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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
adult hemp beverages; policies; procedures
Purpose
Establishes requirements for the manufacture, distribution and sale of adult hemp beverages, including licensure with the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC). Modifies the statutes governing spirituous liquor products by incorporating adult hemp beverage products.
Background
In 2018, the Legislature established a state agricultural pilot program, and authorized industrial hemp production, processing, manufacturing, distribution and commerce conducted by licensed growers, harvesters, transporters and processors. The legislation established licensing and regulation requirements of industrial hemp and the Industrial Hemp Trust Fund (Laws 2018, Ch. 287).
On December 20, 2018, the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) was enacted and federally authorized the production of hemp and removed hemp and hemp seeds from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) schedule of Controlled Substances. Under the 2018 Farm Bill, the U.S. Department of Agriculture must issue regulations and guidance to implement various hemp production programs and to create a consistent regulatory framework and federal oversight around the production of hemp (2018 Farm Act).
DLLC, which consists of the State Liquor Board (Board) and the Office of the Director, regulates the manufacture, distribution and sale of liquor in Arizona through the issuance of a series of licenses. A separate license is required for each specific type of business and is issued only after a satisfactory showing of the capability, qualifications and reliability of the applicant and that the public convenience requires and that the best interest of the community will be substantially served by the issuance (A.R.S. §§ 4-111 and 4-203). DLLC is also responsible for investigating compliance with liquor statutes in cooperation with law enforcement (A.R.S. § 4-112).
If the establishment of a luxury tax classification for adult hemp beverages and ready-to-drink spirits products changes revenues that are otherwise directed to the state General Fund, there may be a fiscal impact associated with this legislation.
Provisions
Adult Hemp Beverages Manufacturer License
1. Requires an adult hemp beverages manufacturer license for the manufacturing of industrial hemp into adult hemp beverage products and offering those products for sale in Arizona.
2. Allows DLLC Director to issue an adult hemp beverages manufacturer license to any person, including a licensed producer or craft producer, who has demonstrated or demonstrates the capability to meet statutory requirements.
3. Allows a licensed producer or craft producer to elect to apply for an adult hemp beverages manufacturer license under the producer’s current license or apply for a new license through another legal entity under common ownership.
4. Exempts a currently licensed producer or craft producer from a new demonstration of qualifications, capability and reliability for licensure in accordance with statute if the right to also manufacture adult hemp beverages is applied for under a current license.
5. Requires each location that engages in the manufacturing of adult hemp beverage products to obtain a separate license.
6. Prohibits a licensee from transferring the license from person to person or from location to location.
7. Requires an applicant, at the time of filing the application for an adult hemp beverages manufacturer license, to accompany the application with the fee for adding to a current license or obtaining a new license.
8. Allows DLLC Director to determine the amount of the adult hemp beverages manufacturer license application fee.
9. Requires a person who holds an adult hemp beverages manufacturer license to report annually at the end of each calendar year, at the time and manner as DLLC Director prescribes, the amount of adult hemp beverages manufactured by the license during the calendar year.
10. Allows a licensed adult hemp beverages manufacturer to do all of the following:
a) sell adult hemp beverages manufactured on the licensee’s premises to consumers of legal age who are physically present on the manufacturer’s premises for consumption on or off the premises;
b) make sales and deliveries of adult hemp beverages that the licensee manufacturers to persons licensed or permitted to sell adult hemp beverages through licensed wholesalers;
c) make sales and deliveries of adult hemp beverages to persons licensed to sell adult hemp beverages in another state if lawful under the laws of that state;
d) serve adult hemp beverages manufactured on the licensee’s premises for sampling the products; and
e) allow a representative of the licensee to consume small amounts of the adult hemp beverages manufactured on the licensee’s premises for the purpose of sampling the products.
11. Prohibits an adult hemp beverages manufacturer, except as expressly authorized by statute, from holding any retail liquor license or selling directly to a retailer or consumer.
12. Allows an adult hemp beverages manufacturer to be stacked on the same or contiguous premises with a producer or craft producer license held in common ownership.
13. Requires DLLC Director, by July 1, 2026, to adopt rules to carry out the licensing of adult hemp beverages manufacturers.
