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Hickenlooper Expected To Sign Pot Grow Limits Bill

DENVER (CBS4)- Gov. John Hickenlooper is expected to sign a bill that cracks down on marijuana grow operations.

The bill would make it a crime to grow pot for someone else. Some marijuana users like to share the cost of electricity, water and fertilizer which results in grow sharing.

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The bill sets aside about $6 million a year to help police crack down on illegal grow operations or grow operations that exceed legal limits.

The state House and Senate gave preliminary approval last month to a bill limiting marijuana patients 12 plants in their homes, down from 99.

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