TITLE 68: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER VII: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
SUBCHAPTER b: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
PART 1291 CANNABIS REGULATION AND TAX ACT
SECTION 1291.405 CONDITIONAL LICENSE DISTRIBUTION UNDER SECTION 15-35.20(C) OF THE ACT


 

Section 1291.405  Conditional License Distribution under Section 15-35.20(c) of the Act

 

a)         To ensure the geographic dispersion of conditional license holders, the following number of licenses issued as a result of any lottery conducted pursuant to Section 1291.400 shall be awarded in each BLS Region in the following amounts:

 

1)         Bloomington:  1

 

2)         Cape Girardeau:  1

 

3)         Carbondale-Marion:  1

 

4)         Champaign-Urbana:  1

 

5)         Chicago-Naperville-Elgin:  36

 

6)         Danville:  1

 

7)         Davenport-Moline-Rock Island:  1

 

8)         Decatur:  1

 

9)         Kankakee:  1

 

10)        Peoria:  2

 

11)        Rockford:  1

 

12)        St.  Louis:  3

 

13)        Springfield:  1

 

14)        Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan:  1

 

15)        West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan:  1

 

16)        East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan:  1

 

17)        South Illinois nonmetropolitan:  1. (Section 15-35(a) and 15-35.10(a) of the Act)

 

b)       Applicants are prohibited from applying in more than one BLS region and are limited to one application in that BLS region.  If an applicant submits more than one application, the applicant forfeits all applications from entry into the lottery and is prohibited from being a top participant.

 

c)         Within each BLS Region, the first applicant drawn will have the first opportunity to a conditional license.  The second applicant drawn will have the second opportunity to a conditional license.  The same pattern will continue for each subsequent applicant drawn.

 

(Source:  Added at 46 Ill. Reg. 20783, effective December 13, 2022)