14. Exempts an adult hemp beverages manufacturer from an industrial hemp license if not engaged as a grower, harvester, transporter or processor of industrial hemp.
Adult Hemp Beverages Testing
15. Requires a licensed producer, craft producer or adult hemp beverages manufacturer to have all adult hemp beverages tested before distribution to a wholesaler.
16. Requires the testing to determine the cannabinoid potency and amount of pesticides, microbials, residual solvents and heavy metals.
17. Prohibits adult hemp beverage products from being distributed or sold in Arizona if the project:
a) has not been tested;
b) contains more than the maximum amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol that is allowed by statute; or
c) contains more than the prescribed amounts of pesticides, microbials, residual solvents and heavy metals.
18. Prohibits an adult hemp beverages product from having a variance of more than 10 percent below or above the maximum total tetrahydrocannabinol limit.
19. Requires DLLC, by July 1, 2026, to adopt rules specifying pass and fail action levels and variance levels that are allowed for potency, safety and toxicity with respect to required testing.
20. Requires all adult hemp beverages offered for sale or distribution in Arizona to contain only naturally occurring cannabinoids.
21. Requires a producer or adult hemp beverages manufacturer to contract with an approved independent testing laboratory to provide the required testing and certificate of analysis.
22. Requires an independent testing laboratory that provides testing to use high-performance liquid chromatography for any separation and measurement that is required in the testing.
23. Requires an independent testing laboratory that performs testing of adult hemp beverages to meet all of the following:
a) be a qualified laboratory that is approved by DLLC to analyze the potency of adult hemp beverages and test adult hemp beverages for harmful contaminates in accordance with statute and applicable rules;
b) hold an ISO 17025 accreditation or be registered with the DEA in accordance with federal law;
c) have no direct or indirect interest in the entity whose products are being tested; and
d) have no direct or indirect interest in any licensed producer, manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer.
24. Requires all adult hemp beverages tested to be accompanied by a validly issued certificate of analysis from an approved independent testing laboratory to demonstrate all of the following:
a) the batch identification number;
b) the date received;
c) the date of completion;
d) the method of analysis for each test conducted; and
e) proof that the certificate of analysis is connected to the product.
25. Requires each batch of adult hemp beverages manufactured to undergo testing and obtain a certificate of analysis by an approved independent testing laboratory.
Labeling and Packaging
26. Requires all adult hemp beverages to have an expiration date on the label that conforms with applicable law and is not more than two years after the date of publication of the product’s certificate of analysis.
27. Requires DLLC to:
a) maintain and post on its website a registry of independent testing laboratories that are approved to test adult hemp beverages; and
b) develop a permit application by which independent testing laboratories are approved and listed on its website.
28. Requires the permit application submitted by a potentially qualifying independent testing laboratory to include a sample certificate of analysis issued by the applying laboratory.
29. Requires the label of adult hemp beverages offered for distribution and sale in Arizona to contain all of the following information:
a) the brand name;
b) the size of the container and serving size;
c) the net weight or volume of the product;
d) a list of ingredients;
e) the batch number;
f) a statement that use while pregnant or breastfeeding may be harmful;
g) a statement that the product contains hemp-derived tetrahydrocannabinol cannabinoids and that consumption of certain tetrahydrocannabinol cannabinoids may impair the ability to drive or operate heavy machinery;
h) a statement to keep out of reach of children and pets;
i) a statement or icon that the product is only intended for use by persons 21 years of age or older;
j) a statement that consuming adult hemp beverage products may result in a failed drug test;
k) a statement that the product has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease; and
l) an expiration date.
30. Requires the list of ingredients, on the adult hemp beverages label, to include:
a) the amount of any advertised cannabinoid in milligrams;
b) the amount of any primary cannabinoid in milligrams; and
c) the amount of total tetrahydrocannabinol and number of servings in milligrams.
31. Requires all adult hemp beverages packaging to include a website link by including a quick response code that links to the producer’s:
a) website;
b) certificate of analysis provided by an independent testing laboratory; and
c) name, physical address, telephone number and email address.
Serving Sizes and Containers
32. Requires adult hemp beverages containing a single serving of an adult hemp beverage per container to be in an adult hemp beverages single-serving container.
