1. The Commission shall:

(a) Consider all matters submitted to it by the Board, the Governor or the Legislature;

(b) On its own initiative, recommend to the Board any guidelines, rules or regulations or any changes to existing guidelines, rules or regulations that the Commission considers important or necessary for the review and consideration of the Board;

(c) Advise the Board on the preparation of any regulations adopted pursuant to this title;

(d) Study the distribution of licenses, including, without limitation, the number of licenses authorized to be issued to cannabis establishments within the territory of each local government in this State, and recommend to the Board any statutory changes that the Commission determines to be appropriate; and

(e) Study the feasibility of the use of emerging technologies, including, without limitation, blockchain and systems that use a single source of truth, as a means of collecting data or efficiently and effectively handling transactions electronically to reduce or eliminate the handling of cash.

2. The Chair of the Commission may appoint:

(a) A subcommittee on public health to review and make recommendations on matters related to the labeling, packaging, marketing and advertising of cannabis and cannabis products, the potency of cannabis and cannabis products and any other issue related to the effect of cannabis and cannabis products on public health. Such recommendations may include, without limitation, maximum limits for individual servings of cannabis and cannabis products.

(b) A subcommittee on public safety and community mitigation to review and make recommendations on matters relating to the effects of cannabis on law enforcement, property, businesses and consumers.

(c) A subcommittee on the cannabis industry to review and make recommendations on matters relating to the stability of the market for and the cultivation, processing, manufacturing, transportation, distribution and seed-to-sale tracking of cannabis and cannabis products.

(d) A subcommittee on market participation to review and make recommendations on matters relating to the participation of women-owned businesses, minority-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses and local agriculture in the cannabis industry in this State.

(e) A subcommittee on the prevention of unlicensed cannabis sales in this State to:

(1) Review the legal authority of state agencies and local governments to curtail the unlicensed sale of cannabis and cannabis products, including, without limitation, by use of Internet websites, sales centers or other buildings to evade the laws of this State relating to the licensing of cannabis establishments;

(2) Review the resources available to state agencies and local governments to prevent the unlicensed sale of cannabis and cannabis products;

(3) Examine gaps in the enforcement of the laws of this State, including, without limitation, the importation of cannabis and cannabis products from other states;

(4) Identify the extent of the unlicensed sale of cannabis and cannabis products in this State, including, without limitation, the number of operations engaging in the unlicensed sale of cannabis and cannabis products and the most common methods used to engage in such sales;

(5) Examine any other issues relating to the unlicensed sale of cannabis or cannabis products that the Commission determines to be appropriate; and

(6) Make recommendations for efficiently and effectively closing any gaps in legal authority or enforcement identified by the subcommittee.

(f) A subcommittee on local governments to review and make recommendations on matters relating to the role of local governments in the regulation of the cannabis industry. In addition to any member of the Commission appointed to a subcommittee created pursuant to this paragraph, the Chair of the Commission shall appoint to the subcommittee:

(1) One member recommended by the governing body of the Nevada League of Cities; and

(2) One member recommended by the Nevada Association of Counties.

(g) A subcommittee on testing and laboratories to review and make recommendations on matters relating to the testing of cannabis and cannabis products and the efficient and effective operations of independent testing laboratories. In addition to any member of the Commission appointed to a subcommittee created pursuant to this paragraph, the Chair of the Commission shall appoint to the subcommittee one member who serves on an advisory committee for laboratories established by the Board to provide recommendations regarding the testing of cannabis.

(h) Any other subcommittee the Chair deems necessary to expedite the work of the Board.

3. If the Chair appoints a subcommittee pursuant to subsection 2, the subcommittee must:

(a) Contain not more than five members, who serve at the pleasure of the Chair; and

(b) Be chaired by the person selected as chair of the subcommittee by the Chair.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 3774, effective July 1, 2020)