Title 20 — Title 20

(a) Where the commission is authorized under this article to determine the number of licenses of a specific license category the commission will grant, or increase the number of licenses of a specific license category to grant, the commission shall consider the population of the …

Audits of Licensees; Criminal Background Checks. (a) The commission shall have all powers necessary and proper to fully and effectively oversee the operation of medical cannabis facilities licensed pursuant to this article, including the authority to do all of the following: (1) …

(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this article in a timely manner that allows persons to begin applying for a license by September 1, 2022. Rules must ensure safety, security, and integrity of the operation of medical cannabis…

(a) In order to ensure that all medical cannabis sold in the state maintains product quality to protect the health and welfare of state residents, the commission shall establish a statewide seed-to-sale tracking system for use as an integrated cannabis and medical cannabis tracki…

(a) Beginning September 1, 2022, a person may apply to the commission for a license for an integrated facility or for a license in one of the following independent categories: Cultivator, processor, secure transporter, state testing laboratory, or dispensary. The application shal…

Fee; Expiration and Renewal. (a) Before issuing any license under this article, the commission shall provide notice and a 30-day period during which members of the public may submit written comments regarding an applicant. The commission shall consider all comments received durin…

(a) If any of the following occurs, the commission may deny, suspend, revoke, or restrict a license: (1) An applicant or licensee fails to comply with this article or rules. (2) A licensee no longer meets the eligibility requirements for a license under this article. (3) An appli…

(a) Each license is exclusive to the licensee. A license, and any interest in or rights under a license, and any ownership interest or other beneficial interest in a licensed entity, may not be sold, transferred, assigned, conveyed, or otherwise disposed of in any manner, in whol…

(a) The commission, prior to appointment, employment, or service for a licensee, shall require all officers, employees, contractors, and other individuals performing work of any character who would have access to cannabis, a medical cannabis facility, or related equipment or supp…

for Medical, Employment, and Child Welfare Purposes. (a) This chapter does not do any of the following: (1) Require an insurer, organization for managed care, health benefit plan, or any individual or entity providing coverage for a medical or health care service to pay for or to…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a licensee shall adopt and use a third-party inventory control and tracking system that is capable of interfacing with the statewide seed-to-sale tracking system to allow the licensee to enter or access information in the statew…

(a)(1) With regard to any physical structure or vehicle owned, leased, or otherwise used by a licensee, the licensee may not do either of the following: a. Advertise medical cannabis brand names or use graphics related to cannabis or paraphernalia on the exterior of the physical …

AMENDED BY ACT 2024-342, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2024. SEE VERSION LABELED PENDING. (a)(1) A cultivator license authorizes all of the following: a. The cultivation of cannabis. b. The sale or transfer of cannabis to a processor. c. If the cultivator contracts with a processor to proces…

(a)(1) A processor license authorizes all of the following: a. The purchase or transfer of cannabis from a cultivator. b. The processing of cannabis into medical cannabis which shall include properly packaging and labeling medical cannabis products, in accordance with this sectio…

(a)(1) A dispensary license authorizes all of the following: a. The purchase or transfer of medical cannabis from a processor. b. If a cultivator contracted with a processor to process its cannabis into medical cannabis on the cultivator’s behalf, the purchase or transfer of medi…

(a) A secure transporter license authorizes the licensee to store and transport cannabis and medical cannabis for a fee upon request of a licensee. A license does not authorize transport to a registered qualified patient or registered caregiver. (b) A secure transporter shall com…

(a) A state testing laboratory license authorizes the licensee to possess and test cannabis and medical cannabis products cultivated or processed at licensed facilities. (b) The commission, by rule, shall establish protocols for product testing by a licensed state testing laborat…

(a) An integrated facility license authorizes all of the following: (1) The cultivation of cannabis. (2) The processing of cannabis into medical cannabis, including proper packaging and labeling of medical cannabis products. (3) The dispensing and sale of medical cannabis only to…

A license issued under this article is a revocable privilege granted by this state and is not a property right. Granting a license does not create or vest any right, title, franchise, or other property interest. A licensee or any other person shall not lease, pledge, or borrow or…

Registered Certifying Physician; Arrest or Prosecution for Conduct Pursuant to Chapter; Violations of Criminal Law. (a) A registered qualified patient 19 years of age or older or registered caregiver is not subject to arrest or prosecution for unlawful possession of marijuana if …

