Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 212 – Termination of license
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1. Notification of termination required. A licensee may not permanently abandon the licensed premises of the licensee or otherwise permanently cease all activities relating to the operation of the cannabis establishment under its license, whether voluntarily or pursuant to a license revocation in accordance with subchapter 8, without notifying the department and the municipality in which the licensed premises are located at least 48 hours in advance of the abandonment or termination.
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 212
- Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Adult use cannabis: means cannabis cultivated, manufactured, distributed or sold by a cannabis establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
- Cannabis: includes cannabis concentrate but does not include hemp as defined in Title 7, section 2231, subsection 1?A, paragraph D or a cannabis product. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
- Cannabis establishment: means a cultivation facility, a products manufacturing facility, a testing facility, a cannabis store or a sample collector licensed under this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
- Department: means the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
- Licensed premises: means the premises specified in a license to operate a cannabis establishment within which the licensee is authorized under this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter to cultivate, manufacture, distribute, test or sell adult use cannabis or adult use cannabis products. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
- Licensee: means a person licensed pursuant to this chapter to operate a cannabis establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
- Municipality: means a city, town or plantation in this State that is not located within the unorganized and deorganized areas. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
- Town: includes cities and plantations, unless otherwise expressed or implied. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Forfeiture and destruction of cannabis and cannabis products. Prior to abandoning the licensed premises of the licensee or terminating operations, a licensee shall provide the department and the municipality in which the licensed premises are located with a full accounting of all adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products located within the licensed premises and forfeit the cannabis and cannabis products to the department for destruction in accordance with section 803.
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
For the purposes of this section, “municipality” means, in the case of a cannabis establishment not located in the unorganized and deorganized areas, the city, town or plantation in which the cannabis establishment is located; or, in the case of a cannabis establishment located in the unorganized and deorganized areas, the Maine Land Use Planning Commission and the town or plantation in which the cannabis establishment is located or, in the case of a cannabis establishment located in a township, the county commissioners of the county in which the township is located. [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).