Bill Text: IL HB3915 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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 one year. Provides that, from January 1, 2024 through January 1, 2029, the Department shall not issue any transporting licenses, except those transporting licenses issued before the effective date of the amendatory Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB3915 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3915-Introduced.html
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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 40-5 as follows:
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6 | (410 ILCS 705/40-5)
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7 | Sec. 40-5. Issuance of licenses. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) The Department shall issue transporting licenses | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | through a process provided for in this Article no later than | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | July 1, 2020. Entities awarded a license under this Section | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | may defer paying the associated license fee for a period of no | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | more than one year. | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | (b) The Department shall make the
application for | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | transporting organization licenses available
on January 7, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2020 and shall receive such applications no later than March | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | 15, 2020. The Department of Agriculture shall make available | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | such applications on every January 7 thereafter or if that | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | date falls on a weekend or
holiday, the business day | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | immediately succeeding the weekend or
holiday and
shall | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | receive such applications no later than
March 15 or the | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | succeeding business day thereafter.
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22 | (c) From January 1, 2024 through January 1, 2029, the | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | Department shall not issue any transporting licenses, except |
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1 | those transporting licenses issued under subsection (a) before | ||||||
2 | the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | ||||||
3 | Assembly. | ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
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