Full Text of SB1989 103rd General Assembly
SB1989 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024 SB1989 Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 410 ILCS 705/1-10 | | 410 ILCS 705/20-15 | | 410 ILCS 705/20-30 | | 410 ILCS 705/30-10 | |
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Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Defines "enclosed, locked facility" to mean a room, greenhouse, building, outdoor canopy space, or other enclosed area (currently room, greenhouse, building, or other enclosed area) equipped with locks or other security devices that permit access only by cannabis business establishment agents working for the licensed cannabis business establishment or acting to cultivate, process, store, or distribute cannabis. Makes conforming changes.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning health.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Sections 1-10, 20-15, 20-30, and 30-10 as follows: | 6 | | (410 ILCS 705/1-10)
| 7 | | Sec. 1-10. Definitions. In this Act: | 8 | | "Adult Use Cultivation Center License" means a license | 9 | | issued by the Department of Agriculture that permits a person | 10 | | to act as a cultivation center under this Act and any | 11 | | administrative rule made in furtherance of this Act. | 12 | | "Adult Use Dispensing Organization License" means a | 13 | | license issued by the Department of Financial and Professional | 14 | | Regulation that permits a person to act as a dispensing | 15 | | organization under this Act and any administrative rule made | 16 | | in furtherance of this Act. | 17 | | "Advertise" means to engage in promotional activities | 18 | | including, but not limited to: newspaper, radio, Internet and | 19 | | electronic media, and television advertising; the distribution | 20 | | of fliers and circulars; billboard advertising; and the | 21 | | display of window and interior signs. "Advertise" does not | 22 | | mean exterior signage displaying only the name of the licensed | 23 | | cannabis business establishment. |
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| 1 | | "Application points" means the number of points a | 2 | | Dispensary Applicant receives on an application for a | 3 | | Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License. | 4 | | "BLS Region" means a region in Illinois used by the United | 5 | | States Bureau of Labor Statistics to gather and categorize | 6 | | certain employment and wage data. The 17 such regions in | 7 | | Illinois are: Bloomington, Cape Girardeau, Carbondale-Marion, | 8 | | Champaign-Urbana, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Danville, | 9 | | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Decatur, Kankakee, Peoria, | 10 | | Rockford, St. Louis, Springfield, Northwest Illinois | 11 | | nonmetropolitan area, West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan | 12 | | area, East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, and South | 13 | | Illinois nonmetropolitan area. | 14 | | "By lot" means a randomized method of choosing between 2 | 15 | | or more Eligible Tied Applicants or 2 or more Qualifying | 16 | | Applicants. | 17 | | "Cannabis" means marijuana, hashish, and other substances | 18 | | that are identified as including any parts of the plant | 19 | | Cannabis sativa and including derivatives or subspecies, such | 20 | | as indica, of all strains of cannabis, whether growing or not; | 21 | | the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the | 22 | | plant; and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, | 23 | | mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin, | 24 | | including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other naturally | 25 | | produced cannabinol derivatives, whether produced directly or | 26 | | indirectly by extraction; however, "cannabis" does not include |
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| 1 | | the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the | 2 | | stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other | 3 | | compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or | 4 | | preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted | 5 | | from it), fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed of the | 6 | | plant that is incapable of germination. "Cannabis" does not | 7 | | include industrial hemp as defined and authorized under the | 8 | | Industrial Hemp Act. "Cannabis" also means cannabis flower, | 9 | | concentrate, and cannabis-infused products. | 10 | | "Cannabis business establishment" means a cultivation | 11 | | center, craft grower, processing organization, infuser | 12 | | organization, dispensing organization, or transporting | 13 | | organization. | 14 | | "Cannabis concentrate" means a product derived from | 15 | | cannabis that is produced by extracting cannabinoids, | 16 | | including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), from the plant through | 17 | | the use of propylene glycol, glycerin, butter, olive oil, or | 18 | | other typical cooking fats; water, ice, or dry ice; or butane, | 19 | | propane, CO 2 , ethanol, or isopropanol and with the intended | 20 | | use of smoking or making a cannabis-infused product. The use | 21 | | of any other solvent is expressly prohibited unless and until | 22 | | it is approved by the Department of Agriculture. | 23 | | "Cannabis container" means a sealed or resealable, | 24 | | traceable, container, or package used for the purpose of | 25 | | containment of cannabis or cannabis-infused product during | 26 | | transportation. |
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| 1 | | "Cannabis flower" means marijuana, hashish, and other | 2 | | substances that are identified as including any parts of the | 3 | | plant Cannabis sativa and including derivatives or subspecies, | 4 | | such as indica, of all strains of cannabis; including raw | 5 | | kief, leaves, and buds, but not resin that has been extracted | 6 | | from any part of such plant; nor any compound, manufacture, | 7 | | salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its | 8 | | seeds, or resin. | 9 | | "Cannabis-infused product" means a beverage, food, oil, | 10 | | ointment, tincture, topical formulation, or another product | 11 | | containing cannabis or cannabis concentrate that is not | 12 | | intended to be smoked. | 13 | | "Cannabis paraphernalia" means equipment, products, or | 14 | | materials intended to be used for planting, propagating, | 15 | | cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, producing, | 16 | | processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, | 17 | | repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, ingesting, or | 18 | | otherwise introducing cannabis into the human body. | 19 | | "Cannabis plant monitoring system" or "plant monitoring | 20 | | system" means a system that includes, but is not limited to, | 21 | | testing and data collection established and maintained by the | 22 | | cultivation center, craft grower, or processing organization | 23 | | and that is available to the Department of Revenue, the | 24 | | Department of Agriculture, the Department of Financial and | 25 | | Professional Regulation, and the Illinois State Police for the | 26 | | purposes of documenting each cannabis plant and monitoring |
