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Senate Bill S10347

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit proof of local municipal compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM Cannabis license

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2025-S10347 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10088
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Cannabis Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §61, Cannabis L

2025-S10347 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit proof of local municipal compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM Cannabis license.

2025-S10347 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10347
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 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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