103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB0307
 
Introduced 2/2/2023, by Sen. Ram Villivalam
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
410 ILCS 705/40-5

     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 3 years. Provides that, from January 1, 2024 through January 1, 2026, the Department of Agriculture shall not issue any new transporting licenses. Provides that, upon completion of a disparity and availability study published by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer, the Department may modify or change the licensing application process to reduce or eliminate barriers and remedy discrimination identified in the study. Makes other changes.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning health.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended  
5by changing Section 40-5 as follows:
 
6    (410 ILCS 705/40-5)

7    Sec. 40-5. Issuance of licenses. 
8    (a)      The Department shall issue transporting licenses 
9through a process provided for in this Article no later than 
10July 1, 2020. Entities awarded a license under this Section 
11may defer paying the associated license fee for a period of no 
12more than 3 years. 
13    (b) The Department shall make the
application for 
14transporting organization licenses available
on January 7, 
152020 and shall receive such applications no later than March 
1615, 2020. The Department of Agriculture shall make available 
17such applications on every January 7 thereafter or if that 
18date falls on a weekend or
holiday, the business day 
19immediately succeeding the weekend or
holiday and
shall 
20receive such applications no later than
March 15 or the 
21succeeding business day thereafter.


22    (c)   From January 1, 2024 through January 1, 2026, the 
23Department shall not issue any transporting licenses, other 
 
 
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1than those issued under subsection (a) before the effective 
2date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly.
3    (d) Upon completion of the disparity and availability 
4study published by the Cannabis Regulation Oversight Officer 
5under subsection (e) of Section 5-45, the Department of 
6Agriculture may modify or change the licensing application 
7process to reduce or eliminate barriers and remedy 
8discrimination identified in the study. Beginning January 1, 
92026, the Department of Agriculture shall make the 
10applications available on every January 7 thereafter or, if 
11that date falls on a weekend or holiday, the business day 
12immediately succeeding the weekend or holiday and shall 
13receive the applications no later than March 15 or the 
14succeeding business day thereafter. 
15(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)