33. Requires the single-serving container to have an internal volume of at least 200 milliliters or 6.76 fluid ounces.
34. Prohibits the container from having a total tetrahydrocannabinol content of more than 10 milligrams of total tetrahydrocannabinol per container.
35. Requires adult hemp beverages containing multiple services of an adult hemp beverage per container to be in an adult hemp beverages multiple-serving container.
36. Requires the multiple-serving container to have an internal volume of at least 375 milliliters or 12.68 fluid ounces.
37. Prohibits the multi-serving container from having a tetrahydrocannabinol content of more than 30 milligrams per liter or 0.887 milligrams per fluid ounces of the total volume of the container.
Farm Wineries, Microbreweries and Craft Distillers
38. Authorizes a farm winery, microbrewery and craft distiller licensee to manufacture adult hemp beverages up to a total quantity of 20,000 gallons in a calendar year.
39. Prohibits the annual total quantity of adult hemp beverages manufactured by a farm winery, microbrewery or craft distiller licensee from being aggregated with the total quantity of wine, beer or distilled spirits produced.
40. Authorizes a farm winery, microbrewery and craft distiller licensee to sell, serve, deliver and sample adult hemp beverages, under the same privileges and limitations prescribed for the wine, beer or distilled spirits produced.
41. Decreases, from 5,000 gallon to 1,000 gallons, the minimum amount of beer that a microbrewery must produce in each calendar year following the first year of operation.
Wholesale and Retail Privilege
42. Authorizes, under a wholesaler license, the privilege to purchase adult hemp beverages from a primary source of supply and sell to licensed retailers under the limitations prescribed for alcoholic beverages.
43. Authorizes, under the following spirituous liquor licenses, the privilege to sell and serve adult hemp beverages under the limitations prescribed for alcoholic beverages:
a) bar license;
b) beer and wine bar license;
c) beer and wine store license;
d) club license;
e) hotel-motel license;
f) liquor store license; and
g) restaurant license.
44. Authorizes, under a producer's license, the privilege to sell adult hemp beverages produced by the producer at the producer's licensed premises.
Delivery and Sampling Privileges
45. Applies the statute governing off-sale retail order and delivery privileges for spirituous liquor, including same business day deliveries, to adult hemp beverages.
46. Applies the statute governing liquor store or beer and wine store sampling privileges of spiritous liquor to adult hemp beverages.
47. Limits the liquor store or beer and wine store sampling of adult hemp beverages products to three ounces per person, per brand, per day.
48. Applies the statute governing the temporary sampling privilege of spirituous liquor by producers and wholesalers at on or off-sale retail establishment to sampling of adult hemp beverages products.
49. Limits the temporary sampling of adult hemp beverages products by a producer or wholesaler at an on-sale retail establishment to six ounces of the adult hemp beverages products per person, per day.
50. Limits the temporary sampling of adult hemp beverages products by a producer or wholesaler at an off-sale retail establishment to:
a) two ounces of adult hemp beverages products per person, per day on-premise; and
b) up to 12 ounces of adult hemp beverages products per person, per day for consumption off-premise.
Prohibited Acts
51. Prohibits a person from processing, distributing, selling or offering for sale in Arizona any:
a) adult hemp beverages products without a license;
b) adult hemp beverages products in powdered form or as a concentrated tincture for mixing with water or other liquids; or
c) spirituous liquor containing any adult hemp beverages or cannabinoid.
52. Prohibits a licensee or an employee of a licensee from combining spirituous liquor and adult hemp beverages or cannabinoids.
53. Prohibits a producer from using any distillate or concentrate containing any derivative of a tetrahydrocannabinol component that is not hemp-derived tetrahydrocannabinol.
Unlawful Acts
54. Applies the statute governing the unlawful act of selling of spirituous liquor on credit to the sale of adult hemp beverages.
55. Applies the statutes governing the unlawful act of selling or giving liquor to a person under 21 years of age to the sale and giving of adult hemp beverages.
56. Applies the statute governing the unlawful acts of commercial coercion and bribery for the sale of spirituous liquor to the sale of adult hemp beverages.
57. Applies the statute governing the unlawful act of purchasing spirituous liquor from outside the proper source of supply to the purchasing of adult hemp beverages.