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| 1 | | plant development throughout the life cycle of a cannabis | 2 | | plant cultivated for the intended use by a customer from seed | 3 | | planting to final packaging. | 4 | | "Cannabis testing facility" means an entity registered by | 5 | | the Department of Agriculture to test cannabis for potency and | 6 | | contaminants. | 7 | | "Clone" means a plant section from a female cannabis plant | 8 | | not yet rootbound, growing in a water solution or other | 9 | | propagation matrix, that is capable of developing into a new | 10 | | plant. | 11 | | "Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot | 12 | | Program faculty participant" means a person who is 21 years of | 13 | | age or older, licensed by the Department of Agriculture, and | 14 | | is employed or contracted by an Illinois community college to | 15 | | provide student instruction using cannabis plants at an | 16 | | Illinois Community College. | 17 | | "Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot | 18 | | Program faculty participant Agent Identification Card" means a | 19 | | document issued by the Department of Agriculture that | 20 | | identifies a person as a Community College Cannabis Vocational | 21 | | Training Pilot Program faculty participant. | 22 | | "Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License" | 23 | | means a contingent license awarded to applicants for an Adult | 24 | | Use Dispensing Organization License that reserves the right to | 25 | | an Adult Use Dispensing Organization License if the applicant | 26 | | meets certain conditions described in this Act, but does not |
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| 1 | | entitle the recipient to begin purchasing or selling cannabis | 2 | | or cannabis-infused products. | 3 | | "Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License" means a | 4 | | license awarded to top-scoring applicants for an Adult Use | 5 | | Cultivation Center License that reserves the right to an Adult | 6 | | Use Cultivation Center License if the applicant meets certain | 7 | | conditions as determined by the Department of Agriculture by | 8 | | rule, but does not entitle the recipient to begin growing, | 9 | | processing, or selling cannabis or cannabis-infused products. | 10 | | "Craft grower" means a facility operated by an | 11 | | organization or business that is licensed by the Department of | 12 | | Agriculture to cultivate, dry, cure, and package cannabis and | 13 | | perform other necessary activities to make cannabis available | 14 | | for sale at a dispensing organization or use at a processing | 15 | | organization. A craft grower may contain up to 5,000 square | 16 | | feet of canopy space on its premises for plants in the | 17 | | flowering state. The Department of Agriculture may authorize | 18 | | an increase or decrease of flowering stage cultivation space | 19 | | in increments of 3,000 square feet by rule based on market | 20 | | need, craft grower capacity, and the licensee's history of | 21 | | compliance or noncompliance, with a maximum space of 14,000 | 22 | | square feet for cultivating plants in the flowering stage, | 23 | | which must be cultivated in all stages of growth in an enclosed | 24 | | and secure area. A craft grower may share premises with a | 25 | | processing organization or a dispensing organization, or both, | 26 | | provided each licensee stores currency and cannabis or |
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| 1 | | cannabis-infused products in a separate secured vault to which | 2 | | the other licensee does not have access or all licensees | 3 | | sharing a vault share more than 50% of the same ownership. | 4 | | "Craft grower agent" means a principal officer, board | 5 | | member, employee, or other agent of a craft grower who is 21 | 6 | | years of age or older. | 7 | | "Craft Grower Agent Identification Card" means a document | 8 | | issued by the Department of Agriculture that identifies a | 9 | | person as a craft grower agent. | 10 | | "Cultivation center" means a facility operated by an | 11 | | organization or business that is licensed by the Department of | 12 | | Agriculture to cultivate, process, transport (unless otherwise | 13 | | limited by this Act), and perform other necessary activities | 14 | | to provide cannabis and cannabis-infused products to cannabis | 15 | | business establishments. | 16 | | "Cultivation center agent" means a principal officer, | 17 | | board member, employee, or other agent of a cultivation center | 18 | | who is 21 years of age or older. | 19 | | "Cultivation Center Agent Identification Card" means a | 20 | | document issued by the Department of Agriculture that | 21 | | identifies a person as a cultivation center agent. | 22 | | "Currency" means currency and coin of the United States. | 23 | | "Dispensary" means a facility operated by a dispensing | 24 | | organization at which activities licensed by this Act may | 25 | | occur. | 26 | | "Dispensary Applicant" means the Proposed Dispensing |
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| 1 | | Organization Name as stated on an application for a | 2 | | Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License. | 3 | | "Dispensing organization" means a facility operated by an | 4 | | organization or business that is licensed by the Department of | 5 | | Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire cannabis from | 6 | | a cultivation center, craft grower, processing organization, | 7 | | or another dispensary for the purpose of selling or dispensing | 8 | | cannabis, cannabis-infused products, cannabis seeds, | 9 | | paraphernalia, or related supplies under this Act to | 10 | | purchasers or to qualified registered medical cannabis | 11 | | patients and caregivers. As used in this Act, "dispensing | 12 | | organization" includes a registered medical cannabis | 13 | | organization as defined in the Compassionate Use of Medical | 14 | | Cannabis Program Act or its successor Act that has obtained an | 15 | | Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License. | 16 | | "Dispensing organization agent" means a principal officer, | 17 | | employee, or agent of a dispensing organization who is 21 | 18 | | years of age or older. | 19 | | "Dispensing organization agent identification card" means | 20 | | a document issued by the Department of Financial and | 21 | | Professional Regulation that identifies a person as a | 22 | | dispensing organization agent. | 23 | | "Disproportionately Impacted Area" means a census tract or | 24 | | comparable geographic area that satisfies the following | 25 | | criteria as determined by the Department of Commerce and | 26 | | Economic Opportunity, that: |
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| 1 | | (1) meets at least one of the following criteria: | 2 | | (A) the area has a poverty rate of at least 20% | 3 | | according to the latest federal decennial census; or | 4 | | (B) 75% or more of the children in the area | 5 | | participate in the federal free lunch program | 6 | | according to reported statistics from the State Board | 7 | | of Education; or | 8 | | (C) at least 20% of the households in the area | 9 | | receive assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition | 10 | | Assistance Program; or | 11 | | (D) the area has an average unemployment rate, as | 12 | | determined by the Illinois Department of Employment | 13 | | Security, that is more than 120% of the national | 14 | | unemployment average, as determined by the United | 15 | | States Department of Labor, for a period of at least 2 | 16 | | consecutive calendar years preceding the date of the | 17 | | application; and | 18 | | (2) has high rates of arrest, conviction, and | 19 | | incarceration related to the sale, possession, use, | 20 | | cultivation, manufacture, or transport of cannabis. | 21 | | "Early Approval Adult Use Cultivation Center License" | 22 | | means a license that permits a medical cannabis cultivation | 23 | | center licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical | 24 | | Cannabis Program Act as of the effective date of this Act to | 25 | | begin cultivating, infusing, packaging, transporting (unless | 26 | | otherwise provided in this Act), processing, and selling |
