Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 304 – Increase in maximum licensed plant canopy upon renewal of tier 4 license
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In accordance with the requirements of this section, not more than once every 2 years, a licensee seeking renewal of a tier 4 cultivation facility license may apply to increase by 7,000 square feet the maximum area of plant canopy authorized under its current tier 4 cultivation facility license. [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
1. Approval criteria. The department may approve the requested increase if the licensee otherwise meets all applicable requirements for continued licensure under this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and the licensee has demonstrated to the department’s satisfaction that the licensee has over the past 2-year period of licensure sold at least 85% of the adult use cannabis cultivated by the licensee at its cultivation facility.
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 304
- Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- 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
- Cultivation facility: means a facility licensed under this chapter to purchase cannabis plants and seeds from other cultivation facilities; to cultivate, prepare and package adult use cannabis; to sell adult use cannabis to products manufacturing facilities, to cannabis stores and to other cultivation facilities; and to sell cannabis plants and seeds to other cultivation facilities and immature cannabis plants and seedlings to cannabis stores. 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
- Licensee: means a person licensed pursuant to this chapter to operate a cannabis establishment. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
- Plant canopy: means the total surface area within the licensed premises of a cultivation facility that is authorized by the department for use at any time by the cultivation facility licensee to cultivate mature cannabis plants. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 28-B Sec. 102
2. Consideration of renewal of current licensed amount of plant canopy if approval criteria not met. If the department determines that the licensee has failed to satisfy the requirements of this section for the requested increase, the department shall consider renewing the licensee’s license at the current tier and currently authorized maximum area of plant canopy.
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).