Section 1300.495  Transportation

a)         An infuser or infuser 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, an infuser 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 infuser 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 infuser a registration certificate for each vehicle authorized to engage in cannabis transportation activities as prescribed by 8 Ill. Adm. Code 1300.540(h).

c)         Infusers authorized by the Department to transport cannabis without a Transporter License must comply with the following requirements:

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

2)         The transportation distance restrictions of the Act:

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

B)        If the infuser 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 or cannabis-infused product is within 2 miles of the infuser; or

C)        If the infuser is located in a county with a population of fewer than 700,000, the cannabis business establishment receiving the cannabis or cannabis-infused product is within 15 miles of the infuser. [410 ILCS 705/35-25(j)]

d)         An infuser may enter into a contract with a transporter to transport cannabis.

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