Bill Text: MI HB5300 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Medical marihuana: licenses; sale to and from licensed specialty medical growers; allow. Amends secs. 102, 201, 501, 502, 503 & 505 of 2016 PA 281 (MCL 333.27102 et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5301'21, HB 5321'21, HB 5319'21, HB 5302'21
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-10-26 - Referred To Second Reading [HB5300 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB5300-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5300
A bill to amend 2016 PA 281, entitled
"Medical marihuana facilities licensing act,"
by amending sections 102, 201, 501, 502, 503, and 505 (MCL 333.27102, 333.27201, 333.27501, 333.27502, 333.27503, and 333.27505), section 102 as amended by 2021 PA 57, sections 201, 501, and 503 as amended by 2018 PA 10, and sections 502 and 505 as amended by 2018 PA 648.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 102. As used in this act:
(a) "Advisory panel" or "panel" means the marijuana regulatory agency.
(b) "Affiliate" means any person that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with; is in a partnership or joint venture relationship with; or is a co-shareholder of a corporation, a co-member of a limited liability company, or a co-partner in a limited liability partnership with a licensee or applicant.
(c) "Applicant" means a person who applies for a state operating license. Applicant includes, with respect to disclosures in an application, for purposes of ineligibility for a license under section 402, or for purposes of prior marijuana regulatory agency approval of a transfer of interest under section 406, and only for applications submitted on or after January 1, 2019, a managerial employee of the applicant, a person holding a direct or indirect ownership interest of more than 10% in the applicant, and the following for each type of applicant:
(i) For an individual or sole proprietorship: the proprietor and the proprietor's spouse.
(ii) For a partnership and limited liability partnership: all partners and their spouses. For a limited partnership and limited liability limited partnership: all general and limited partners, not including a limited partner holding a direct or indirect ownership interest of 10% or less and who does not exercise control over or participate in the management of the partnership, and their spouses. For a limited liability company: all members and managers, not including a member holding a direct or indirect ownership interest of 10% or less and who does not exercise control over or participate in the management of the company, and their spouses.
(iii) For a privately held corporation: all corporate officers or persons with equivalent titles and their spouses, all directors and their spouses, and all stockholders, not including those holding a direct or indirect ownership interest of 10% or less, and their spouses.
(iv) For a publicly held corporation: all corporate officers or persons with equivalent titles and their spouses, all directors and their spouses, and all stockholders, not including those holding a direct or indirect ownership interest of 10% or less, and their spouses.
(v) For a multilevel ownership enterprise: any entity or person that receives or has the right to receive more than 10% of the gross or net profit from the enterprise during any full or partial calendar or fiscal year.
(vi) For a nonprofit corporation: all individuals and entities with membership or shareholder rights in accordance with the articles of incorporation or the bylaws and the spouses of the individuals.
(d) "Board" means the marijuana regulatory agency.
(e) "Cutting" means a section of a lead stem or root stock that is used for vegetative asexual propagation.
(f) "Department" means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs.
(g) "Grower" means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that cultivates, dries, trims, or cures and packages marihuana for sale to a processor, provisioning center, or another grower.
(h) "Industrial hemp" means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 2018 IL 1, MCL 333.27953.
(i) "Industrial hemp research and development act" means the industrial hemp research and development act, 2014 PA 547, MCL 286.841 to 286.859.
(j) "Licensed specialty medical grower" means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, MCL 333.26423.
(k) (j) "Licensee" means a person holding a state operating license.
(l) (k) "Marihuana" means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 2018 IL 1, MCL 333.27953.
(m) (l) "Marihuana facility" means a location at which a licensee is licensed to operate under this act.
(n) (m) "Marihuana plant" means any plant of the species Cannabis sativa L. Marihuana plant does not include industrial hemp.
(o) (n) "Marihuana-infused product" means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 2018 IL 1, MCL 333.27953.
(p) (o) "Marihuana tracking act" means the marihuana tracking act, 2016 PA 282, MCL 333.27901 to 333.27904.
(q) (p) "Marijuana regulatory agency" means the marijuana regulatory agency created under Executive Reorganization Order No. 2019-2, MCL 333.27001.
