SB3799eng 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AN ACT concerning health.

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, 2025, the Department shall not issue any transporting licenses other than those issued under subsection (a) before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.

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