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| 1 | | cannabis or cannabis-infused product to cannabis business | 2 | | establishments for resale to purchasers as permitted by this | 3 | | Act as of January 1, 2020. | 4 | | "Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License" | 5 | | means a license that permits a medical cannabis dispensing | 6 | | organization licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical | 7 | | Cannabis Program Act as of the effective date of this Act to | 8 | | begin selling cannabis or cannabis-infused product to | 9 | | purchasers as permitted by this Act as of January 1, 2020. | 10 | | "Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization at a | 11 | | secondary site" means a license that permits a medical | 12 | | cannabis dispensing organization licensed under the | 13 | | Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act as of the | 14 | | effective date of this Act to begin selling cannabis or | 15 | | cannabis-infused product to purchasers as permitted by this | 16 | | Act on January 1, 2020 at a different dispensary location from | 17 | | its existing registered medical dispensary location. | 18 | | "Eligible Tied Applicant" means a Tied Applicant that is | 19 | | eligible to participate in the process by which a remaining | 20 | | available license is distributed by lot pursuant to a Tied | 21 | | Applicant Lottery. | 22 | | "Enclosed, locked facility" means a room, greenhouse, | 23 | | building, outdoor canopy space, or other enclosed area | 24 | | equipped with locks or other security devices that permit | 25 | | access only by cannabis business establishment agents working | 26 | | for the licensed cannabis business establishment or acting |
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| 1 | | pursuant to this Act to cultivate, process, store, or | 2 | | distribute cannabis. | 3 | | "Enclosed, locked space" means a closet, room, greenhouse, | 4 | | building, or other enclosed area equipped with locks or other | 5 | | security devices that permit access only by authorized | 6 | | individuals under this Act. "Enclosed, locked space" may | 7 | | include: | 8 | | (1) a space within a residential building that (i) is | 9 | | the primary residence of the individual cultivating 5 or | 10 | | fewer cannabis plants that are more than 5 inches tall and | 11 | | (ii) includes sleeping quarters and indoor plumbing. The | 12 | | space must only be accessible by a key or code that is | 13 | | different from any key or code that can be used to access | 14 | | the residential building from the exterior; or | 15 | | (2) a structure, such as a shed or greenhouse, that | 16 | | lies on the same plot of land as a residential building | 17 | | that (i) includes sleeping quarters and indoor plumbing | 18 | | and (ii) is used as a primary residence by the person | 19 | | cultivating 5 or fewer cannabis plants that are more than | 20 | | 5 inches tall, such as a shed or greenhouse. The structure | 21 | | must remain locked when it is unoccupied by people. | 22 | | "Financial institution" has the same meaning as "financial | 23 | | organization" as defined in Section 1501 of the Illinois | 24 | | Income Tax Act, and also includes the holding companies, | 25 | | subsidiaries, and affiliates of such financial organizations. | 26 | | "Flowering stage" means the stage of cultivation where and |
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| 1 | | when a cannabis plant is cultivated to produce plant material | 2 | | for cannabis products. This includes mature plants as follows: | 3 | | (1) if greater than 2 stigmas are visible at each | 4 | | internode of the plant; or | 5 | | (2) if the cannabis plant is in an area that has been | 6 | | intentionally deprived of light for a period of time | 7 | | intended to produce flower buds and induce maturation, | 8 | | from the moment the light deprivation began through the | 9 | | remainder of the marijuana plant growth cycle. | 10 | | "Individual" means a natural person. | 11 | | "Infuser organization" or "infuser" means a facility | 12 | | operated by an organization or business that is licensed by | 13 | | the Department of Agriculture to directly incorporate cannabis | 14 | | or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce | 15 | | a cannabis-infused product. | 16 | | "Kief" means the resinous crystal-like trichomes that are | 17 | | found on cannabis and that are accumulated, resulting in a | 18 | | higher concentration of cannabinoids, untreated by heat or | 19 | | pressure, or extracted using a solvent. | 20 | | "Labor peace agreement" means an agreement between a | 21 | | cannabis business establishment and any labor organization | 22 | | recognized under the National Labor Relations Act, referred to | 23 | | in this Act as a bona fide labor organization, that prohibits | 24 | | labor organizations and members from engaging in picketing, | 25 | | work stoppages, boycotts, and any other economic interference | 26 | | with the cannabis business establishment. This agreement means |
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| 1 | | that the cannabis business establishment has agreed not to | 2 | | disrupt efforts by the bona fide labor organization to | 3 | | communicate with, and attempt to organize and represent, the | 4 | | cannabis business establishment's employees. The agreement | 5 | | shall provide a bona fide labor organization access at | 6 | | reasonable times to areas in which the cannabis business | 7 | | establishment's employees work, for the purpose of meeting | 8 | | with employees to discuss their right to representation, | 9 | | employment rights under State law, and terms and conditions of | 10 | | employment. This type of agreement shall not mandate a | 11 | | particular method of election or certification of the bona | 12 | | fide labor organization. | 13 | | "Limited access area" means a room or other area under the | 14 | | control of a cannabis dispensing organization licensed under | 15 | | this Act and upon the licensed premises where cannabis sales | 16 | | occur with access limited to purchasers, dispensing | 17 | | organization owners and other dispensing organization agents, | 18 | | or service professionals conducting business with the | 19 | | dispensing organization, or, if sales to registered qualifying | 20 | | patients, caregivers, provisional patients, and Opioid | 21 | | Alternative Pilot Program participants licensed pursuant to | 22 | | the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act are also | 23 | | permitted at the dispensary, registered qualifying patients, | 24 | | caregivers, provisional patients, and Opioid Alternative Pilot | 25 | | Program participants. | 26 | | "Member of an impacted family" means an individual who has |
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| 1 | | a parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or dependent, or was | 2 | | a dependent of an individual who, prior to the effective date | 3 | | of this Act, was arrested for, convicted of, or adjudicated | 4 | | delinquent for any offense that is eligible for expungement | 5 | | under this Act. | 6 | | "Mother plant" means a cannabis plant that is cultivated | 7 | | or maintained for the purpose of generating clones, and that | 8 | | will not be used to produce plant material for sale to an | 9 | | infuser or dispensing organization. | 10 | | "Ordinary public view" means within the sight line with | 11 | | normal visual range of a person, unassisted by visual aids, | 12 | | from a public street or sidewalk adjacent to real property, or | 13 | | from within an adjacent property. | 14 | | "Ownership and control" means ownership of at least 51% of | 15 | | the business, including corporate stock if a corporation, and | 16 | | control over the management and day-to-day operations of the | 17 | | business and an interest in the capital, assets, and profits | 18 | | and losses of the business proportionate to percentage of | 19 | | ownership. | 20 | | "Person" means a natural individual, firm, partnership, | 21 | | association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or | 22 | | private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver, | 23 | | executor, trustee, guardian, or other representative appointed | 24 | | by order of any court. | 25 | | "Possession limit" means the amount of cannabis under | 26 | | Section 10-10 that may be possessed at any one time by a person |
