Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.27201

  • Applicant: means a person who applies for a state operating license. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Board: means the marijuana regulatory agency. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of licensing and regulatory affairs. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Licensee: means a person holding a state operating license. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Marihuana: means that term as defined in section 3 of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, 2018 IL 1, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Marihuana facility: means a location at which a licensee is licensed to operate under this act. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Michigan medical marihuana act: means the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act, 2008 IL 1, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Municipality: means a city, township, or village. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership, trust, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Registered primary caregiver: means a primary caregiver who has been issued a current registry identification card under the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • 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. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Rules: means rules promulgated under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • 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, tests the marihuana for contaminants and for tetrahydrocannabinol and other cannabinoids, returns the test results, and may return the marihuana to the marihuana facility. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • Secure transporter: means a licensee that is a commercial entity located in this state that stores marihuana and transports marihuana between marihuana facilities for a fee. See Michigan Laws 333.27102
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  •   (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.
      (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.