2023 New Mexico Statutes › Chapter 26 - Drugs and Cosmetics › Article 2C - Cannabis Regulation › Section 26-2C-9 - Application and licensing fees.

A. Every application for the issuance or renewal of the following licenses shall be accompanied by a license fee in the following specified amounts:
(1) a cannabis courier license, up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per year and an additional fee of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(2) a cannabis testing laboratory license, up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(3) a cannabis manufacturer license, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(4) a cannabis producer license, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(5) a cannabis retailer license, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(6) a cannabis research laboratory license, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(7) a vertically integrated cannabis establishment license, seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each licensed premises of the licensee;
(8) a cannabis producer microbusiness license, up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year;
(9) an integrated cannabis microbusiness license, up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of five hundred dollars ($500) per year for each licensed premises of the licensee; and
(10) a cannabis consumption area, up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year.
B. Except for cannabis producer microbusinesses and integrated cannabis microbusinesses, a licensee cultivating cannabis plants shall be assessed an additional annual fee no greater than fifty dollars ($50.00) per mature cannabis plant at the time of licensing or renewal.
C. A licensee may increase the number of mature plants licensed at the time of renewal and one other time per year in increments of five hundred mature plants. Fees may be prorated for the remainder of the licensing year.
D. The initial application fee and the annual renewal fee for a vertically integrated cannabis establishment license shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for a license for both medical cannabis activity and commercial cannabis activity. The initial application fee and the annual renewal fee for a license or renewal of a license that authorizes only medical cannabis activity shall be one-half the fee applicable to a license authorizing both medical cannabis activity and commercial cannabis activity.
E. If a cannabis producer microbusiness or an integrated cannabis microbusiness enters into a business arrangement with another licensee with the purpose or having the effect of evading the limitations of the licensee's license, such licensee shall not be eligible for the lower fee prescribed in Subsection A of this section and shall pay the per-plant fee prescribed in Subsection B of this section.
F. The division shall collect all renewal fees, including the renewal fees for all licensed premises, at the time of renewal of a license.
G. The fee for the issuance of a cannabis server permit shall not exceed thirty-five dollars ($35.00).
H. The division shall deposit all fees collected pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act in the cannabis regulation fund.
History:
Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 9.
ANNOTATIONS
Effective dates.
— Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 29, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.