2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 21a - Consumer Protection › Chapter 420h - Regulation of Adult-Use Cannabis › Section 21a-422g. - Vote re recreational sale of marijuana in a municipality. Prohibition on restricting delivery or transport of cannabis. Donations from cannabis establishments prohibited. Municipal costs re opening.

(a) Upon the petition of not less than ten per cent of the electors of any municipality, lodged with the town clerk at least sixty days before the date of any regular election, as defined in section 9-1, the selectmen of the municipality shall warn the electors of such municipality that, at such regular election, a vote shall be taken to determine: (1) Whether or not the recreational sale of marijuana shall be permitted in such municipality, or (2) whether the sale of marijuana shall be permitted in such municipality in one or more of the classes of license of cannabis establishments. The ballot label designations in a vote upon the question of cannabis establishment license shall be “Shall the sale of recreational marijuana be allowed in …. (Name of municipality)?” or “Shall the sale of cannabis under (Specified license or Licenses) be allowed in …. (Name of municipality)?” or “Shall the sale of recreational marijuana be prohibited (No Licenses) in …. (Name of municipality)?” and shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of section 9-250. No elector shall vote for more than one designation. Such vote shall be taken in the manner prescribed in section 9-369 and shall become effective on the first Monday of the month next succeeding such election and shall remain in force until a new vote is taken; provided such vote may be taken at a special election called for the purpose in conformity with the provisions of section 9-164 and provided at least one year shall have elapsed since the previous vote was taken. The provisions of chapter 145 concerning absentee voting at referenda shall apply to all votes taken upon the question of cannabis establishment license. Any class of cannabis establishments already allowed in a municipality shall not be affected by any vote.
(b) No municipality shall prohibit delivery of cannabis to a consumer, qualifying patient or caregiver when the delivery is made by a retailer, hybrid retailer, dispensary facility, delivery service, micro-cultivator or other person authorized to make such delivery pursuant to RERACA. No municipality shall prohibit the transport of cannabis to, from or through such municipality by any person licensed or registered pursuant to RERACA to transport cannabis.
(c) No municipality or local official shall condition any official action, or accept any donation in moneys or in kind, from any cannabis establishment or from an individual or corporation that has applied for a license to open or operate a cannabis establishment in such municipality. No municipality shall negotiate or enter into a local host agreement with a cannabis establishment or a person that has applied for a license to open or operate a cannabis establishment in such municipality.
(d) For up to thirty days after the opening of a retailer or hybrid retailer, a municipality may charge such retailer or hybrid retailer for any necessary and reasonable costs incurred by the municipality for provision of public safety services in relation to such opening, including, but not limited to, public safety costs incurred to direct traffic, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1, S. 83.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-1 effective July 1, 2021.