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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, July 20, 2017 New state laws designed to protect against federal crackdown on marijuana BRIEFLY By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau PORTLAND — A new state marijuana law designed to protect customers from federal prosecution is already changing the nature of sales at dispensaries. Effective as soon as it was signed by Gov. Kate Brown April 19, Senate Bill 863 prohibits dispensaries from recording, retaining or transferring the names or other identifying information of customers who purchase marijuana. The regulation is one of several new state laws designed to shield the cannabis industry from a potential federal crack- down on the state’s legal market and to refine overall rules governing the industry. “Changes seem to be occurring on a daily if not an hourly basis on the federal side, and I personally am very concerned that we give as much protection to Oregon citizens to ensure their personal identi- fication information isn’t compromised through some kind of federal subpoena or some other act that a business is not going to have the fortitude or maybe the legal basis that the state would have to fight those type of requests,” said Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, a chief sponsor of Senate Bill 863. The absence of customer records would hinder authorities from prose- cuting customers for federal marijuana crimes. However, from a customer service perspective, the change brought some disadvantages to retailers. “It was nice to be able to bring up their sales history. We used to keep track of what products customers bought so if they forgot what they bought last time we could pull up a record of it,” said Alex Richter, manager of Foster Buds’ location on Northeast Glisan Street in Portland. “Now, we’re like a bar or a convenience store. We just look at your I.D. to make sure you’re over 21.” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has publicly disagreed with the Obama administration’s acceptance of state mari- juana programs, which violate federal law. In May, Sessions wrote to Congress asking it to scrap a budget amendment in effect since 2014 that effectively shields state medical marijuana programs from federal prosecution. Sessions’ comments on marijuana prompted Prozanski to add an emergency clause to Senate Bill 863, making it effec- tive upon passage. Rep. Ann Lininger, D-Lake Oswego, a lawyer who co-chairs the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Marijuana Regu- lation, said other new laws also aim at fortifying the industry against federal backlash. Senate Bill 1057 allows recreational marijuana retailers to quickly switch their adult-use recreational licenses BEAVERTON (AP) — An Oregon man accused of abusing his mother’s corpse is now charged with her murder. Court records show 24-year-old Matthew Gutierrez of Beaverton was arraigned on the charge Wednesday afternoon. He’s due back in court next week. Beaverton police arrested Gutierrez this week after being asked to do a welfare check on his mother — 57-year-old Katherine McDowell. Officer Bryan Dalton said Gutierrez told police he had burned his mother’s body in the back yard fire pit. Investigators found human remains in the fire pit that are believed to be McDowell. Gutierrez is being held in the Washington County Jail. A court-appointed lawyer assigned to represent him did not immediately return a message seeking comment. Paris Achen/Capital Bureau Kodey Kern, assistant manager at Foster Buds, weighs some “Alpha Blue” marijuana buds at the company’s location at Northeast Glisan Street in Portland Tuesday. The Legislature this session passed measures to help guard customers from federal prosecution if the Justice Department cracks down on recreational marijuana outlets. “Changes seem to be occurring on a daily if not an hourly basis on the federal side.” — Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, a chief sponsor of Senate Bill 863 to a medical-only license in case of “federal obstacles,” Lininger wrote in a memo on new cannabis laws. The law assumed that Congress would continue the budget amendment, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, to prohibit the federal government from spending money to interfere with medical marijuana programs. The bill mandates that medical cannabis producers, processors, whole- salers and medical dispensaries undergo the same stringent seed-to-sale tracking of products that the recreational industry has been subject to since recreational sales were legalized. The bill also directs state regulators to create a database of anonymized medical marijuana transactions to help detect and prevent diversion of product into the illicit market. An analysis by Oregon State Police earlier this year showed product is leaking into the illegal market. “Anything we can do to cut off leakage … would put us in a stronger position” with the federal government, Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Portland, co-chairwoman of the marijuana regulation committee, said in May. House Bill 2198 gives the Oregon Liquor Control Commission additional authority to respond to applicant or licensee misconduct. Another new law, Senate Bill 56, allows the liquor control commission to immediately suspend any licensee who has transferred product into the illegal market. The bill also orders the creation of a state hotline where local authorities can verify whether a grow site is registered or licensed. Oregon is one of eight states, plus the District of Columbia, that has legalized recreational adult use of cannabis. Twenty-one others states have legalized medical marijuana. Despite local efforts to protect the industry, the federal government may not need states’ cooperation to enforce the federal ban. The U.S. Department of Justice could shut down the marijuana industry through