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CO Code § 44-10-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 2 - State Licensing Authority|§ 44-10-201. State Licensing Authority - Creation

     For the purpose of regulating and controlling the licensing of the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, sale, and testing of regulated marijuana in this state, there is hereby created the state licensing authority, which is the executive director or the deputy director of the department if the executive director so designates.    The state licensing authority also has regulatory authority for retail marijuana and retail marijuana products as permitted in section 16 of article XVIII of the state constitution and this article 10.       The executive director is the chief administrative officer of the state licensing authority and may employ, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, such officers and employees as may be determined to be necessary, which officers and employees are part of the department.    A state licensing authority employee with regulatory oversight responsibilities for marijuana businesses licensed by the state licensing authority shall not work for, represent, or provide consulting services to or otherwise derive pecuniary gain from a medical or retail marijuana business licensed by the state licensing authority or other business entity established for the primary purpose of providing services to the marijuana industry for a period of six months following his or her last day of employment with the state licensing authority.    [ ] Any person who discloses confidential records or information in violation of the provisions of this article 10 commits a class 1 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501. Any criminal prosecution pursuant to the provisions of this section must be brought within five years from the date the violation occurred.    Editor's note: This version of subsection (4) is effective until March 1, 2022.  (4) [ ] Any person who discloses confidential records or information in violation of the provisions of this article 10 commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501 . Any criminal prosecution pursuant to the provisions of this section must be brought within five years from the date the violation occurred.  Editor's note: This version of subsection (4) is effective March 1, 2022.  History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2840, § 5, effective January 1, 2020. L. 2021: (4) amended,(SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3327, § 785, effective March 1, 2022.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former §§ 44-11-201 and 44-12-201 as they existed prior to 2020.    Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
CO Code § 44-10-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 2 - State Licensing Authority|§ 44-10-204. Confidentiality

  The state licensing authority shall maintain the confidentiality of:   Reports or other information obtained from a medical marijuana or retail marijuana licensee or a medical marijuana or retail marijuana license applicant containing any individualized data, information, or records related to the applicant or licensee or its operation, including sales information, leases, business organization records, financial records, tax returns, credit reports, cultivation information, testing results, and security information and plans, or revealing any customer information, or any other records that are exempt from public inspection pursuant to state law. Such reports or other information may be used only for a purpose authorized by this article 10, for investigation or enforcement of any international, federal, state, or local securities law or regulations, or for any other state or local law enforcement purpose. Any information released related to patients may be used only for a purpose authorized by this article 10, to verify that a person who presented a registry identification card issued pursuant to section 25-1.5-106 (9) to a state or local law enforcement official is lawfully in possession of such card, as a part of an active investigation, as a part of a proceeding authorized by this article 10 or article 1.5 of title 25, or for any state or local law enforcement purpose involving evidence of sales transactions in violation of this article 10 or evidence of criminal activity. The information or records related to a patient constitute medical data as described by section 24-72-204 (3)(a)(I), and the information or records may only be disclosed to those persons directly involved with an active investigation or proceeding. Any customer information may be used only for a purpose authorized by this article 10.    Investigative records and documents related to ongoing investigations. Those records and documents may be used only for a purpose authorized by this article 10 or for any other state or local law enforcement purpose.    Computer systems maintained by the state licensing authority and the vendors with which the state licensing authority has contracted.       The state licensing authority shall make available for public inspection:   Documents related to final agency actions and orders;    Records related to testing on an aggregated and de-identified basis;    Demographic information related to applicants and licensees available on an aggregated and de-identified basis; and    Enforcement forms and compliance checklists.        History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2856, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Standing Akimbo, LLC v. United States, 955 F.3d 1146 (10th Cir. 2020).
CO Code § 44-10-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 2 - State Licensing Authority|§ 44-10-205. Change Designation of Marijuana From Medical to Retail - Report - Repeal

  On or before January 3, 2022, the state licensing authority shall submit to the general assembly a report analyzing the feasibility of allowing changing regulated marijuana's designation from medical to retail between medical marijuana cultivation facilities and retail marijuana cultivation facilities and between medical marijuana products manufacturers and retail marijuana products manufacturers. The report must include the identification of:   Potential economic impacts, including potential impacts on regulated marijuana businesses and on statewide and regional revenue;    Potential production management impacts;    Potential impacts on wholesale, patient, and consumer prices for the medical and retail marijuana markets;    Stakeholder perspectives, including support or opposition to future statutory changes to allow changing regulated marijuana's designation from medical to retail between medical marijuana cultivation facilities and retail marijuana cultivation facilities and between medical marijuana products manufacturers and retail marijuana products manufacturers;    Potential impacts or challenges for local governments; and    Potential alternatives to allowing changing regulated marijuana's designation from medical to retail between medical marijuana cultivation facilities and retail marijuana cultivation facilities and between medical marijuana products manufacturers and retail marijuana products manufacturers.       This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1216), ch. 306, p. 1834, § 6, effective June 23.
CO Code § 44-10-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 3 - Licensing Procedures|§ 44-10-302. Local License Fees - Medical Marijuana

