Section 1300.395 Transportation

a)         A craft grower or craft grower agent shall not transport cannabis or cannabis-infused products to any other cannabis business establishment without a transport organization license unless it has received from the Department a registration certificate for each vehicle authorized to transport cannabis.

b)         To obtain a registration certificate, a craft grower must notify the Department in writing of its desire to transport cannabis without a transporter license.  The notice must include the information referenced in 8 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.510(d)(11) and (15).  Upon receiving sufficient information, the Department will send the craft grower a written or electronic notice requesting the information referenced in 8 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.540(h).  Upon receiving sufficient information, the Department will issue the craft grower a registration certificate for each vehicle authorized to engage in cannabis transportation activities as prescribed by 8 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.540(h).

c)         Craft growers authorized by the Department to transport cannabis without a transporter license must comply with the following requirement:

1)         The operational requirements of 8 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.595; and

2)         The transportation distance restrictions of the Act:

A)        If the craft grower is located in a county with a population of 3,000,000 or more, the cannabis business establishment receiving the cannabis is within 2,000 feet of the property line of the craft grower;

B)        If the craft grower is located in a county with a population of more than 700,000 but fewer than 3,000,000, the cannabis business establishment receiving the cannabis is within 2 miles of the craft grower; or

C)        If the craft grower is located in a county with a population of fewer than 700,000, the cannabis business establishment receiving the cannabis is within 15 miles of the craft grower.  [410 ILCS 705/30-(k)]

d)         A craft grower may enter into a contract with a transporter to transport cannabis.

e)         Transporter Licenses are granted in accordance with Subpart F (Transporters).