(r) (q) "Michigan medical marihuana act" means the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, 2008 IL 1, MCL 333.26421 to 333.26430.
(s) (r) "Municipality" means a city, township, or village.
(t) (s) "Paraphernalia" means any equipment, product, or material of any kind that is designed for or used in growing, cultivating, producing, manufacturing, compounding, converting, storing, processing, preparing, transporting, injecting, smoking, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body, marihuana.
(u) (t) "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership, trust, or other legal entity.
(v) (u) "Plant" means any living organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis and has observable root formation or is in growth material.
(w) (v) "Processor" means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that purchases marihuana from a grower and that extracts resin from the marihuana or creates a marihuana-infused product for sale and transfer in packaged form to a provisioning center or another processor.
(x) (w) "Provisioning center" means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that purchases marihuana from a grower or processor and sells, supplies, or provides marihuana to registered qualifying patients, directly or through the patients' registered primary caregivers. Provisioning center includes any commercial property where marihuana is sold at retail to registered qualifying patients or registered primary caregivers. A noncommercial location used by a registered primary caregiver to assist a qualifying patient connected to the caregiver through the department's marihuana registration process in accordance with the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act is not a provisioning center for purposes of this act.
(y) (x) "Registered primary caregiver" means a primary caregiver who has been issued a current registry identification card under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act.
(z) (y) "Registered qualifying patient" means a qualifying patient who has been issued a current registry identification card under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act or a visiting qualifying patient as that term is defined in section 3 of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, MCL 333.26423.
(aa) (z) "Registry identification card" means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, MCL 333.26423.
(bb) (aa) "Rules" means rules promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, by the marijuana regulatory agency to implement this act.
(cc) (bb) "Safety compliance facility" means a licensee that is a commercial entity that takes marihuana from a marihuana facility or receives marihuana from a registered primary caregiver or licensed specialty medical grower, tests the marihuana for contaminants and for tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids, returns the test results, and may return the marihuana to the marihuana facility or licensed specialty medical grower.
(dd) (cc) "Secure transporter" means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that stores marihuana and transports marihuana between marihuana facilities or licensed specialty medical growers for a fee.
(ee) (dd) "Seed" means the fertilized, ungerminated, matured ovule, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant, of a marihuana plant that is flowering.
(ff) (ee) "Seedling" means a marihuana plant that has germinated and has not flowered and is not harvestable.
(gg) (ff) "State operating license" or, unless the context requires a different meaning, "license" means a license that is issued under this act that allows the licensee to operate as 1 of the following, specified in the license:
(i) A grower.
(ii) A processor.
(iii) A secure transporter.
(iv) A provisioning center.
(v) A safety compliance facility.
(hh) (gg) "Statewide monitoring system" or, unless the context requires a different meaning, "system" means an internet-based, statewide database established, implemented, and maintained by the department under the marihuana tracking act, that is available to licensees, law enforcement agencies, and authorized state departments and agencies on a 24-hour basis for all of the following:
(i) Verifying registry identification cards.
(ii) Tracking marihuana transfer and transportation by licensees, including transferee, date, quantity, and price.
(iii) Verifying in commercially reasonable time that a transfer will not exceed the limit that the patient or caregiver is authorized to receive under section 4 of the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, MCL 333.26424.
(ii) (hh) "Tissue culture" means a marihuana plant cell, cutting, tissue, or organ, that is kept under a sterile condition on a nutrient culture medium of known composition and that does not have visible root formation. A tissue culture is not a marihuana plant for purposes of a grower.
(jj) (ii) "Usable marihuana" means the dried leaves, flowers, plant resin, or extract of the marihuana plant, but does not include the seeds, stalks, and roots of the plant.
Sec. 201. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, if a person has been granted a state operating license and is operating within the scope of the license, the licensee and its agents are not subject to any of the following for engaging in activities described in subsection (2):
(a) Criminal penalties under state law or local ordinances regulating marihuana.
(b) State or local criminal prosecution for a marihuana-related offense.
(c) State or local civil prosecution for a marihuana-related offense.
(d) Search or inspection, except for an inspection authorized under this act by law enforcement officers, the municipality, or the department.
(e) Seizure of marihuana, real property, personal property, or anything of value based on a marihuana-related offense.
