Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Marijuana Regulatoty Agency › MARIHUANA LICENSES › Section R. 420.6 - State license under the Michigan regulation and taxation of marihuana act; issuance; qualifications; ineligibility

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 6.
(1) The
				agency shall not issue a state license under the MRTMA until a complete
				application is submitted, the fees required under these rules are paid, and the
				agency determines that the applicant is qualified to receive a state license
				under the acts and these rules. An applicant under MRTMA must pay initial
				licensure fees within 10 calendar days of approval of the state license or
				within 90 calendar days of submitting a complete application, whichever date is
				first. Failure to pay the fees required under R 420.7 may be grounds for the
				denial of state license.
(2) An
				applicant is ineligible to receive a state license if any of the following
				circumstances exist:
(a) The applicant has a
				prior conviction that involved distribution of a controlled substance to a
				minor.
(b) The applicant has
				knowingly submitted an application for a state license under the MRTMA that
				contains false information.
(c) The
				applicant is an employee, advisor, or consultant of the agency involved in the
				implementation, administration, or enforcement of the MRTMA or these rules
				pursuant to section 7 of the MRTMA, MCL 333.27957.
(d) The applicant holds an elective office of
				a governmental unit of this state, another state, or the federal government; is
				a member of or employed by a regulatory body of a governmental unit in this
				state, another state, or the federal government
,
or is employed by
				a governmental unit of this state. This subdivision does not apply to any of
				the following:
(i) An elected officer of or
				employee of a federally recognized Indian tribe.
(ii) An elected precinct delegate.
(iii) The spouse of a person who applies for
				a state license unless the spouse's position creates a conflict of interest or
				is within any of the following:
(A) The
				marijuana regulatory agency.
(B) A
				regulatory body of a governmental unit in this state, another state, or the
				federal government that makes decisions regarding adult-use
				marijuana.
(e) The agency determines the municipality in
				which the applicant's proposed marihuana establishment will operate has adopted
				an ordinance that prohibits marihuana establishments or that the proposed
				establishment is noncompliant with an ordinance consistent with section 6 of
				the MRTMA, MCL 333.27956.
(f) The
				applicant will hold an ownership interest in both a marihuana safety compliance
				facility or in a marihuana secure transporter and in a marihuana grower, a
				marihuana processor, a marihuana retailer, a marihuana microbusiness, or a
				class A marihuana microbusiness in violation of section 9 of the MRTMA, MCL
				333.27959.
(g) The applicant will
				hold an ownership interest in both a marihuana microbusiness or a class A
				marihuana microbusiness and in a marihuana grower, a marihuana processor, a
				marihuana retailer, a marihuana safety compliance facility, or a marihuana
				secure transporter, in violation of section 9 of the MRTMA, MCL
				333.27959.
(h) The applicant will
				hold an ownership interest in more than 5 marihuana growers or in more than 1
				marihuana microbusiness or class A marihuana microbusiness, in violation of
				section 9 of the MRTMA, MCL 333.27959.
(i) The applicant fails to meet other
				criteria established in these rules.