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| Orlando Florida Cannabis Ordinance |
Here is the text of the proposed city of Orlando marijuana ordinance. It appears that Orlando will be joining Tampa and St. Petersburg in the drive to decriminalize marijuana in Florida. The Orlando marijuana law makes a third offense have a mandatory court appearance.
"Violations are a civil infraction, rather than a crime,
and are punishable by a $50 fine for the first offense,
a $100 fine for the second offense, and a mandatory
court appearance for the third and subsequent offenses. "
ORDINANCE NO. 2016-36
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, RELATING TO THE POSSESSION OF CANNABIS AND
CANNABIS PARAPHERNALIA; CREATING SECTION 43.95, ORLANDO CITY CODE,
MAKING POSSESSION OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS OF CANNABIS A CITY CODE VIOLATION;
FURTHER MAKING POSSESSION OF CERTAIN DRUG PARAPHERNALIA A CITY
CODE VIOLATION; PROVIDING FOR CIVIL PENALTIES; PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE
FINDINGS, AND FOR SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, CORRECTION
OF SCRIVENER'S ERRORS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, section 893.13(6)(b), Florida Statutes,
makes it a misdemeanor of the first degree to be in actual or constructive
possession of 20 grams or less of cannabis (marijuana); and