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| 1 | | 21 years of age or older or who is a registered qualifying | 2 | | medical cannabis patient or caregiver under the Compassionate | 3 | | Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. | 4 | | "Principal officer" includes a cannabis business | 5 | | establishment applicant or licensed cannabis business | 6 | | establishment's board member, owner with more than 1% interest | 7 | | of the total cannabis business establishment or more than 5% | 8 | | interest of the total cannabis business establishment of a | 9 | | publicly traded company, president, vice president, secretary, | 10 | | treasurer, partner, officer, member, manager member, or person | 11 | | with a profit sharing, financial interest, or revenue sharing | 12 | | arrangement. The definition includes a person with authority | 13 | | to control the cannabis business establishment, a person who | 14 | | assumes responsibility for the debts of the cannabis business | 15 | | establishment and who is further defined in this Act. | 16 | | "Primary residence" means a dwelling where a person | 17 | | usually stays or stays more often than other locations. It may | 18 | | be determined by, without limitation, presence, tax filings; | 19 | | address on an Illinois driver's license, an Illinois | 20 | | Identification Card, or an Illinois Person with a Disability | 21 | | Identification Card; or voter registration. No person may have | 22 | | more than one primary residence. | 23 | | "Processing organization" or "processor" means a facility | 24 | | operated by an organization or business that is licensed by | 25 | | the Department of Agriculture to either extract constituent | 26 | | chemicals or compounds to produce cannabis concentrate or |
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| 1 | | incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product | 2 | | formulation to produce a cannabis product. | 3 | | "Processing organization agent" means a principal officer, | 4 | | board member, employee, or agent of a processing organization. | 5 | | "Processing organization agent identification card" means | 6 | | a document issued by the Department of Agriculture that | 7 | | identifies a person as a processing organization agent. | 8 | | "Purchaser" means a person 21 years of age or older who | 9 | | acquires cannabis for a valuable consideration. "Purchaser" | 10 | | does not include a cardholder under the Compassionate Use of | 11 | | Medical Cannabis Program Act. | 12 | | "Qualifying Applicant" means an applicant that submitted | 13 | | an application pursuant to Section 15-30 that received at | 14 | | least 85% of 250 application points available under Section | 15 | | 15-30 as the applicant's final score and meets the definition | 16 | | of "Social Equity Applicant" as set forth under this Section. | 17 | | "Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant" | 18 | | means an applicant that submitted an application pursuant to | 19 | | Section 15-30 that received at least 85% of 250 application | 20 | | points available under Section 15-30 as the applicant's final | 21 | | score and meets the criteria of either paragraph (1) or (2) of | 22 | | the definition of "Social Equity Applicant" as set forth under | 23 | | this Section. | 24 | | "Qualified Social Equity Applicant" means a Social Equity | 25 | | Applicant who has been awarded a conditional license under | 26 | | this Act to operate a cannabis business establishment. |
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| 1 | | "Resided" means an individual's primary residence was | 2 | | located within the relevant geographic area as established by | 3 | | 2 of the following: | 4 | | (1) a signed lease agreement that includes the | 5 | | applicant's name; | 6 | | (2) a property deed that includes the applicant's | 7 | | name; | 8 | | (3) school records; | 9 | | (4) a voter registration card; | 10 | | (5) an Illinois driver's license, an Illinois | 11 | | Identification Card, or an Illinois Person with a | 12 | | Disability Identification Card; | 13 | | (6) a paycheck stub; | 14 | | (7) a utility bill; | 15 | | (8) tax records; or | 16 | | (9) any other proof of residency or other information | 17 | | necessary to establish residence as provided by rule. | 18 | | "Smoking" means the inhalation of smoke caused by the | 19 | | combustion of cannabis. | 20 | | "Social Equity Applicant" means an applicant that is an | 21 | | Illinois resident that meets one of the following criteria: | 22 | | (1) an applicant with at least 51% ownership and | 23 | | control by one or more individuals who have resided for at | 24 | | least 5 of the preceding 10 years in a Disproportionately | 25 | | Impacted Area; | 26 | | (2) an applicant with at least 51% ownership and |
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| 1 | | control by one or more individuals who:
| 2 | | (i) have been arrested for, convicted of, or | 3 | | adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is | 4 | | eligible for expungement under this Act; or
| 5 | | (ii) is a member of an impacted family; | 6 | | (3) for applicants with a minimum of 10 full-time | 7 | | employees, an applicant with at least 51% of current | 8 | | employees who: | 9 | | (i) currently reside in a Disproportionately | 10 | | Impacted Area; or | 11 | | (ii) have been arrested for, convicted of, or | 12 | | adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is | 13 | | eligible for expungement under this Act or member of | 14 | | an impacted family. | 15 | | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt or limit | 16 | | the duties of any employer under the Job Opportunities for | 17 | | Qualified Applicants Act. Nothing in this Act shall permit an | 18 | | employer to require an employee to disclose sealed or expunged | 19 | | offenses, unless otherwise required by law. | 20 | | "Tied Applicant" means an application submitted by a | 21 | | Dispensary Applicant pursuant to Section 15-30 that received | 22 | | the same number of application points under Section 15-30 as | 23 | | the Dispensary Applicant's final score as one or more | 24 | | top-scoring applications in the same BLS Region and would have | 25 | | been awarded a license but for the one or more other | 26 | | top-scoring applications that received the same number of |
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| 1 | | application points. Each application for which a Dispensary | 2 | | Applicant was required to pay a required application fee for | 3 | | the application period ending January 2, 2020 shall be | 4 | | considered an application of a separate Tied Applicant. | 5 | | "Tied Applicant Lottery" means the process established | 6 | | under 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1291.50 for awarding Conditional Adult | 7 | | Use Dispensing Organization Licenses pursuant to Sections | 8 | | 15-25 and 15-30 among Eligible Tied Applicants. | 9 | | "Tincture" means a cannabis-infused solution, typically | 10 | | comprised of alcohol, glycerin, or vegetable oils, derived | 11 | | either directly from the cannabis plant or from a processed | 12 | | cannabis extract. A tincture is not an alcoholic liquor as | 13 | | defined in the Liquor Control Act of 1934. A tincture shall | 14 | | include a calibrated dropper or other similar device capable | 15 | | of accurately measuring servings. | 16 | | "Transporting organization" or "transporter" means an | 17 | | organization or business that is licensed by the Department of | 18 | | Agriculture to transport cannabis or cannabis-infused product | 19 | | on behalf of a cannabis business establishment or a community | 20 | | college licensed under the Community
College Cannabis | 21 | | Vocational Training Pilot Program.