(f) Any sanction, including disciplinary action or denial of a right or privilege, by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau based on a marihuana-related offense.
(2) The following activities are protected under subsection (1) if performed under a state operating license within the scope of that license and in accord with this act, rules, and any ordinance adopted under section 205:
(a) Growing marihuana.
(b) Purchasing, receiving, selling, transporting, or transferring marihuana from or to a licensee, a licensee's agent, a registered qualifying patient, or a registered primary caregiver, or a licensed specialty medical grower.
(c) Possessing marihuana.
(d) Possessing or manufacturing marihuana paraphernalia for medical use.
(e) Processing marihuana.
(f) Transporting marihuana.
(g) Testing, transferring, infusing, extracting, altering, or studying marihuana.
(h) Receiving or providing compensation for products or services.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person who owns or leases real property upon which a marihuana facility is located and who has no knowledge that the licensee violated this act is not subject to any of the following for owning, leasing, or permitting the operation of a marihuana facility on the real property:
(a) Criminal penalties under state law or local ordinances regulating marihuana.
(b) State or local civil prosecution based on a marihuana-related offense.
(c) State or local criminal prosecution based on a marihuana-related offense.
(d) Search or inspection, except for an inspection authorized under this act by law enforcement officers, the municipality, or the department.
(e) Seizure of any real or personal property or anything of value based on a marihuana-related offense.
(f) Any sanction, including disciplinary action or denial of a right or privilege, by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a certified public accountant who is licensed under article 7 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.720 to 339.736, is not subject to any of the following for engaging in the practice of public accounting as that term is defined in section 720 of the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.720, for an applicant or licensee who is in compliance with this act, rules, and the Michigan medical marihuana act:
(a) Criminal penalties under state law or local ordinances regulating marihuana.
(b) State or local civil prosecution based on a marihuana-related offense.
(c) State or local criminal prosecution based on a marihuana-related offense.
(d) Seizure of any real or personal property or anything of value based on a marihuana-related offense.
(e) Any sanction, including disciplinary action or denial of a right or privilege, by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau based on a marihuana-related offense.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a financial institution is not subject to any of the following for providing a financial service to a licensee under this act:
(a) Criminal penalties under state law or local ordinances regulating marihuana.
(b) State or local civil prosecution based on a marihuana-related offense.
(c) State or local criminal prosecution based on a marihuana-related offense.
(d) Seizure of any real or personal property or anything of value based on a marihuana-related offense.
(e) Any sanction, including disciplinary action or denial of a right or privilege, by a business or occupational or professional licensing board or bureau based on a marihuana-related offense.
(6) For the purposes of regulating the commercial entities established under this act, any provisions of the following acts that are inconsistent with this act do not apply to a grower, processor, secure transporter, provisioning center, or safety compliance facility operating in compliance with this act:
(a) The business corporation act, 1972 PA 284, MCL 450.1101 to 450.2098.
(b) The nonprofit corporation act, 1982 PA 162, MCL 450.2101 to 450.3192.
(c) 1931 PA 327, MCL 450.98 to 450.192.
(d) The Michigan revised uniform limited partnership act, 1982 PA 213, MCL 449.1101 to 449.2108.
(e) The Michigan limited liability company act, 1993 PA 23, MCL 450.4101 to 450.5200.
(f) 1907 PA 101, MCL 445.1 to 445.5.
(g) 1913 PA 164, MCL 449.101 to 449.106.
(h) The uniform partnership act, 1917 PA 72, MCL 449.1 to 449.48.
(7) As used in this section:
(a) "Financial institution" means any of the following:
(i) A state or national bank.
(ii) A state or federally chartered savings and loan association.
(iii) A state or federally chartered savings bank.
(iv) A state or federally chartered credit union.
(v) An insurance company.
(vi) An entity that offers any of the following to a resident of this state:
(A) A mutual fund account.
(B) A securities brokerage account.
(C) A money market account.
(D) A retail investment account.
(vii) An entity regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission that collects funds from the public.
(viii) An entity that is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers and that collects funds from the public.
(ix) Another entity that collects funds from the public.
