Illinois Administrative Code › Title 8 - AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS › Part 1300 - CANNABIS REGULATION AND TAX ACT › Subpart F - TRANSPORTERS › Section 1300.595 - Operations

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) General
				Requirements
1) Each transporter shall
				develop and maintain an operations plan that reflects the plan stated in the
				licensee's application.
2) All
				vehicles used for the purpose of transporting cannabis containers shall be
				maintained in a sanitary condition.
3) Packing Cannabis Containers for Shipping
A transporter shall not transport cannabis or
				  cannabis-infused products unless it is first packed in a cannabis container by
				  the shipping cannabis business establishment.
4) Transportation of Cannabis Containers -
				Daily Inventory
Once the transporter receives a cannabis container, it must
				  create a daily inventory. The report must include:
A) The name of the cannabis business
				establishment that provided a cannabis container for pick-up, the name of the
				agent who provided the containers and the time and location of
				pick-up;
B) A notation of the
				traceable information located on the cannabis container, including the type of
				cannabis and weight; and
C) Upon
				the completion of the delivery, the name of the cannabis business establishment
				where the cannabis container was delivered, the name of the agent receiving the
				delivery, and the time and location of delivery.
5) A transporter agent shall not open a
				cannabis container. Once a cannabis container is packed and sealed for
				delivery, only the following may open a cannabis container:
A) The cannabis business establishment that
				initiated a request to ship;
B) The
				cannabis business establishment intended for delivery;
C) Local, State or federal law enforcement;
				or
D) An employee of DFPR or the
				Department.
6)
No
				person under the age of 21 years shall be in a commercial vehicle or trailer
				transporting cannabis.
[410
				ILCS 705/40-25(f)]
7)
No person or individual who is not
				a
transporter
agent shall be in a vehicle while transporting
				cannabis goods.
[410
				ILCS 705/40-25(g)]
8) A transporter
may not use
				commercial motor vehicles with a weight rating over 10,001 pounds.
[410
				ILCS 705/40-25(h)]
9)
A copy of the transporter's
				registration and a manifest for the delivery shall be present in any vehicle
				transporting cannabis.
[410
				ILCS 705/40-25(k)]
10)
Cannabis or cannabis-infused
				products shall be transported so it is not visible or recognizable from outside
				the vehicle.
[410
				ILCS 705/40-25(l)]
11) Only vehicles that have a license plate
				number and vehicle identification number on file with the Department and that
				have been issued a vehicle registration may be used to transport
				cannabis.
12)
A vehicle
				transporting cannabis must not:
A)
Bear any markings to indicate the vehicle contains cannabis;
				or
B)
Bear the
				name or logo of the cannabis business establishment.
[410
				ILCS 705/40-25(m)]
13) Cannabis must be transported
				in a cannabis container.
The cannabis container must be transported in
				an enclosed, locked storage compartment that is secured or affixed to the
				vehicle.
[410
				ILCS 705/40-25(n)]
14) Transporters shall not transport cannabis
				or cannabis products across state lines.
15) All vehicles transporting cannabis must
				be equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS) based tracking device. The
				GPS tracking device shall be capable of allowing the transporter to track the
				vehicles at all times. The GPS tracking system shall also be able to store
				historic data (for no less than 12 months) and shall permit the Department to
				search all real-time and archived data upon request.