HB5272 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5272

Introduced 1/31/2022, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

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 2 years. Provides that from January 1, 2023 through January 1, 2028, there shall be a 5-year moratorium on the Department of Agriculture issuing any additional transporting licenses other than those issued through the process provided for under the Act.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning transportation.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended by changing Section 40-5 as follows:

(410 ILCS 705/40-5)

Sec. 40-5. Issuance of licenses.

(a) The Department shall issue transporting licenses through a process provided for in this Article no later than July 1, 2020. Entities awarded a license under this Section may defer paying the associated license fee for a period of no more than 2 years.

(b) The Department shall make the application for transporting organization licenses available on January 7, 2020 and shall receive such applications no later than March 15, 2020. The Department of Agriculture shall make available such applications on every January 7 thereafter or if that date falls on a weekend or holiday, the business day immediately succeeding the weekend or holiday and shall receive such applications no later than March 15 or the succeeding business day thereafter.

(c) From January 1, 2023 through January 1, 2028, there shall be a 5-year moratorium on the Department issuing any transporting licenses other than those issued in subsection (a).

(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)