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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 20-45 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (410 ILCS 705/20-45)
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7 | Sec. 20-45. Renewal of cultivation center licenses and | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | agent identification cards. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Licenses and identification cards issued under this | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Act shall be renewed annually. A cultivation center shall | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | receive written or electronic notice 90 days before the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | expiration of its current license that the license will | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | expire. The Department of Agriculture shall grant a renewal | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | within 45 days of submission of a renewal application if: | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | (1) the cultivation center submits a renewal | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | application and the required nonrefundable renewal fee of | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | $100,000, or another amount as the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Agriculture may set by rule after January 1, 2021, to be | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | deposited into the Cannabis Regulation Fund. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (2) the Department of Agriculture has not suspended | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the license of the cultivation center or suspended or | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | revoked the license for violating this Act or rules | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | adopted under this Act; |
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1 | (3) the cultivation center has continued to operate in | ||||||
2 | accordance with all plans submitted as part of its | ||||||
3 | application and approved by the Department of Agriculture | ||||||
4 | or any amendments thereto that have been approved by the | ||||||
5 | Department of Agriculture; | ||||||
6 | (4) the cultivation center has submitted an agent, | ||||||
7 | employee, contracting, and subcontracting diversity report | ||||||
8 | as required by the Department; and | ||||||
9 | (5) the cultivation center has submitted an | ||||||
10 | environmental impact report. | ||||||
11 | (b) If a cultivation center fails to renew its license | ||||||
12 | before expiration, it shall cease operations until its license | ||||||
13 | is renewed. | ||||||
14 | (c) If a cultivation center agent fails to renew his or her | ||||||
15 | identification card before its expiration, he or she shall | ||||||
16 | cease to work as an agent of the cultivation center until his | ||||||
17 | or her identification card is renewed. | ||||||
18 | (d) Any cultivation center that continues to operate, or | ||||||
19 | any cultivation center agent who continues to work as an | ||||||
20 | agent, after the applicable license or identification card has | ||||||
21 | expired without renewal is subject to the penalties provided | ||||||
22 | under Section 45-5.
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23 | (e) As a condition for the renewal of a cultivation | ||||||
24 | center's license, and until January 1, 2028, a cultivation | ||||||
25 | center shall set aside and offer wholesale to infuser | ||||||
26 | organizations licensed under Article 35 an amount of the |
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1 | cultivation center's monthly THC oil production.
The | ||||||
2 | Department of Agriculture shall ensure that for all | ||||||
3 | cultivation centers the cumulative monthly amount of THC oil | ||||||
4 | that is set aside and made available to infuser organizations | ||||||
5 | is no less than the following: | ||||||
6 | (1) For calendar year 2023, 60,000 grams per month. | ||||||
7 | (2) For calendar year 2024, 71,000 grams per month. | ||||||
8 | (3) For calendar year 2025, 82,000 grams per month. | ||||||
9 | (4) For calendar year 2026, 93,000 grams per month. | ||||||
10 | (5) For calendar year 2027, 103,000 grams per month. | ||||||
11 | The Department of Agriculture shall establish a formula to | ||||||
12 | establish fair THC oil set aside amount targets for each | ||||||
13 | individual cultivation center in proportion to that | ||||||
14 | cultivation center's production capacity using, if available, | ||||||
15 | production and supply data from the State's seed to sale | ||||||
16 | cannabis tracking system. | ||||||
17 | The set aside amount shall first be offered for sale | ||||||
18 | exclusively to infuser organizations for a limited time | ||||||
19 | determined by the Department of Agriculture. If an infuser | ||||||
20 | organization does not purchase the total set aside amount from | ||||||
21 | a cultivation center within the allotted time, the cultivation | ||||||
22 | center may sell the remaining set aside amount of THC oil at | ||||||
23 | its discretion. | ||||||
24 | The Department of Agriculture shall develop a mechanism to | ||||||
25 | ensure that the quality of THC oil included in a set aside | ||||||
26 | amount is of consistent quality and is sold at market rates or |
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1 | better. | ||||||
2 | The Department of Agriculture's administrative expenses | ||||||
3 | from implementing this Section shall be fully funded from tax | ||||||
4 | revenue received by the State under this Act. | ||||||
5 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)
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6 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
7 | becoming law.
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