the federal courts, according to Mark Kleiman, a professor of public policy at NYU Marron Institute of Urban Manage- ment, when he was quoted in Business Insider in February. The federal government would only need to obtain copies of marijuana license applicants and seek an injunction against the applicants from selling cannabis, Kleiman has said. Such a shutdown would likely revive Oregon’s illegal market, wipe out 12,500 jobs and drain state coffers of a projected $105 million in annual recreational mari- juana tax revenue, used to support public education and services, Lininger said. ——— The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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KGW reports that lifeguards received reports of dorsal fin sightings on Saturday. A paddle-boarder reported seeing the shark’s mouth and feeling it bump her board. On Tuesday, state parks workers reported shark fin sightings between Cannon Beach, Ecola State Park and Seaside. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department officials say the beaches will stay open and that warning signs have been posted. Officials say the size and species of the sightings are unknown, and the reports haven’t been verified. More Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday TODAY SATURDAY FRIDAY Mostly sunny and breezy Plenty of sunshine 84° 55° 88° 58° SUNDAY Plenty of sun Mostly sunny PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 93° 63° 99° 65° 94° 61° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 91° 61° 87° 57° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 90° 90° 107° (1931) 61° 59° 43° (1932) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" Trace 0.19" 11.30" 7.27" 7.76" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records HIGH LOW 90° 90° 108° (1960) 67° 59° 47° (1932) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.00" 0.13" 6.59" 4.94" 5.83" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today New First July 23 July 30 102° 69° 98° 66° Seattle 72/56 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 97° 67° Full 5:25 a.m. 8:37 p.m. 2:46 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Last Aug 7 Aug 14 Spokane Wenatchee 81/54 81/58 Tacoma Moses 73/51 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 85/53 79/50 67/54 73/52 85/54 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 73/54 87/60 Lewiston 88/55 Astoria 88/58 67/53 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 76/58 Pendleton 81/47 The Dalles 87/57 84/55 80/59 La Grande Salem 83/50 79/55 Albany Corvallis 78/53 78/51 John Day 85/52 Ontario Eugene Bend 95/62 78/49 82/48 Caldwell Burns 93/58 85/44 REGIONAL CITIES Today Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Classified & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com NEWS • To submit news tips and press releases: • call 541-966-0818 • fax 541-276-8314 • email news@eastoregonian.com • To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News: email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at 541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers at 541-966-0818. • To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries: email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian. com/community/announcements • To submit a Letter to the Editor: mail to Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, 211 S.E. 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Hi 78 88 88 73 76 68 78 86 92 63 88 Lo 73 80 70 58 53 52 61 72 79 45 80 W r t s r pc r pc s c s pc REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Clouds limiting sun today; a shower in spots across the north. Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today. Clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow. Eastern and Central Oregon: Plenty of sun- shine today. Tonight: a starry night. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today. A passing shower; only in the morning across the south. Cascades: Partly sunny today; a morning shower in spots across the north. Clear tonight. Northern California: Partly sunny at the coast today; sunny elsewhere. Today Friday WSW 10-20 W 8-16 WSW 6-12 W 6-12 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 2 SALEM (AP) — An Oregon man who is accused of violating a restraining order 216 times has been arrested. The Statesman Journal reports 48-year-old Odilon Jimenez-Ramos was taken to Marion County Jail on Monday. Court records show a Marion County woman filed a restraining order against Jimenez-Ramos in May. She said he threatened to take her son to Mexico and shoot her family. She also detailed months of verbal and physical abuse. Jimenez-Ramos was barred from contacting the woman in person, calling her or texting her. But he is accused of sending 211 text messages and calling the woman at least five times from July 6 to July 16. The woman contacted authorities, leading to Jimenez-Ramos’ arrest. NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Fri. WINDS Medford 90/57 Man accused of violating restraining order 216 times COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com MONDAY Sunny and hot PORTLAND (AP) — The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries has proposed a $1 million award to a second woman who worked at a Beaverton strip club while underage. The agency began an investigation in 2015, alleging civil rights violations against two minors who worked at Stars Cabaret. The club recently agreed to pay $1.25 million to a dancer it employed in 2012 when she was 13. The proposed order filed Wednesday says Stars Cabaret and a manager are jointly liable for sexual harassment of the second victim, who was 15 when she worked there. Corrections Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group Forecast State awards $1M to underage strip club dancer The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. 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