Prohibited Conduct. (a)(1) An individual may not distribute, possess, manufacture, or use medical cannabis or a medical cannabis product that has been diverted from a registered qualified patient, a registered caregiver, or a licensed cultivator, processor, secure transporter, di…

Privilege Tax. (a) Commencing January 1, 2022, there is levied, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, and shall be collected and remitted in accordance with Article 1, commencing with Section 40-23-1, of Chapter 23 of Title 40, a tax on the gross procee…

The commission shall provide annual written reports to the Legislature, with the first due no later than January 1, 2022, tracking implementation of this chapter. The report shall be made publicly available and posted on the commission’s website. The report shall include all of t…

(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Agent Billy Clardy III Act. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) AGENCY. Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. (2) AGGRIEVED INDIVIDUAL. An individual who was a party to …

Communication, or Evidence Derived Therefrom. (a) Any law enforcement officer who obtains, by any means authorized by this chapter, knowledge of the contents of a wire or electronic communication, or evidence derived from the communication, may disclose the contents, or evidence …

(a) On or before January 31 of each year, any judge who has issued an order, or an extension of an order, pursuant to Section 20-2B-5 that expired during the preceding year, or who has denied approval of an intercept order during the preceding year, shall report to the Administra…

(a) An individual whose wire or electronic communication is intercepted, disclosed, or used in violation of this chapter shall have a civil cause of action against any person that intercepts, discloses, or uses, or procures another person to intercept, disclose, or use, the commu…

Any individual who knowingly and intentionally possesses, installs, operates, or monitors an electronic, mechanical, or other device in violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class C felony. History: (Act 2022-236, §2.)

(a) This chapter does not apply to an individual who is a subscriber to a service operated by a communication common carrier or communications service provider and who intercepts a communication on a telephone or similarly used device to which he or she subscribes. (b) This chapt…

The secretary may issue an administrative subpoena to a communication common carrier or a communications service provider to compel production of business records if the records requested satisfy both of the following: (1) Are local or long-distance toll records or subscriber inf…

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 2025-447, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2025. History: (Act 2022-236, §2; Act 2025-447, §3.)

Nonconsensual Interception of Wire or Electronic Communications. (a) No individual or other agency, other than the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, may own or possess an electronic, mechanical, or other device. (b) Only investigative officers may install, operate, or monitor…

Communication in Certain Circumstances. (a) Subject to the approval of the secretary, an intercept authorized pursuant to this chapter may be conducted with the aid of interpretive services in the following circumstances: (1) In anticipation of intercepting a wire or electronic c…

Orders authorizing, approving, or extending the interception of wire or electronic communications may be granted, subject to this chapter, when the intercept may provide or has provided evidence an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a felony drug offen…

(a)(1) An investigative officer may submit a written request to the secretary requesting the secretary apply for an intercept order. If the secretary approves the request, the secretary may submit a written request to the Attorney General requesting the Attorney General apply for…

Code Commissioner in the 2022 Regular Session, Effective February 1, 2023. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. [Repealed February 1, 2026 Unless Extended by Act of Legislature] (a) Upon receiving an application from the Attorney General for an intercept order, a judge of …

(a) The contents of a wire or electronic communication intercepted by means authorized by this chapter shall be recorded on tape, wire, or other comparable device, to the extent practicable. The recording of the contents of a wire or electronic communication under this section sh…

(a) The judge of competent jurisdiction shall seal each application made, and order granted, under this chapter. Custody of the applications and orders shall be wherever the judge orders. An application or order may be disclosed only upon a showing of good cause before a judge of…

Disclosure of Records. (a) Within a reasonable time, but not later than 90 days after the date an application for an order is denied or after the date an order, or the last extension, if any, expires, the judge who granted or denied the application shall serve an inventory on the…

Communication, or Evidence Derived Therefrom, as Evidence in Trial, Hearings, Etc. (a) The contents of an intercepted wire or electronic communication, or evidence derived from the communication, may not be entered in evidence or otherwise disclosed in a trial, hearing, or other …

This chapter shall be known and cited as the “John G. Page, Jr., Act.” History: (Act 2002-498, p. 1288, §1.)

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY. An institution or facility licensed as an assisted living facility under regulations of the State Board of Health. (2) CHARITABLE CLINIC. The term includes an established…

(a)(1) Legend drugs, except controlled substances, dispensed to a patient in a hospital, nursing facility, assisted living facility, or specialty care assisted living facility may be donated and transferred pursuant to this section to a charitable clinic to be used by charitable …