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Massachusetts Legislature Approves $300k for Marijuana Start-Up Costs

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Legislature has approved spending $300,000 for start-up costs to regulate the nascent marijuana industry. But the process could be held up by bureaucratic details.

The money was included in a supplemental budget that Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law on Tuesday.

However, the money was put in a reserve fund run by the Executive Office of the Administration and Finance, the executive branch office in charge of state money, rather than under Treasurer Deborah Goldberg.

By law, Goldberg, who is independent from the executive branch, is in charge of creating and overseeing the Cannabis Control Commission, a new body that will regulate recreational marijuana.

An aide to Goldberg said she cannot spend the money until it is released from the Office of Administration and Finance. So the process of setting up the regulatory body will be delayed until the treasurer’s office actually receives the money.

Goldberg sent a letter to Secretary of Administration and Finance Kristen Lepore on Tuesday requesting that the money be transferred to a reserve account her office controls for the Cannabis Control Commission. [Read more at Mass Live]

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