| 22 | | "Transporting organization agent" means a principal | 23 | | officer, board member, employee, or agent of a transporting | 24 | | organization. | 25 | | "Transporting organization agent identification card" | 26 | | means a document issued by the Department of Agriculture that |
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| 1 | | identifies a person as a transporting organization agent. | 2 | | "Unit of local government" means any county, city, | 3 | | village, or incorporated town. | 4 | | "Vegetative stage" means the stage of cultivation in which | 5 | | a cannabis plant is propagated to produce additional cannabis | 6 | | plants or reach a sufficient size for production. This | 7 | | includes seedlings, clones, mothers, and other immature | 8 | | cannabis plants as follows: | 9 | | (1) if the cannabis plant is in an area that has not | 10 | | been intentionally deprived of light for a period of time | 11 | | intended to produce flower buds and induce maturation, it | 12 | | has no more than 2 stigmas visible at each internode of the | 13 | | cannabis plant; or | 14 | | (2) any cannabis plant that is cultivated solely for | 15 | | the purpose of propagating clones and is never used to | 16 | | produce cannabis.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19; | 18 | | 102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. | 19 | | 5-13-22.) | 20 | | (410 ILCS 705/20-15)
| 21 | | Sec. 20-15. Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center | 22 | | application. | 23 | | (a) If the Department of Agriculture makes available | 24 | | additional cultivation center licenses pursuant to Section | 25 | | 20-5, applicants for a Conditional Adult Use Cultivation |
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| 1 | | Center License shall electronically submit the following in | 2 | | such form as the Department of Agriculture may direct: | 3 | | (1) the nonrefundable application fee set by rule by | 4 | | the Department of Agriculture, to be deposited into the | 5 | | Cannabis Regulation Fund; | 6 | | (2) the legal name of the cultivation center; | 7 | | (3) the proposed physical address of the cultivation | 8 | | center; | 9 | | (4) the name, address, social security number, and | 10 | | date of birth of each principal officer and board member | 11 | | of the cultivation center; each principal officer and | 12 | | board member shall be at least 21 years of age; | 13 | | (5) the details of any administrative or judicial | 14 | | proceeding in which any of the principal officers or board | 15 | | members of the cultivation center (i) pled guilty, were | 16 | | convicted, were fined, or had a registration or license | 17 | | suspended or revoked, or (ii) managed or served on the | 18 | | board of a business or non-profit organization that pled | 19 | | guilty, was convicted, was fined, or had a registration or | 20 | | license suspended or revoked; | 21 | | (6) proposed operating bylaws that include procedures | 22 | | for the oversight of the cultivation center, including the | 23 | | development and implementation of a plant monitoring | 24 | | system, accurate recordkeeping, staffing plan, and | 25 | | security plan approved by the Illinois State Police that | 26 | | are in accordance with the rules issued by the Department |
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| 1 | | of Agriculture under this Act. A physical inventory shall | 2 | | be performed of all plants and cannabis on a weekly basis | 3 | | by the cultivation center; | 4 | | (7) verification from the Illinois State Police that | 5 | | all background checks of the prospective principal | 6 | | officers, board members, and agents of the cannabis | 7 | | business establishment have been conducted; | 8 | | (8) a copy of the current local zoning ordinance or | 9 | | permit and verification that the proposed cultivation | 10 | | center is in compliance with the local zoning rules and | 11 | | distance limitations established by the local | 12 | | jurisdiction; | 13 | | (9) proposed employment practices, in which the | 14 | | applicant must demonstrate a plan of action to inform, | 15 | | hire, and educate minorities, women, veterans, and persons | 16 | | with disabilities, engage in fair labor practices, and | 17 | | provide worker protections; | 18 | | (10) whether an applicant can demonstrate experience | 19 | | in or business practices that promote economic empowerment | 20 | | in Disproportionately Impacted Areas; | 21 | | (11) experience with the cultivation of agricultural | 22 | | or horticultural products, operating an agriculturally | 23 | | related business, or operating a horticultural business; | 24 | | (12) a description of the enclosed, locked facility | 25 | | where cannabis will be grown, harvested, manufactured, | 26 | | processed, packaged, or otherwise prepared for |
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| 1 | | distribution to a dispensing organization; | 2 | | (13) a survey of the enclosed, locked facility, | 3 | | including a survey of the space used for cultivation and | 4 | | any outdoor canopy space ; | 5 | | (14) cultivation, processing, inventory, and packaging | 6 | | plans; | 7 | | (15) a description of the applicant's experience with | 8 | | agricultural cultivation techniques and industry | 9 | | standards; | 10 | | (16) a list of any academic degrees, certifications, | 11 | | or relevant experience of all prospective principal | 12 | | officers, board members, and agents of the related | 13 | | business; | 14 | | (17) the identity of every person having a financial | 15 | | or voting interest of 5% or greater in the cultivation | 16 | | center operation with respect to which the license is | 17 | | sought, whether a trust, corporation, partnership, limited | 18 | | liability company, or sole proprietorship, including the | 19 | | name and address of each person; | 20 | | (18) a plan describing how the cultivation center will | 21 | | address each of the following: | 22 | | (i) energy needs, including estimates of monthly | 23 | | electricity and gas usage, to what extent it will | 24 | | procure energy from a local utility or from on-site | 25 | | generation, and if it has or will adopt a sustainable | 26 | | energy use and energy conservation policy; |
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| 1 | | (ii) water needs, including estimated water draw | 2 | | and if it has or will adopt a sustainable water use and | 3 | | water conservation policy; and | 4 | | (iii) waste management, including if it has or | 5 | | will adopt a waste reduction policy; | 6 | | (19) a diversity plan that includes a narrative of not | 7 | | more than 2,500 words that establishes a goal of diversity | 8 | | in ownership, management, employment, and contracting to | 9 | | ensure that diverse participants and groups are afforded | 10 | | equality of opportunity; | 11 | | (20) any other information required by rule; | 12 | | (21) a recycling plan: | 13 | | (A) Purchaser packaging, including cartridges, | 14 | | shall be accepted by the applicant and recycled. | 15 | | (B) Any recyclable waste generated by the cannabis | 16 | | cultivation facility shall be recycled per applicable | 17 | | State and local laws, ordinances, and rules. | 18 | | (C) Any cannabis waste, liquid waste, or hazardous | 19 | | waste shall be disposed of in accordance with 8 Ill. | 20 | | Adm. Code 1000.460, except, to the greatest extent | 21 | | feasible, all cannabis plant waste will be rendered | 22 | | unusable by grinding and incorporating the cannabis | 23 | | plant waste with compostable mixed waste to be | 24 | | disposed of in accordance with 8 Ill. Adm. Code | 25 | | 1000.460(g)(1); | 26 | | (22) commitment to comply with local waste provisions: |
