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West Virginia Code Chapter 16A. Medical Cannabis Act § 16A-15-2. Financial and employment interests

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

<For effective date information regarding this section, see § 16A-16-1.>

(a) Financial interests. -- A public official, or an immediate family member thereof, shall not intentionally or knowingly hold a financial interest in a medical cannabis organization or in a holding company, affiliate, intermediary or subsidiary thereof, while the individual is a public official and for one year following termination of the individual's status as a public official.

(b) Employment. -- No public official, or an immediate family member thereof, shall be employed by a medical cannabis organization or by any holding company, affiliate, intermediary or subsidiary thereof, while the individual is a public official and for one year following termination of the individual's status as a public official.

(c) For purposes of this section, “public official” and “immediate family” shall have the same definitions as those phrases are defined in section three, article one, chapter six-b of this code.

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