Bill Text: IL SB3799 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
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 2 years. Provides that from January 1, 2023 through January 1, 2028, the Department of Agriculture shall not issue any new transporting licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-01-09 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Fiscal Note Filed as Amended [SB3799 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SB3799-Engrossed.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 2 years. | ||||||
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, 2023 through January 1, 2025, the | ||||||
23 | Department shall not issue any transporting licenses other |
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1 | than those issued under subsection (a) before the effective | ||||||
2 | date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
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