(b) "Financial service" means a deposit; withdrawal; transfer between accounts; exchange of currency; loan; extension of credit; purchase or sale of any stock, bond, certificate of deposit, or other monetary instrument; or any other payment, transfer, or delivery by, through, or to a financial institution, by whatever means effected.
Sec. 501. (1) A grower license authorizes the grower to grow not more than the following number of marihuana plants under the indicated license class for each license the grower holds in that class:
(a) Class A – 500 marihuana plants.
(b) Class B – 1,000 marihuana plants.
(c) Class C – 1,500 marihuana plants.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a grower license authorizes sale of marihuana plants to a grower only by means of a secure transporter. A grower license authorizes the sale or transfer of seeds, seedlings, or tissue cultures to a grower from a registered primary caregiver, licensed specialty medical grower, or another grower without using a secure transporter.
(3) A grower license authorizes a grower to transfer marihuana without using a secure transporter to a processor or provisioning center if both of the following are met:
(a) The processor or provisioning center occupies the same location as the grower and the marihuana is transferred using only private real property without accessing public roadways.
(b) The grower enters each transfer into the statewide monitoring system.
(4) A grower license authorizes sale of marihuana, other than seeds, seedlings, tissue cultures, and cuttings, to a processor or provisioning center.
(5) A grower license authorizes the transfer of marihuana from a licensed specialty medical grower to a grower only by means of a secure transporter. The marijuana regulatory agency may establish a limit on the amount of marihuana that a licensed specialty medical grower may transfer to a grower. Marihuana transferred from a licensed specialty medical grower to a grower shall not be transferred to a person licensed under the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 333.27951 to 333.27967.
(6) (5) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) and section 505, a grower license authorizes the grower to transfer marihuana only by means of a secure transporter.
(7) (6) To be eligible for a grower license, the applicant and each investor in the grower must not have an interest in a secure transporter or safety compliance facility.
(8) (7) Until December 31, 2018, for a period of 30 days after the issuance of a grower license and in accord with rules, a grower may transfer any of the following that are lawfully possessed by an individual formerly registered as a primary caregiver who is an active employee of the grower:
(a) Marihuana plants.
(b) Seeds.
(c) Seedlings.
(9) (8) A grower shall comply with all of the following:
(a) Until December 31, 2021, have, or have as an active employee an individual who has, a minimum of 2 years' experience as a registered primary caregiver.
(b) While holding a license as a grower, not be a registered primary caregiver or licensed specialty medical grower and not employ an individual who is simultaneously a registered primary caregiver or licensed specialty medical grower.
(c) Enter all transactions, current inventory, and other information into the statewide monitoring system as required in this act, rules, and the marihuana tracking act.
(10) (9) A grower license does not authorize the grower to operate in an area unless the area is zoned for industrial or agricultural uses or is unzoned and otherwise meets the requirements established in section 205(1).
Sec. 502. (1) A processor license authorizes purchase of marihuana only from a grower and sale of marihuana-infused products or marihuana only to a provisioning center or another processor.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in section 505 and this subsection, a processor license authorizes the processor to transfer marihuana only by means of a secure transporter. A processor license authorizes a processor to transfer marihuana without using a secure transporter to a grower or provisioning center if both of the following are met:
(a) The grower or provisioning center occupies the same location as the processor and the marihuana is transferred using only private real property without accessing public roadways.
(b) The processor enters each transfer into the statewide monitoring system.
(3) To be eligible for a processor license, the applicant and each investor in the processor must not have an interest in a secure transporter or safety compliance facility.
(4) Until December 31, 2018, for a period of 30 days after the issuance of a processor license and in accord with rules, a processor may transfer any of the following that are lawfully possessed by an individual formerly registered as a primary caregiver who is an active employee of the processor:
(a) Marihuana plants.
(b) Usable marihuana.
(5) A processor shall comply with all of the following:
(a) Until December 31, 2021, have, or have as an active employee an individual who has, a minimum of 2 years' experience as a registered primary caregiver.
(b) While holding a license as a processor, not be a registered primary caregiver or licensed specialty medical grower and not employ an individual who is simultaneously a registered primary caregiver or licensed specialty medical grower.
(c) Enter all transactions, current inventory, and other information into the statewide monitoring system as required in this act, rules, and the marihuana tracking act.
