S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10088
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 30, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Economic Development
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to require prospective
licensees of cannabis licenses to submit proof of local municipal
compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM
Cannabis license
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 61 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ANY LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO
THIS ARTICLE, AN APPLICANT SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROPOSED LICENSED
PREMISES AND THE APPLICANT'S PLANNED ACTIVITIES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH
ALL APPLICABLE LOCAL ZONING LAWS, LAND-USE REGULATIONS, AND MUNICIPAL
RULEMAKING REQUIREMENTS. THE APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT, IN A FORM
PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD, SATISFACTORY PROOF OF GOOD STANDING WITH THE
LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE PREMISES ARE LOCATED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO CERTIFICATIONS OF ZONING COMPLIANCE, NECESSARY LOCAL PERMITS,
OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION AS REQUIRED BY THE MUNICIPALITY. THE BOARD SHALL
NOT CONSIDER OR APPROVE ANY APPLICATION LACKING SUCH PROOF OF MUNICIPAL
COMPLIANCE.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14151-01-5
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