Bill Text: IL SB3799 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed

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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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40)

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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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

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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.)