Legislation
SECTION 80
Adult-use cultivators, processors or distributors not to be interested in retail dispensaries
Cannabis (CAN) CHAPTER 7-A, ARTICLE 4
§ 80. Adult-use cultivators, processors or distributors not to be
interested in retail dispensaries. 1. It shall be unlawful for any
person authorized to cultivate, process, or distribute under this
article to:
(a) be interested directly or indirectly in any premises where any
cannabis product is sold at retail, including for on-site consumption;
or in any business devoted wholly or partially to the sale or delivery
of any cannabis product at retail, including for on-site consumption, by
stock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien or any
personal or real property, or by any other means;
(b) make, or cause to be made, any loan to any person engaged in the
manufacture or sale of any cannabis product at wholesale or retail;
(c) make any gift or render any service of any kind whatsoever,
directly or indirectly, to any person licensed under this chapter which
in the judgment of the board may influence such licensee to purchase the
product of such cultivator or processor or distributor; or
(d) enter into any contract or agreement with any retail, on-site
consumption or delivery licensee whereby such licensee agrees to confine
his or her sales to cannabis products manufactured or sold by one or
more such cultivator or processors or distributors. Any such contract or
agreement shall be void and subject the licenses of all parties
concerned to revocation for cause and any applicable administrative
enforcement and penalties.
2. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a registered
organization authorized pursuant to section thirty-nine or sixty-eight-a
of this chapter, or microbusiness authorized pursuant to section
seventy-three of this chapter, from cultivating, processing, or selling
adult-use cannabis under this article, at facilities wholly owned and
operated by such registered organization or microbusiness, subject to
any conditions, limitations or restrictions established by this chapter.
3. The board shall develop rules and regulations in regard to this
section.
interested in retail dispensaries. 1. It shall be unlawful for any
person authorized to cultivate, process, or distribute under this
article to:
(a) be interested directly or indirectly in any premises where any
cannabis product is sold at retail, including for on-site consumption;
or in any business devoted wholly or partially to the sale or delivery
of any cannabis product at retail, including for on-site consumption, by
stock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien or any
personal or real property, or by any other means;
(b) make, or cause to be made, any loan to any person engaged in the
manufacture or sale of any cannabis product at wholesale or retail;
(c) make any gift or render any service of any kind whatsoever,
directly or indirectly, to any person licensed under this chapter which
in the judgment of the board may influence such licensee to purchase the
product of such cultivator or processor or distributor; or
(d) enter into any contract or agreement with any retail, on-site
consumption or delivery licensee whereby such licensee agrees to confine
his or her sales to cannabis products manufactured or sold by one or
more such cultivator or processors or distributors. Any such contract or
agreement shall be void and subject the licenses of all parties
concerned to revocation for cause and any applicable administrative
enforcement and penalties.
2. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a registered
organization authorized pursuant to section thirty-nine or sixty-eight-a
of this chapter, or microbusiness authorized pursuant to section
seventy-three of this chapter, from cultivating, processing, or selling
adult-use cannabis under this article, at facilities wholly owned and
operated by such registered organization or microbusiness, subject to
any conditions, limitations or restrictions established by this chapter.
3. The board shall develop rules and regulations in regard to this
section.