58. Applies the statutes governing unlawful acts relating to sales or dealing in spiritous liquor, to the sales and dealing of adult hemp beverages.
59. Prohibits the duty-free importation of adult hemp beverages by a person returning from a foreign country from exceeding the amount permitted under federal law or 48 ounces if the federal limitation is repealed or amended except for the importation by military personnel after a tour of duty for personal use.
60. Applies the statute governing unlicensed business establishments and the unlawful consumption of spirituous liquor to the consumption of adult hemp beverages.
61. Applies the statute governing unlicensed out-of-state spiritous liquor producers or wholesalers to out-of-state adult hemp beverages producers and wholesalers.
62. Applies the statute governing the unlawful act of consuming spirituous liquor while operating or while in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, including penalties for a violation, to consuming adult hemp beverages.
Taxation
63. Authorizes an incorporated city or town to impose a tax, permit tax or fee on the sale of adult hemp beverages.
64. Establishes a luxury privilege tax classification for adult hemp beverages and imposes a tax rate of $1.50 per gallon on each sealed container of adult hemp beverages and at a proportionate rate for any lesser or greater quantity than one gallon.
65. Establishes a luxury privilege tax classification for ready-to-drink spirits products and imposes a tax rate of $1.50 per gallon on each sealed container of a ready-to-drink spirits product and at a proportionate rate for any lesser or greater quantity that one gallon.
66.
Applies the statutes governing the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR)
bond requirements for wholesalers of spirituous, vinous and malt liquors to
wholesalers of
ready-to-drink spirits products and adult hemp beverages.
67. Requires a producer or manufacturer selling adult hemp beverages products to wholesalers within Arizona to maintain in its records a copy of the invoice of the sale.
68. Requires a wholesaler of ready-to-drink spirits products within Arizona to pay the required luxury privilege tax on the products sold within Arizona and add the amount to the sales price.
69. Requires a farm winery or microbrewery selling adult hemp beverages at retail or to a retail licensee that are manufactured on the premises to pay the required luxury privilege tax and add the amount of tax to the sales price.
70. Requires a craft distiller selling ready-to-drink spirits products or adult hemp beverages at retail or to a retail licensee that are manufactured or produced on the premises to pay the required luxury privilege tax and add the amount of tax to the sales price.
71. Requires a farm winery, microbrewery or craft distiller to include, in a prepared sworn return, the amount of ready-to-drink spirits products or adult hemp beverages sold in Arizona during the year in which the tax accrues.
72. Requires each wholesaler that purchases adult hemp beverages for resale within Arizona to pay the required luxury privilege tax on all products that are purchased and add the amount of tax to the sales price.
73. Requires the wholesaler to pay the tax to ADOR monthly by the 20th day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues.
74. Requires the wholesaler to prepare a sworn return for the month in which the tax accrues in a form prescribed by ADOR that shows:
a) the amount of adult hemp beverages purchased during the month in which the tax accrues;
b) the amount of tax for the period covered by the return; and
c) any other information that ADOR deems necessary for the proper administration of the tax code.
75. Requires the taxpayer to deliver the return, together with a remittance of the amount of the tax due, to ADOR.
76. Subjects any taxpayer that fails to pay the tax within 10 days after the date on which it becomes due to penalties and interest in accordance with statute for the time the tax was due and payable until paid.
77. Requires a taxpayer, for reporting periods beginning January 1, 2020, or when ADOR has established an electronic filing program, to file electronically any report or return required for luxury privilege taxes.
78. States that the report or return is filed and received by ADOR on the date of the electronic postmark.
79. Applies the classifications of ready-to-drink spirits products and adult hemp beverages to taxable periods beginning on or after the first day of the month following the effective date.
Powers and Duties of the Board and DLLC
80. Requires the Board to adopt rules:
a) for the proper conduct of the business to be carried on each specific type of adult hemp beverages license;
b) to enable and assist state officials and political subdivisions to collect taxes levied or imposed in connection with adult hemp beverages; and
c) for the issuance and revocation of certificates of registration of retail agents relating to adult hemp beverages.
81. Requires DLLC Investigations Unit to investigate complaints relating to compliance with adult hemp beverages requirements.
