New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 17 - TREASURY - GENERAL › Chapter 30 - PERSONAL USE CANNABIS RULES › Subchapter 7 - CANNABIS BUSINESS CONDITIONAL AND ANNUAL LICENSING PROCESS › Section 17:30-7.17 - Cannabis business and testing laboratory fees

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following fees shall be paid by
				conditional license applicants or license holders, as applicable:
1. Conditional microbusiness license application
						  submission fee
$100
2. Conditional standard cannabis business license
						  application submission fee
$200
3. Conditional microbusiness license application
						  approval fee
$400
4. Conditional standard cannabis business license
						  application approval fee
$800
5. Conditional microbusiness license conversion
						  application submission fee
$100
6. Conditional standard cannabis business license
						  conversion application submission fee
$200
7. Conditional microbusiness license conversion
						  application approval fee
$400
8. Conditional standard cannabis business license
						  conversion application approval fee
$800
(b)
				Submission fees represent 20 percent of the total application fee and shall be
				payable by all conditional license applicants.
(c) Approval fees represent 80 percent of the
				total application fee and shall only be payable by successful conditional
				license applicants.
(d) The
				following licensing fees shall be paid by license applicants or license
				holders, as applicable:
1. Annual microbusiness license application submission
						  fee
$200
2. Annual standard cannabis business license
						  application submission fee
$400
3. Annual microbusiness license application approval
						  fee
$800
4. Annual standard cannabis business license
						  application approval fee
$1,600
5. Expanded ATC certification fee:
i. Medical cannabis cultivator expansion
$400,000
ii. Medical cannabis manufacturer expansion
$300,000
iii. Medical cannabis dispensary expansion
$100,000
iv. Vertically integrated ATC with three
						  dispensaries
$1,000,000
v. Vertically integrated ATC with two
						  dispensaries
$900,000
vi. Vertically integrated ATC with one
						  dispensary
$800,000
6. Annual microbusiness cannabis cultivator initial or
						  renewal licensing fee
$1,000
7. Annual standard cannabis cultivator initial or
						  renewal licensing fee:
i. Tier I
$5,000
ii. Tier II
$10,000
iii. Tier III
$20,000
iv. Tier IV
$30,000
v. Tier V
$40,000
vi. Tier VI
$50,000
8. Annual microbusiness cannabis manufacturer initial
						  or renewal licensing fee
$1,000
9. Annual standard cannabis manufacturer initial or
						  renewal licensing fee:
i. With premises up to 10,000 square feet
$20,000
ii. With premises greater than 10,000 square
						  feet
$30,000
10. Annual microbusiness cannabis retailer initial or
						  renewal licensing fee
$1,000
11. Annual standard cannabis retailer initial or
						  renewal licensing fee
$10,000
12. Annual microbusiness cannabis wholesaler initial or
						  renewal licensing fee
$1,000
13. Annual standard cannabis wholesaler initial or
						  renewal licensing fee
$10,000
14. Annual microbusiness cannabis distributor initial or
						  renewal licensing fee
$1,000
15. Annual standard cannabis distributor initial or
						  renewal licensing fee
$ 3,000
16. Annual microbusiness cannabis delivery service
						  initial or renewal licensing fee
$1,000
17. Annual standard cannabis delivery service initial or
						  renewal licensing fee
$ 3,000
18. Microbusiness conversion application submission fee
$200
19. Microbusiness conversion application approval fee
$800
20. Testing laboratory license application submission
						  fee
$400
21. Testing laboratory license application approval fee
$1,600
22. Testing laboratory initial or renewal licensing fee
$4000
23. Background investigation fee
i. Financial source
$1,000
ii. Management services contractor
$1,000
iii. Each owner or principal of cannabis business or
						  testing laboratory
$250
24. Cannabis Business Identification Card issuance fee
$25
26. Cannabis consumption area endorsement application
						  submission fee
$200
27. Cannabis consumption area endorsement application
						  approval fee
$800
28. Microbusiness cannabis consumption area endorsement
						  initial or renewal licensing fee
$1,000
29. Standard cannabis consumption area endorsement
						  initial or renewal licensing fee
$ 5,000
(e)
				Submission fees represent 20 percent of the total application fee and shall be
				payable by all annual license applicants.
(f) Approval fees represent 80 percent of the
				total application fee and shall only be payable by successful annual license
				applicants.
(g) An expanded ATC
				shall pay initial or renewal licensing fees in accordance with the license(s)
				it holds, pursuant to (d) above.
(h) Annual initial or renewal licensing fees
				at (d) above shall include an annual license converted from a conditional
				license.
(i) For the first year of
				operation for a cannabis business following the initial issuance of the
				cannabis business's license(s), the amount due in annual licensing fee shall be
				calculated by subtracting the amount of annual application submission and
				approval fees submitted pursuant to this subchapter from the total amount of
				annual licensing fees due for the cannabis business.
1. Background investigation fees shall not be
				considered application fees pursuant to this subsection.