The following acts, when performed by a validly licensed marijuana producer or employee of a validly licensed marijuana producer in compliance with rules adopted by the state liquor and cannabis board to implement and enforce this chapter, do not constitute criminal or civil offenses under Washington state law:
(1) Production or possession of quantities of marijuana that do not exceed the maximum amounts established by the state liquor and cannabis board under RCW 69.50.345(3);
(2) Delivery, distribution, and sale of marijuana to a marijuana processor or another marijuana producer validly licensed under this chapter;
(3) Delivery, distribution, and sale of immature plants or clones and marijuana seeds to a licensed marijuana researcher, and to receive or purchase immature plants or clones and seeds from a licensed marijuana researcher; and
(4) Delivery, distribution, and sale of marijuana or useable marijuana to a federally recognized Indian tribe as permitted under an agreement between the state and the tribe entered into under RCW 43.06.490.
[ 2017 c 317 § 6; 2015 c 207 § 8; 2013 c 3 § 17 (Initiative Measure No. 502, approved November 6, 2012).]
NOTES:
Findings—Application—2017 c 317: See notes following RCW 69.50.325.
Intent—Finding—2015 c 207: See note following RCW 43.06.490.
Intent—2013 c 3 (Initiative Measure No. 502): See note following RCW 69.50.101.