  Each application for a local license for a medical marijuana business provided for in section 44-10-301 (1) filed with a local licensing authority must be accompanied by an application fee in an amount determined by the local licensing authority.    License fees as determined by the local licensing authority must be paid to the treasurer of the municipality, city and county, or county where the licensed premises is located in advance of the approval, denial, or renewal of the license.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2859, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 44-1-503 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 44-10-306 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 3 - Licensing Procedures|§ 44-10-306. Denial of Application

  The state licensing authority shall deny a state license if the premises on which the applicant proposes to conduct its business does not meet the requirements of this article 10 or for reasons set forth in section 44-10-103 (17)(c) or 44-10-305, and the state licensing authority may refuse or deny a license, renewal, reinstatement, or initial license for good cause as defined by section 44-10-103 (17)(a) or (17)(b).    If the state licensing authority denies a state license pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the applicant is entitled to a hearing pursuant to section 24-4-104 (9) and judicial review pursuant to section 24-4-106. The state licensing authority shall provide written notice of the grounds for denial of the state license to the applicant and to the local licensing authority at least fifteen days prior to the hearing.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2862, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former §§ 44-11-305 and 44-12-304 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 44-10-312 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 3 - Licensing Procedures|§ 44-10-312. Transfer of Ownership

  A state or local license granted under the provisions of this article 10 is not transferable except as provided in this section, but this section does not prevent a change of location as provided in section 44-10-313 (13).    For a transfer of ownership involving a controlling beneficial owner, a license holder shall apply to the state and local licensing authorities on forms prepared and furnished by the state licensing authority. In determining whether to permit a transfer of ownership, the state and local licensing authorities shall consider only the requirements of this article 10, any rules promulgated by the state licensing authority, and any other local restrictions. The local licensing authority or local jurisdiction may hold a hearing on the application for transfer of ownership. The local licensing authority or local jurisdiction shall not hold a hearing pursuant to this subsection (2) until the local licensing authority or local jurisdiction has posted a notice of hearing in the manner described in section (2) on the licensed premises for a period of ten days and has provided notice of the hearing to the applicant at least ten days prior to the hearing. Any transfer of ownership hearing by the state licensing authority must be held in compliance with the requirements specified in section 44-10-303.    For a transfer of ownership involving a passive beneficial owner, the license holder shall notify the state licensing authority on forms prepared and furnished by the state licensing authority within forty-five days to the extent disclosure is required by section 44-10-309.    A person that becomes a controlling beneficial owner of a publicly traded corporation that is a medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business or that becomes a beneficial owner, through direct or indirect ownership of a controlling beneficial owner, of ten percent or more of a medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business that is a publicly traded corporation must disclose the information required by section 44-10-309 and apply to the state licensing authority for a finding of suitability or exemption from a finding of suitability pursuant to section 44-10-310 within forty-five days after becoming such a controlling beneficial owner. A medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business shall notify each person that is subject to this subsection (4) of its requirements as soon as the medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business becomes aware of the beneficial ownership triggering the requirement, provided that the obligations of the person subject to this subsection (4) are independent of, and unaffected by, the medical marijuana business's or retail marijuana business's failure to give the notice.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2873, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former §§ 44-11-309 and 44-12-308 as they existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 44-10-314 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 3 - Licensing Procedures|§ 44-10-314. License Renewal

  Ninety days prior to the expiration date of an existing medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business license, the state licensing authority shall notify the licensee of the expiration date by first-class mail at the licensee's address of record with the state licensing authority. A licensee must apply for the renewal of an existing license to the local licensing authority within the time frame required by local ordinance or regulation and to the state licensing authority prior to the expiration of the license. The licensee shall provide the state licensing authority with information establishing that the application complies with all local requirements for the renewal of a license. If a licensee submits a timely and sufficient renewal application, the licensee may continue to operate until the application is finally acted upon by the state licensing authority. The local licensing authority may hold a hearing on the application for renewal of a medical marijuana business license only if the licensee has had complaints filed against it, has a history of violations, or there are allegations against the licensee that would constitute good cause. The local licensing authority shall not hold a renewal hearing provided for by this subsection (1) for a medical marijuana store until it has posted a notice of hearing on the licensed medical marijuana store premises in the manner described in section 44-10-303 (2) for a period of ten days and provided notice to the applicant at least ten days prior to the hearing. The local licensing authority may refuse to renew any license for good cause, subject to judicial review.    The state licensing authority may require an additional fingerprint request when there is a demonstrated investigative need.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2877, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former §§ 44-11-311 (1) and (2) and 44-12-310 (1) as they existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 44-10-315 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 3 - Licensing Procedures|§ 44-10-315. Inactive Licenses

 The state or local licensing authority, in its discretion, may revoke or elect not to renew any license if it determines that the licensed premises have been inactive, without good cause, for at least one year.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2879, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former §§ 44-11-312 and 44-12-311 as they existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 44-10-316 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 3 - Licensing Procedures|§ 44-10-316. Unlawful Financial Assistance

