Town of Sweden to hold public meeting on opting out of recreational marijuana sales

SWEDEN, N.Y. (WHEC) — The Town of Sweden is holding a public hearing Tuesday night to decide whether or not it will opt-out of New York’s legal recreational marijuana sales.

As part of the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana, any city, town or village government in New York can choose to opt-out of allowing sales, but it must decide and pass a local law by Dec. 31, 2021.

If a local government decides to opt out, it will not receive tax dollars from recreational marijuana.

The full local law that the town will propose is below:

Town of Sweden’s legal recreational marijuana opt out bill by News10NBC on Scribd

The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Sweden Town Hall.

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