2722-49-R1

Redraft Amendment 49

Technical Amendment on Cannabis Control Commission Staff

Mr. Fernandes moves that the proposed new text be amended by adding the following section:-

"SECTION 52. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, all property, including, but not limited to, buildings, facilities, cash, equipment, books, papers, memoranda, files, maps, plans, records, documents, property held in trust and other property, both personal and real, of whatever description pertaining to the operation of the cannabis control commission that are in the possession or under the control of the commission or employee of the commission as of the effective date of this act shall remain under the control of the commission following the effective date of this act  and all duly existing contracts, leases or obligations of the commission that are in effect as of the effective date of this act shall remain in effect following the effective date of this act. The commission may exercise all rights and enjoy all interests conferred upon it by any previously executed contracts or obligations. No existing right or remedy held or granted by the commission that is not expressly affected by this act   shall be lost, impaired rendered void or affected by this act; provided, however, that in the case of collective bargaining agreements, any obligations under such agreements shall expire on the stated date of expiration in such agreements.