§ 18. Ethics, transparency and accountability. No member of the board
or office or any officer, deputy, assistant, inspector or employee, or
spouse or minor child of such member, officer, assistant, inspector or
employee thereof shall have any interest, direct or indirect, either
proprietary or by means of any loan, mortgage or lien, or in any other
manner, in or on any premises where adult-use cannabis, medical cannabis
or cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract is cultivated, processed,
distributed or sold; nor shall he or she have any interest, direct or
indirect, in any business wholly or partially devoted to the
cultivation, processing, distribution, sale, transportation or storage
of adult-use cannabis, medical cannabis or cannabinoid hemp and hemp
extract, or own any stock in any corporation which has any interest,
proprietary or otherwise, direct or indirect, in any premises where
adult use cannabis, medical cannabis or cannabinoid hemp and hemp
extract is cultivated, processed, distributed or sold, or in any
business wholly or partially devoted to the cultivation, processing,
distribution, sale, transportation or storage of adult-use cannabis,
medical cannabis or cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract, or receive any
commission or profit whatsoever, direct or indirect, from any person
applying for or receiving any license or permit provided for in this
chapter, or hold any other elected public office in the state or in any
political subdivision. After notice and opportunity to be heard, anyone
found to have knowingly violated any of the provisions of this section
shall, after notice, be removed and shall divest themselves of such
direct or indirect interests, in addition to any other penalty provided
by law.