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| 1 | | a cultivation facility must remain in compliance with | 2 | | applicable State and federal environmental requirements, | 3 | | including, but not limited to: | 4 | | (A) storing, securing, and managing all | 5 | | recyclables and waste, including organic waste | 6 | | composed of or containing finished cannabis and | 7 | | cannabis products, in accordance with applicable State | 8 | | and local laws, ordinances, and rules; and | 9 | | (B) disposing liquid waste containing cannabis or | 10 | | byproducts of cannabis processing in compliance with | 11 | | all applicable State and federal requirements, | 12 | | including, but not limited to, the cannabis | 13 | | cultivation facility's permits under Title X of the | 14 | | Environmental Protection Act; and | 15 | | (23) a commitment to a technology standard for | 16 | | resource efficiency of the cultivation center facility. | 17 | | (A) A cannabis cultivation facility commits to use | 18 | | resources efficiently, including energy and water. For | 19 | | the following, a cannabis cultivation facility commits | 20 | | to meet or exceed the technology standard identified | 21 | | in items (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), which may be | 22 | | modified by rule: | 23 | | (i) lighting systems, including light bulbs; | 24 | | (ii) HVAC system; | 25 | | (iii) water application system to the crop; | 26 | | and |
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| 1 | | (iv) filtration system for removing | 2 | | contaminants from wastewater. | 3 | | (B) Lighting. The Lighting Power Densities (LPD) | 4 | | for cultivation space commits to not exceed an average | 5 | | of 36 watts per gross square foot of active and growing | 6 | | space canopy, or all installed lighting technology | 7 | | shall meet a photosynthetic photon efficacy (PPE) of | 8 | | no less than 2.2 micromoles per joule fixture and | 9 | | shall be featured on the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) | 10 | | Horticultural Specification Qualified Products List | 11 | | (QPL). In the event that DLC requirement for minimum | 12 | | efficacy exceeds 2.2 micromoles per joule fixture, | 13 | | that PPE shall become the new standard. | 14 | | (C) HVAC. | 15 | | (i) For cannabis grow operations with less | 16 | | than 6,000 square feet of canopy, the licensee | 17 | | commits that all HVAC units will be | 18 | | high-efficiency ductless split HVAC units, or | 19 | | other more energy efficient equipment. | 20 | | (ii) For cannabis grow operations with 6,000 | 21 | | square feet of canopy or more, the licensee | 22 | | commits that all HVAC units will be variable | 23 | | refrigerant flow HVAC units, or other more energy | 24 | | efficient equipment. | 25 | | (D) Water application. | 26 | | (i) The cannabis cultivation facility commits |
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| 1 | | to use automated watering systems, including, but | 2 | | not limited to, drip irrigation and flood tables, | 3 | | to irrigate cannabis crop. | 4 | | (ii) The cannabis cultivation facility commits | 5 | | to measure runoff from watering events and report | 6 | | this volume in its water usage plan, and that on | 7 | | average, watering events shall have no more than | 8 | | 20% of runoff of water. | 9 | | (E) Filtration. The cultivator commits that HVAC | 10 | | condensate, dehumidification water, excess runoff, and | 11 | | other wastewater produced by the cannabis cultivation | 12 | | facility shall be captured and filtered to the best of | 13 | | the facility's ability to achieve the quality needed | 14 | | to be reused in subsequent watering rounds. | 15 | | (F) Reporting energy use and efficiency as | 16 | | required by rule. | 17 | | (b) Applicants must submit all required information, | 18 | | including the information required in Section 20-10, to the | 19 | | Department of Agriculture. Failure by an applicant to submit | 20 | | all required information may result in the application being | 21 | | disqualified. | 22 | | (c) If the Department of Agriculture receives an | 23 | | application with missing information, the Department of | 24 | | Agriculture may issue a deficiency notice to the applicant. | 25 | | The applicant shall have 10 calendar days from the date of the | 26 | | deficiency notice to resubmit the incomplete information. |
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| 1 | | Applications that are still incomplete after this opportunity | 2 | | to cure will not be scored and will be disqualified. | 3 | | (e) A cultivation center that is awarded a Conditional | 4 | | Adult Use Cultivation Center License pursuant to the criteria | 5 | | in Section 20-20 shall not grow, purchase, possess, or sell | 6 | | cannabis or cannabis-infused products until the person has | 7 | | received an Adult Use Cultivation Center License issued by the | 8 | | Department of Agriculture pursuant to Section 20-21 of this | 9 | | Act.
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19; | 11 | | 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.) | 12 | | (410 ILCS 705/20-30)
| 13 | | Sec. 20-30. Cultivation center requirements; prohibitions. | 14 | | (a) The operating documents of a cultivation center shall | 15 | | include procedures for the oversight of the cultivation | 16 | | center, a cannabis plant monitoring system including a | 17 | | physical inventory recorded weekly, accurate recordkeeping, | 18 | | and a staffing plan. | 19 | | (b) A cultivation center shall implement a security plan | 20 | | reviewed by the Illinois State Police that includes, but is | 21 | | not limited to: facility access controls, perimeter intrusion | 22 | | detection systems, personnel identification systems, 24-hour | 23 | | surveillance system to monitor the interior and exterior of | 24 | | the cultivation center facility and accessibility to | 25 | | authorized law enforcement, the Department of Public Health |
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| 1 | | where processing takes place, and the Department of | 2 | | Agriculture in real time. | 3 | | (c) All cultivation of cannabis by a cultivation center | 4 | | must take place in an enclosed, locked facility or outdoor | 5 | | canopy space which, in either case, shall be located at the | 6 | | physical address provided to the Department of Agriculture | 7 | | during the licensing process. The cultivation center location | 8 | | shall only be accessed by the agents working for the | 9 | | cultivation center, the Department of Agriculture staff | 10 | | performing inspections, the Department of Public Health staff | 11 | | performing inspections, local and State law enforcement or | 12 | | other emergency personnel, contractors working on jobs | 13 | | unrelated to cannabis, such as installing or maintaining | 14 | | security devices or performing electrical wiring, transporting | 15 | | organization agents as provided in this Act, individuals in a | 16 | | mentoring or educational program approved by the State, or | 17 | | other individuals as provided by rule. | 18 | | (d) A cultivation center may not sell or distribute any | 19 | | cannabis or cannabis-infused products to any person other than | 20 | | a dispensing organization, craft grower, infuser organization, | 21 | | transporter, or as otherwise authorized by rule. | 22 | | (e) A cultivation center may not either directly or | 23 | | indirectly discriminate in price between different dispensing | 24 | | organizations, craft growers, or infuser organizations that | 25 | | are purchasing a like grade, strain, brand, and quality of | 26 | | cannabis or cannabis-infused product. Nothing in this |
