Quote Originally Posted by TheReleafCenter
GREAT questions. Cook said that the forms would be available in July, and that they won't be rushing to get them out until he "builds the house." He doesn't want to put them out there, have diligent MMC's turn them right back in and have no capacity to process them. I'm guessing their defense in regards to the deadline is that they're not administering the article on 7/1, but simply asking licensees to be compliant with local law.

I believe he also said it was a one time application fee and then MMC's would just have to renew their licenses every year. The application fee (up to 18.5K) is NOT refundable, but any license fees are (Page 19, final paragraph of HB1284).
So I guess we can assume that nothing gets done until the Dept. of Revenue comes up with the forms.

The next problem I see--is many of the smaller cities and counties in this state have not adopted ordinances or regulations as yet on dispensories. Many were waiting on the state to pass this bill--and have put off to the future time to study this bill--arrange for zoning ordinances-regulations-fee's etc.

Yet, right there on page one of 1284 it states that: "The state licensing authority grants, refuses, or renews a medical marijana center license "after" the licensee has received "local" approval.

If it's like the county I live in--whom the county commissioners only meets once a month--that's a real problem. Then once they meet--you have to be on their docket for discussion--otherwise it is put on for a future date and then they vote. This puts many dispensories in this state--in the unincorporated areas of counties--currently open-under a major crunch time that they have absolutely no control over. Counties and municipalities would have to enact their own regulations immediately-in order to sign off for an existing dispensory-.

The state should allow for temporary waivers of existing dispensories in this circumstance until these counties and municipalities have their ducks in a row.

As far as my other question the non-refundable license fee: Page 19 of 1284.

"All applications submitted for concurrent review shall be accompanied by all applicable state license and applications fees. Any application that are later denied or withdrawn may allow for a refund of the license fees only. All application fees provided by an applicant shall be retained by the respective licensing authority.

Is there something I am missing here? So where is the definition in this bill for what is the application fee and what is the license fee?

Boy, I tell you my eyes are literally going cross-eyed over this bill--and much of it makes no sense what-so-ever.