82. Allows DLLC to:
a) require applicants, licensees and employees to take training courses in adult hemp beverages handling and applicable laws and rules;
b) regulates signs that advertise an adult hemp beverages product at a licensed retail premises;
c) remove from the marketplace adult hemp beverages that may be contaminated; and
d) issue and enforce cease and desist orders against any person or entity that sells adult hemp beverages without a proper license or permit.
83. Prohibits a Board member, DLLC Director or employee of DLLC from being financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any business licensed to deal in adult hemp beverages.
84. Requires DLLC to set the following original license issuance fees:
a) an adult hemp beverages manufacturer's license issued to an in-state or out-of-state manufacturer; and
b) a permit issued to an independent testing laboratory for testing requirements of adult hemp beverages.
Regulatory Requirements
85. Applies the statutes governing spirituous liquor license application, qualification and issuance requirements to the licenses to manufacture, distribute or sell adult hemp beverages.
86. Allows new owners of a transferred spirituous liquor license that includes licensing for adult hemp beverages to elect to remove adult hemp beverages from the transferred licensed by notifying DLLC.
87. Applies the statute governing the application of any estate representative of spirituous liquor licensee seeking permission to act as the licensee to adult hemp beverages licensees.
88. Applies the statute governing hotel and motel minibar rules for spirituous liquor to adult hemp beverages.
89. Applies the statute governing pricing of spirituous liquor at qualified retail cooperatives to the pricing of adult hemp beverages.
90. Applies the statute governing wholesaler channel pricing of spirituous liquor products to the pricing of adult hemp beverages.
91. Applies the statute governing the requirements for a spirituous liquor producer to have ownership interest in an on-sale retail licensee to adult hemp beverages producers.
92. Applies the statute governing the issuance of a temporary permit for the disposal of seized or recovered liquor to the disposal of seized or recovered adult hemp beverages.
93. Applies the statute governing the registration of same-day alcohol delivery contractors to the delivery of adult hemp beverages.
94. Applies the statute governing the submission of floor plans or alterations of licensed on-sale premises to the sale of adult hemp beverages.
95. Applies the statutes governing the application for a joint premises permit, an extension of premises or a commercial office and retail center extension of premise to the sale of adult hemp beverages.
96. Prohibits an application for a license to deal in adult hemp beverages from being filled with or accepted by DLLC within five years after the date of the rejection of the last of two previous applications at the same location has been rejected.
97. Applies the statutes governing the grounds for revocation, suspension or nonrenewal of a license to licensees dealing in adult hemp beverages.
98. Applies the statute governing the Board's or DLLC Director's ability to seek an injunction against the unlicensed dealing of spirituous liquor to the unlicensed dealing of adult hemp beverages.
99. Applies the statute governing DLLC's Director's ability to require a restaurant audit to demonstrate compliance with spirituous liquor requirements to adult hemp beverages requirements.
100. Applies the statute governing the registration of retail agents for sales of spirituous liquor to sales of adult hemp beverages.
101. Applies statutes governing liquor license liability for persons intoxicated from spirituous liquor, including the social host exemption, to persons intoxicated from adult hemp beverages.
102. Prohibits a city, town or county from adopting ordinances or regulations in conflict with statutory requirements or administrative rules for the manufacture, distribution or sale of adult hemp beverages.
103. Repeals the federal food safety preemption statute relating to the production and storage spaces of licensed producers, craft distillers, brewers and farm wineries.
104. Exempts adult hemp beverages produced by a licensed producer or craft producer or manufactured by an adult hemp manufacturer from the Department of Health Services (DHS) food code requirement.
105. Exempts adult hemp beverages or food or drinks containing adult hemp beverages products that are manufactured or sold on licensed premises from the DHS food code requirement.
106. Excludes, from the requirements of the liquor statutes, the extraction of cannabinoids from industrial hemp, product of which is an extract used to manufacture an adult hemp beverages product.
Existing Licensee Applications
107. Allows a person holding a producer's or craft producer's license to apply to add an adult hemp beverages manufacturer license under their license to manufacture and sell adult hemp beverages.
108. Allows a person holding a wholesaler's license to apply to purchase and sell adult hemp beverages under their license.