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| 1 | | subsection (e) prevents a cultivation center from pricing | 2 | | cannabis differently based on differences in the cost of | 3 | | manufacturing or processing, the quantities sold, such as | 4 | | volume discounts, or the way the products are delivered. | 5 | | (f) All cannabis harvested by a cultivation center and | 6 | | intended for distribution to a dispensing organization must be | 7 | | entered into a data collection system, packaged and labeled | 8 | | under Section 55-21, and placed into a cannabis container for | 9 | | transport. All cannabis harvested by a cultivation center and | 10 | | intended for distribution to a craft grower or infuser | 11 | | organization must be packaged in a labeled cannabis container | 12 | | and entered into a data collection system before transport. | 13 | | (g) Cultivation centers are subject to random inspections | 14 | | by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public | 15 | | Health, local safety or health inspectors, the Illinois State | 16 | | Police, or as provided by rule. | 17 | | (h) A cultivation center agent shall notify local law | 18 | | enforcement, the Illinois State Police, and the Department of | 19 | | Agriculture within 24 hours of the discovery of any loss or | 20 | | theft. Notification shall be made by phone or in person, or by | 21 | | written or electronic communication. | 22 | | (i) A cultivation center shall comply with all State and | 23 | | any applicable federal rules and regulations regarding the use | 24 | | of pesticides on cannabis plants. | 25 | | (j) No person or entity shall hold any legal, equitable, | 26 | | ownership, or beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, of |
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| 1 | | more than 3 cultivation centers licensed under this Article. | 2 | | Further, no person or entity that is employed by, an agent of, | 3 | | has a contract to receive payment in any form from a | 4 | | cultivation center, is a principal officer of a cultivation | 5 | | center, or entity controlled by or affiliated with a principal | 6 | | officer of a cultivation shall hold any legal, equitable, | 7 | | ownership, or beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in | 8 | | a cultivation that would result in the person or entity owning | 9 | | or controlling in combination with any cultivation center, | 10 | | principal officer of a cultivation center, or entity | 11 | | controlled or affiliated with a principal officer of a | 12 | | cultivation center by which he, she, or it is employed, is an | 13 | | agent of, or participates in the management of, more than 3 | 14 | | cultivation center licenses. | 15 | | (k) A cultivation center may not contain more than 210,000 | 16 | | square feet of canopy space for plants in the flowering stage | 17 | | for cultivation of adult use cannabis as provided in this Act. | 18 | | (l) A cultivation center may process cannabis, cannabis | 19 | | concentrates, and cannabis-infused products. | 20 | | (m) Beginning July 1, 2020, a cultivation center shall not | 21 | | transport cannabis or cannabis-infused products to a craft | 22 | | grower, dispensing organization, infuser organization, or | 23 | | laboratory licensed under this Act, unless it has obtained a | 24 | | transporting organization license. | 25 | | (n) It is unlawful for any person having a cultivation | 26 | | center license or any officer, associate, member, |
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| 1 | | representative, or agent of such licensee to offer or deliver | 2 | | money, or anything else of value, directly or indirectly to | 3 | | any person having an Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing | 4 | | Organization License, a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing | 5 | | Organization License, an Adult Use Dispensing Organization | 6 | | License, or a medical cannabis dispensing organization license | 7 | | issued under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program | 8 | | Act, or to any person connected with or in any way | 9 | | representing, or to any member of the family of, such person | 10 | | holding an Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization | 11 | | License, a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization | 12 | | License, an Adult Use Dispensing Organization License, or a | 13 | | medical cannabis dispensing organization license issued under | 14 | | the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act, or to | 15 | | any stockholders in any corporation engaged in the retail sale | 16 | | of cannabis, or to any officer, manager, agent, or | 17 | | representative of the Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing | 18 | | Organization License, a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing | 19 | | Organization License, an Adult Use Dispensing Organization | 20 | | License, or a medical cannabis dispensing organization license | 21 | | issued under the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program | 22 | | Act to obtain preferential placement within the dispensing | 23 | | organization, including, without limitation, on shelves and in | 24 | | display cases where purchasers can view products, or on the | 25 | | dispensing organization's website. | 26 | | (o) A cultivation center must comply with any other |
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| 1 | | requirements or prohibitions set by administrative rule of the | 2 | | Department of Agriculture.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19; | 4 | | 102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff. | 5 | | 5-13-22.) | 6 | | (410 ILCS 705/30-10)
| 7 | | Sec. 30-10. Application. | 8 | | (a) When applying for a license, the applicant shall | 9 | | electronically submit the following in such form as the | 10 | | Department of Agriculture may direct: | 11 | | (1) the nonrefundable application fee of $5,000 to be | 12 | | deposited into the Cannabis Regulation Fund, or another | 13 | | amount as the Department of Agriculture may set by rule | 14 | | after January 1, 2021; | 15 | | (2) the legal name of the craft grower; | 16 | | (3) the proposed physical address of the craft grower; | 17 | | (4) the name, address, social security number, and | 18 | | date of birth of each principal officer and board member | 19 | | of the craft grower; each principal officer and board | 20 | | member shall be at least 21 years of age; | 21 | | (5) the details of any administrative or judicial | 22 | | proceeding in which any of the principal officers or board | 23 | | members of the craft grower (i) pled guilty, were | 24 | | convicted, were fined, or had a registration or license | 25 | | suspended or revoked or (ii) managed or served on the |
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| 1 | | board of a business or non-profit organization that pled | 2 | | guilty, was convicted, was fined, or had a registration or | 3 | | license suspended or revoked; | 4 | | (6) proposed operating bylaws that include procedures | 5 | | for the oversight of the craft grower, including the | 6 | | development and implementation of a plant monitoring | 7 | | system, accurate recordkeeping, staffing plan, and | 8 | | security plan approved by the Illinois State Police that | 9 | | are in accordance with the rules issued by the Department | 10 | | of Agriculture under this Act; a physical inventory shall | 11 | | be performed of all plants and on a weekly basis by the | 12 | | craft grower; | 13 | | (7) verification from the Illinois State Police that | 14 | | all background checks of the prospective principal | 15 | | officers, board members, and agents of the cannabis | 16 | | business establishment have been conducted; | 17 | | (8) a copy of the current local zoning ordinance or | 18 | | permit and verification that the proposed craft grower is | 19 | | in compliance with the local zoning rules and distance | 20 | | limitations established by the local jurisdiction; | 21 | | (9) proposed employment practices, in which the | 22 | | applicant must demonstrate a plan of action to inform, | 23 | | hire, and educate minorities, women, veterans, and persons | 24 | | with disabilities, engage in fair labor practices, and | 25 | | provide worker protections; | 26 | | (10) whether an applicant can demonstrate experience |