  The state licensing authority, by rule, shall require a complete disclosure pursuant to section 44-10-309 in connection with each license issued under this article 10.    This section is intended to prohibit and prevent the control of the outlets for the sale of regulated marijuana and regulated marijuana products by a person or party other than the persons licensed pursuant to the provisions of this article 10.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2879, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former §§ 44-11-313 and 44-12-312 as they existed prior to 2020.   ANNOTATION   A court cannot appoint a receiver to manage or operate a medical marijuana business unless the receiver has the proper medical marijuana license. Yates v. Hartman, 2018 COA 31 , __ P.3d __ (decided prior to 2018 amendments relocating article 43.3 of title 12 to this title).
CO Code § 44-10-504 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 5 - Medical Marijuana License Types|§ 44-10-504. Medical Marijuana Testing Facility License - Rules

     A medical marijuana testing facility license may be issued to a person who performs testing and research on medical marijuana, industrial hemp products as regulated by part 4 of article 5 of title 25, for medical marijuana licensees, medical marijuana and medical marijuana products for marijuana and research development licensees, and marijuana or marijuana products grown or produced by a registered patient or registered primary caregiver on behalf of a registered patient, upon verification of registration pursuant to section 25-1.5-106 (7)(e) and verification that the patient is a participant in a clinical or observational study conducted by a marijuana research and development licensee, and industrial hemp products as regulated by part 4 of article 5 of title 25. The facility may develop and test medical marijuana products.    The testing of medical marijuana, medical marijuana products, and medical marijuana concentrate, and the associated standards, is a matter of statewide concern.       The state licensing authority shall promulgate rules pursuant to its authority in section 44-10-202 (1)(c) related to acceptable testing and research practices, including but not limited to testing, standards, quality control analysis, equipment certification and calibration, and chemical identification and other substances used in bona fide research methods.    A person who has an interest in a medical marijuana testing facility license from the state licensing authority for testing purposes shall not have any interest in a licensed medical marijuana store, a licensed medical marijuana cultivation facility, a licensed medical marijuana products manufacturer, a licensed retail marijuana store, a licensed retail marijuana cultivation facility, or a licensed retail marijuana products manufacturer. A person that has an interest in a licensed medical marijuana store, a licensed medical marijuana cultivation facility, a licensed medical marijuana products manufacturer, a licensed retail marijuana store, a licensed retail marijuana cultivation facility, or a licensed retail marijuana products manufacturer shall not have an interest in a facility that has a medical marijuana testing facility license.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2897, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 44-11-405 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 44-10-506 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 5 - Medical Marijuana License Types|§ 44-10-506. Medical Marijuana Business Operator License

 A medical marijuana business operator license may be issued to an entity or person who operates a medical marijuana business licensed pursuant to this article 10, for another medical marijuana business or retail marijuana business licensed pursuant to this article 10, and who may receive a portion of the profits as compensation.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2901, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 44-11-407 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 44-10-604 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 6 - Retail Marijuana License Types|§ 44-10-604. Retail Marijuana Testing Facility License - Rules

     A retail marijuana testing facility license may be issued to a person who performs testing and research on retail marijuana and industrial hemp as regulated by article 61 of title 35 and industrial hemp products as regulated by part 4 of article 5 of title 25. The facility may develop and test retail marijuana products, industrial hemp as regulated by article 61 of title 35, and industrial hemp products as regulated by part 4 of article 5 of title 25. Prior to performing testing on industrial hemp, a facility shall verify that the person requesting the testing has received a registration from the commissioner as required by section 35-61-104. Prior to performing testing on industrial hemp products, a facility shall verify that the person requesting the testing has received a registration as required by section 25-5-426.    The testing of retail marijuana, retail marijuana products, and retail marijuana concentrate, and the associated standards, is a matter of statewide concern.       The state licensing authority shall promulgate rules pursuant to its authority in section 44-10-202 (1)(c) related to acceptable testing and research practices, including but not limited to testing, standards, quality control analysis, equipment certification and calibration, and chemical identification and other substances used in bona fide research methods.    A person who has an interest in a retail marijuana testing facility license from the state licensing authority for testing purposes shall not have any interest in a licensed medical marijuana store, a licensed medical marijuana cultivation facility, a licensed medical marijuana products manufacturer, a licensed retail marijuana store, a licensed retail marijuana cultivation facility, or a licensed retail marijuana products manufacturer. A person that has an interest in a licensed medical marijuana store, a licensed medical marijuana cultivation facility, a licensed medical marijuana products manufacturer, a licensed retail marijuana store, a licensed retail marijuana cultivation facility, or a licensed retail marijuana products manufacturer shall not have an interest in a facility that has a retail marijuana testing facility license.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2917, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 44-12-405 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 44-10-606 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 44 - Revenue - Regulation of Activities|Article 10 - Regulated Marijuana|Part 6 - Retail Marijuana License Types|§ 44-10-606. Retail Marijuana Business Operator License

 A retail marijuana business operator license may be issued to a person who operates a retail marijuana business licensed pursuant to this article 10, for an owner licensed pursuant to this article 10, and who may receive a portion of the profits as compensation.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added with relocations,(SB 19-224), ch. 315, p. 2921, § 5, effective January 1, 2020.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 44-12-407 as it existed prior to 2020.