S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7295
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
July 16, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to establishing an adult-
use cultivator provisional license
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The cannabis law is amended by adding a new section 68-c to
read as follows:
§ 68-C. ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR PROVISIONAL LICENSE. 1. IF THE BOARD HAS
NOT ESTABLISHED THE PROCESS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR'S
LICENSES BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, IT SHALL PROVIDE ANY
APPLICANT AN ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR'S PROVISIONAL LICENSE PURSUANT TO
GUIDELINES ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD. SUCH PROVISIONAL LICENSE SHALL
PROVIDE THE SAME AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED TO ANY ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR
PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-EIGHT OF THIS ARTICLE AND SHALL TAKE EFFECT NO
LATER THAN MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO. THE BOARD MAY ESTABLISH
A DATE BY WHICH SUCH PROVISIONAL LICENSES SHALL EXPIRE.
2. IF THE BOARD HAS NOT ESTABLISHED THE PROCESS FOR EITHER: (A) THE
ISSUANCE OF AN ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR'S LICENSE; OR (B) THE ISSUANCE OF AN
ADULT-USE CULTIVATOR'S PROVISIONAL LICENSE BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND TWENTY-TWO, THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS SHALL, WITHIN
THIRTY DAYS, ESTABLISH AND ISSUE SUCH PROVISIONAL LICENSES UNTIL SUCH
TIME THAT THE BOARD IS ABLE TO DO SO.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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