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| 1 | | in or business practices that promote economic empowerment | 2 | | in Disproportionately Impacted Areas; | 3 | | (11) experience with the cultivation of agricultural | 4 | | or horticultural products, operating an agriculturally | 5 | | related business, or operating a horticultural business; | 6 | | (12) a description of the enclosed, locked facility | 7 | | where cannabis will be grown, harvested, manufactured, | 8 | | packaged, or otherwise prepared for distribution to a | 9 | | dispensing organization or other cannabis business | 10 | | establishment; | 11 | | (13) a survey of the enclosed, locked facility, | 12 | | including a survey of the space used for cultivation and | 13 | | any outdoor canopy space ; | 14 | | (14) cultivation, processing, inventory, and packaging | 15 | | plans; | 16 | | (15) a description of the applicant's experience with | 17 | | agricultural cultivation techniques and industry | 18 | | standards; | 19 | | (16) a list of any academic degrees, certifications, | 20 | | or relevant experience of all prospective principal | 21 | | officers, board members, and agents of the related | 22 | | business; | 23 | | (17) the identity of every person having a financial | 24 | | or voting interest of 5% or greater in the craft grower | 25 | | operation, whether a trust, corporation, partnership, | 26 | | limited liability company, or sole proprietorship, |
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| 1 | | including the name and address of each person; | 2 | | (18) a plan describing how the craft grower will | 3 | | address each of the following: | 4 | | (i) energy needs, including estimates of monthly | 5 | | electricity and gas usage, to what extent it will | 6 | | procure energy from a local utility or from on-site | 7 | | generation, and if it has or will adopt a sustainable | 8 | | energy use and energy conservation policy; | 9 | | (ii) water needs, including estimated water draw | 10 | | and if it has or will adopt a sustainable water use and | 11 | | water conservation policy; and | 12 | | (iii) waste management, including if it has or | 13 | | will adopt a waste reduction policy; | 14 | | (19) a recycling plan: | 15 | | (A) Purchaser packaging, including cartridges, | 16 | | shall be accepted by the applicant and recycled. | 17 | | (B) Any recyclable waste generated by the craft | 18 | | grower facility shall be recycled per applicable State | 19 | | and local laws, ordinances, and rules. | 20 | | (C) Any cannabis waste, liquid waste, or hazardous | 21 | | waste shall be disposed of in accordance with 8 Ill. | 22 | | Adm. Code 1000.460, except, to the greatest extent | 23 | | feasible, all cannabis plant waste will be rendered | 24 | | unusable by grinding and incorporating the cannabis | 25 | | plant waste with compostable mixed waste to be | 26 | | disposed of in accordance with 8 Ill. Adm. Code |
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| 1 | | 1000.460(g)(1); | 2 | | (20) a commitment to comply with local waste | 3 | | provisions: a craft grower facility must remain in | 4 | | compliance with applicable State and federal environmental | 5 | | requirements, including, but not limited to: | 6 | | (A) storing, securing, and managing all | 7 | | recyclables and waste, including organic waste | 8 | | composed of or containing finished cannabis and | 9 | | cannabis products, in accordance with applicable State | 10 | | and local laws, ordinances, and rules; and | 11 | | (B) disposing liquid waste containing cannabis or | 12 | | byproducts of cannabis processing in compliance with | 13 | | all applicable State and federal requirements, | 14 | | including, but not limited to, the cannabis | 15 | | cultivation facility's permits under Title X of the | 16 | | Environmental Protection Act; | 17 | | (21) a commitment to a technology standard for | 18 | | resource efficiency of the craft grower facility. | 19 | | (A) A craft grower facility commits to use | 20 | | resources efficiently, including energy and water. For | 21 | | the following, a cannabis cultivation facility commits | 22 | | to meet or exceed the technology standard identified | 23 | | in paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv), which may be | 24 | | modified by rule: | 25 | | (i) lighting systems, including light bulbs; | 26 | | (ii) HVAC system; |
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| 1 | | (iii) water application system to the crop; | 2 | | and | 3 | | (iv) filtration system for removing | 4 | | contaminants from wastewater. | 5 | | (B) Lighting. The Lighting Power Densities (LPD) | 6 | | for cultivation space commits to not exceed an average | 7 | | of 36 watts per gross square foot of active and growing | 8 | | space canopy, or all installed lighting technology | 9 | | shall meet a photosynthetic photon efficacy (PPE) of | 10 | | no less than 2.2 micromoles per joule fixture and | 11 | | shall be featured on the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) | 12 | | Horticultural Specification Qualified Products List | 13 | | (QPL). In the event that DLC requirement for minimum | 14 | | efficacy exceeds 2.2 micromoles per joule fixture, | 15 | | that PPE shall become the new standard. | 16 | | (C) HVAC. | 17 | | (i) For cannabis grow operations with less | 18 | | than 6,000 square feet of canopy, the licensee | 19 | | commits that all HVAC units will be | 20 | | high-efficiency ductless split HVAC units, or | 21 | | other more energy efficient equipment. | 22 | | (ii) For cannabis grow operations with 6,000 | 23 | | square feet of canopy or more, the licensee | 24 | | commits that all HVAC units will be variable | 25 | | refrigerant flow HVAC units, or other more energy | 26 | | efficient equipment. |
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| 1 | | (D) Water application. | 2 | | (i) The craft grower facility commits to use | 3 | | automated watering systems, including, but not | 4 | | limited to, drip irrigation and flood tables, to | 5 | | irrigate cannabis crop. | 6 | | (ii) The craft grower facility commits to | 7 | | measure runoff from watering events and report | 8 | | this volume in its water usage plan, and that on | 9 | | average, watering events shall have no more than | 10 | | 20% of runoff of water. | 11 | | (E) Filtration. The craft grower commits that HVAC | 12 | | condensate, dehumidification water, excess runoff, and | 13 | | other wastewater produced by the craft grower facility | 14 | | shall be captured and filtered to the best of the | 15 | | facility's ability to achieve the quality needed to be | 16 | | reused in subsequent watering rounds. | 17 | | (F) Reporting energy use and efficiency as | 18 | | required by rule; and | 19 | | (22) any other information required by rule. | 20 | | (b) Applicants must submit all required information, | 21 | | including the information required in Section 30-15, to the | 22 | | Department of Agriculture. Failure by an applicant to submit | 23 | | all required information may result in the application being | 24 | | disqualified. | 25 | | (c) If the Department of Agriculture receives an | 26 | | application with missing information, the Department of |
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| 1 | | Agriculture may issue a deficiency notice to the applicant. | 2 | | The applicant shall have 10 calendar days from the date of the | 3 | | deficiency notice to resubmit the incomplete information. | 4 | | Applications that are still incomplete after this opportunity | 5 | | to cure will not be scored and will be disqualified.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19; | 7 | | 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)
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