109. Allows a person holding a liquor store, beer and wine store, bar, beer and wine bar, club, hotel-motel, restaurant or government license to apply to sell adult hemp beverages under their license.
110. Allows a person holding a registered alcohol delivery contractor permit to apply to deliver adult hemp beverages under their permit.
111. Requires DLLC to grant the applicable adult hemp beverages privileges on the submission of a completed application without a hearing.
112. Requires a license or permit holder desiring to carry adult hemp beverages to apply to and on a form prescribed and furnished by DLLC.
113. Allows the application for adult hemp beverages be filed for an existing license or permit or submitted with a new license or permit application.
114. Requires the review of the application and the issuance of approval for a new license to be conducted under the same procedures for the license issuance of a spirituous liquor license.
115. Requires the adult hemp beverage designation, after the application to carry adult hemp beverages has been issued, to be noted on the license or permit itself and in the records of DLLC.
116. Allows DLLC Director to charge a fee for processing each new license or permit application.
117. Prohibits a city or town from charging any fee related to the issuance or approval of adult hemp beverage license or permit application.
Initial Application Requirements
118. Allows DLLC, before the adoption of rules, to approve license application of adult hemp beverages manufacturers and issue licenses to such applicants that satisfy statutory requirements.
119. Allows DLLC, before the adoption of rules, to approve permit application of entities that satisfy statutory requirements to serve as independent testing laboratories.
120. Allows DLLC Director to charge a fee for processing each initial application.
121. Prohibits a city or town from charging any fee related to the issuance or approval of an adult hemp beverages license or permit applications.
122. Repeals the initial application requirements on January 1, 2027.
Grace Period
123. Requires DLLC to allow retailers and wholesalers 90 days after the effective date to sell any adult hemp beverages products that were in the retailer’s or wholesaler’s inventory as of the general effective date.
124. Requires all sales to be in compliance with the alcoholic beverage unlawful acts statute, including the prohibition on sales to persons under 21 years of age.
125. Requires, 90 days after the general effective date, all hemp beverage products that are not removed from the inventory of a retailer or wholesaler to be subject to forfeiture and destruction and not to be purchased or sold in Arizona.
126. Requires the cost of seizure, forfeiture and destruction or disposal to be paid by the person or entity form whom the adult hemp beverages products are confiscated.
Miscellaneous
127. Appropriates $1,000,000 from the Liquor Licenses Fund in FY 2026 to DLLC for adult hemp beverages regulation.
128. States that the appropriation is exempt from lapsing and considered ongoing funding in future years.
129. Requires existing rules of DLLC applicable to the manufacture and sale of spirituous liquor to apply equally to the manufacture and sale of adult hemp beverages unless an existing rule is deemed inapplicable by DLLC.
130. Includes, in the definition of the following terms, the sale of adult hemp beverages:
a) club;
b) off-sale retailer; and
c) on-sale retailer.
131. Includes, in the definition of broken package, any container of adult hemp beverages for which the cap, cork or seal placed on the container by the manufacturer has been removed.
132. Includes, in the definition of registered alcohol delivery contractor, the delivery of adult hemp beverages.
133. Includes, in the definition of registered retail agent, any person who is authorized to purchase adult hemp beverages for and on behalf of the person or other retail licensees.
134. Excludes, from the definition of mixed cocktails, the combination of spirituous liquor with an adult hemp beverage.
135. Defines adult hemp beverage as any beverage that contains less than 30 milligrams per liter by volume of total tetrahydrocannabinol that is derived from industrial hemp and that is intended for human consumption.
136. Defines adult hemp beverages manufacturer as any individual, partnership, corporation, cooperative association or other business entity that is licensed to manufacture hemp-derived tetrahydrocannabinol into adult hemp beverage products.
137. Defines hemp beverages manufacture and hemp beverages manufacturing as compounding, blending, infusing or otherwise making or preparing an adult hemp beverage.
138. Defines ready-to-drink spirits products as distilled spirits that are mixed with another beverage that may contain flavoring or coloring materials and other ingredients, that do not exceed 10 percent alcohol by volume, that are sealed in an original container of not more than 16 ounces and that are sold in the manufacturer's original packaging.
139. Defines terms.
140. Contains a severability clause.
141. Makes technical and conforming changes.
142. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 11, 2025
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