(6) This act does not prohibit a processor from handling, processing, marketing, or brokering, as those terms are defined in section 2 of the industrial hemp research and development act, MCL 286.842, industrial hemp.
Sec. 503. (1) A secure transporter license authorizes the licensee to store and transport marihuana and money associated with the purchase or sale of marihuana between marihuana facilities, or between a licensed specialty medical grower and a grower, for a fee upon request of a person with legal custody of that marihuana or money. It does not authorize transport to a registered qualifying patient, or registered primary caregiver, or licensed specialty medical grower. If a secure transporter has its primary place of business in a municipality that has adopted an ordinance under section 205 authorizing that marihuana facility, the secure transporter may travel through any municipality.
(2) To be eligible for a secure transporter license, the applicant and each investor with an interest in the secure transporter must not have an interest in a grower, processor, provisioning center, or safety compliance facility and must not be a registered qualifying patient, or a registered primary caregiver, or licensed specialty medical grower.
(3) A secure transporter shall enter all transactions, current inventory, and other information into the statewide monitoring system as required in this act, rules, and the marihuana tracking act.
(4) A secure transporter shall comply with all of the following:
(a) Each driver transporting marihuana must have a chauffeur's license issued by this state.
(b) Each employee who has custody of marihuana or money that is related to a marihuana transaction shall not have been convicted of or released from incarceration for a felony under the laws of this state, any other state, or the United States within the past 5 years or have been convicted of a misdemeanor involving a controlled substance within the past 5 years.
(c) Each vehicle must be operated with a 2-person crew with at least 1 individual remaining with the vehicle at all times during the transportation of marihuana.
(d) A route plan and manifest must be entered into the statewide monitoring system, and a copy must be carried in the transporting vehicle and presented to a law enforcement officer upon request.
(e) The marihuana must be transported in 1 or more sealed containers and not be accessible while in transit.
(f) A secure transporting vehicle must not bear markings or other indication that it is carrying marihuana or a marihuana-infused product.
(5) A secure transporter is subject to administrative inspection by a law enforcement officer at any point during the transportation of marihuana to determine compliance with this act.
Sec. 505. (1) In addition to transfer and testing authorized in section 203, a safety compliance facility license authorizes the safety compliance facility to do all of the following without using a secure transporter:
(a) Take marihuana from, test marihuana for, and return marihuana to only a marihuana facility or licensed specialty medical grower.
(b) Collect a random sample of marihuana at the marihuana facility of a grower, processor, or provisioning center, or the location at which a licensed specialty medical grower is authorized to cultivate or manufacture marihuana under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, for testing.
(2) A safety compliance facility must be accredited by an entity approved by the board by 1 year after the date the license is issued or have previously provided drug testing services to this state or this state's court system and be a vendor in good standing in regard to those services. The board may grant a variance from this requirement upon a finding that the variance is necessary to protect and preserve the public health, safety, or welfare.
(3) To be eligible for a safety compliance facility license, the applicant and each investor with any interest in the safety compliance facility must not have an interest in a grower, secure transporter, processor, or provisioning center and must not be a licensed specialty medical grower.
(4) A safety compliance facility shall comply with all of the following:
(a) Perform tests to certify that marihuana is reasonably free of chemical residues such as fungicides and insecticides.
(b) Use validated test methods to determine tetrahydrocannabinol, tetrahydrocannabinol acid, cannabidiol, and cannabidiol acid levels.
(c) Perform tests that determine whether marihuana complies with the standards the board establishes for microbial and mycotoxin contents.
(d) Perform other tests necessary to determine compliance with any other good manufacturing practices as prescribed in rules.
(e) Enter all transactions, current inventory, and other information into the statewide monitoring system as required in this act, rules, and the marihuana tracking act.
(f) Have a secured laboratory space that cannot be accessed by the general public.
(g) Retain and employ at least 1 staff member with a relevant advanced degree in a medical or laboratory science.
(5) This act does not prohibit a safety compliance facility from taking or receiving industrial hemp for testing purposes and testing the industrial hemp pursuant to the industrial hemp research and development act.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 101st Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.5301.
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no. 04326'21).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no. 04327'21).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.5302.
