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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB0008 Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that entities awarded a cannabis transporting license may defer paying the associated license fee for a period of no more than 2 years. Provides that from January 1, 2024 through January 1, 2026, the Department of Agriculture shall not issue any new transporting licenses.
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| | HB0008 | | LRB103 03477 CPF 48483 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended |
| 5 | | by changing Section 40-5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (410 ILCS 705/40-5)
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| 7 | | Sec. 40-5. Issuance of licenses. |
| 8 | | (a) The Department shall issue transporting licenses |
| 9 | | through a process provided for in this Article no later than |
| 10 | | July 1, 2020. Entities awarded a license under this Section |
| 11 | | may defer paying the associated license fee for a period of no |
| 12 | | more than 2 years. |
| 13 | | (b) The Department shall make the
application for |
| 14 | | transporting organization licenses available
on January 7, |
| 15 | | 2020 and shall receive such applications no later than March |
| 16 | | 15, 2020. The Department of Agriculture shall make available |
| 17 | | such applications on every January 7 thereafter or if that |
| 18 | | date falls on a weekend or
holiday, the business day |
| 19 | | immediately succeeding the weekend or
holiday and
shall |
| 20 | | receive such applications no later than
March 15 or the |
| 21 | | succeeding business day thereafter.
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| 22 | | (c) From January 1, 2024 through January 1, 2026, the |
| 23 | | Department shall not issue any transporting licenses other |