Pubdate: Mon, 08 Nov 2004
Source: Las Vegas Sun (NV)
Copyright: 2004 Las Vegas Sun, Inc
Contact:  http://www.lasvegassun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/234
Cited: The Committee to Regulate and Control Marijuana (CRCM)
http://www.regulatemarijuana.org/
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/props.htm (Ballot Initiatives)
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/marijuana+initiative
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/pot.htm (Cannabis)

GROUP PLANS TO FILE MARIJUANA PETITION

A group collecting signatures on an initiative petition to legalize 
possession of an ounce of marijuana for adults plans to file its petition 
Tuesday.

Larry Sandell, campaign manager for the Committee to Regulate and Control 
Marijuana, said today the organization has more than 55,000 signatures and 
was still collecting more today.

The petition needs 51,337 valid signatures to put the issue before the 2005 
Legislature. The petitions will be filed in Clark, Washoe, Douglas and Lyon 
counties and in Carson City.

If the group has the required number of valid signatures, then the 2005 
Legislature must consider the issue in the first 40 days of its session. If 
the Legislature refuses to approve the petition, it goes on the ballot.
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