(a) Each application or renewal application for a registration to operate a marijuana establishment shall be submitted to the board. A renewal application may be submitted up to 90 days before the expiration of the marijuana establishment‘s registration. When filing an application for a new registration under this subsection, the applicant shall submit the applicant’s fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under Alaska Stat. § 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check. When filing an application for renewal of registration, an applicant shall submit the applicant’s fingerprints and the fees required by the Department of Public Safety under Alaska Stat. § 12.62.160 for criminal justice information and a national criminal history record check every five years. The board shall forward the fingerprints and fees to the Department of Public Safety to obtain a report of criminal justice information under Alaska Stat. Chapter 12.62 and a national criminal history record check under Alaska Stat. § 12.62.400.
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
local government: means both home rule and general law municipalities, including boroughs and cities of all classes and unified municipalities. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
local regulatory authority: means the office or entity designated to process marijuana establishment applications by a local government. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
marijuana: means all parts of the plant of the genus cannabis whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin, including marijuana concentrate. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
marijuana establishment: means a marijuana cultivation facility, a marijuana testing facility, a marijuana product manufacturing facility, or a retail marijuana store. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
registration: means registration or licensure, as determined by regulation. See Alaska Statutes 17.38.900
(b) The board shall begin accepting and processing applications to operate marijuana establishments one year after February 24, 2015.(c) Upon receiving an application or renewal application for a marijuana establishment, the board shall immediately forward a copy of each application and half of the registration application fee to the local regulatory authority for the local government in which the applicant desires to operate the marijuana establishment, unless the local government has not designated a local regulatory authority pursuant to Alaska Stat. § 17.38.210(c).(d) Within 45 to 90 days after receiving an application or renewal application, the board shall issue an annual registration to the applicant unless the board finds the applicant is not in compliance with regulations enacted pursuant to Alaska Stat. § 17.38.190 or the board is notified by the relevant local government that the applicant is not in compliance with ordinances and regulations made pursuant to Alaska Stat. § 17.38.210 and in effect at the time of application.(e) If a local government has enacted a numerical limit on the number of marijuana establishments and a greater number of applicants seek registrations, the board shall solicit and consider input from the local regulatory authority as to the local government’s preference or preferences for registration.(f) Upon denial of an application, the board shall notify the applicant in writing of the specific reason for its denial.(g) Every marijuana establishment registration shall specify the location where the marijuana establishment will operate. A separate registration shall be required for each location at which a marijuana establishment operates.(h) Marijuana establishments and the books and records maintained and created by marijuana establishments are subject to inspection by the board.(i) A marijuana establishment may not be registered under this chapter if a person who is an owner, officer, or agent of the marijuana establishment has been convicted of a felony and either
(1) less than five years have elapsed from the time of the person’s conviction; or(2) the person is currently on probation or parole for that felony.
