<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="36-403" title_number="36" title_name="Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Cannabis Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to a business that holds a cannabis license and was physically and actively engaged in the cultivation or processing of medical cannabis before October 1, 2022.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>Subject to subsection (e) of this section and except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>each grower and processor shall pay a one–time conversion fee of 10% of the total gross revenue of the grower or processor in 2022, but not more than $2,000,000; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>each dispensary shall pay a one–time conversion fee of 8% of the total gross revenue of the dispensary in 2022, but not more than $2,000,000.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The amount of the conversion fees in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may not be less than $100,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a business holds a grower and processor license, the fee shall be based on total gross revenue from both license types.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to a business that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>held a Stage One Preapproval for a license before October 1, 2022; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>was not operational before October 1, 2022.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to subsection (e) of this section, a grower or processor shall pay a one–time conversion fee of $50,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Subject to subsection (e) of this section, a dispensary shall pay a one–time conversion fee of $25,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies only to an applicant applying for a cannabis license under § 36–404 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An applicant for a standard license, an incubator space license, or an on–site consumption license shall pay an application fee of $5,000.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An applicant for a micro license shall pay an application fee of $1,000.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the Administration shall establish licensing and renewal fees for all cannabis licenses.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, the licensing and renewal fees established under paragraph (1) of this subsection for standard cannabis licensees may not exceed:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for initial license fees, $50,000; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for renewal license fees, the lesser of 10% of the standard cannabis licensee’s annual gross revenue or $50,000.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Administration shall reduce licensing and renewal fees by at least 50% for social equity licenses, micro licenses, incubator space licenses, and on–site consumption licenses.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The one–time conversion fees under this section:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may be paid in separate installments; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>shall be paid in full on or before January 1, 2025.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount of any licensing or renewal fee paid by a business for fiscal year 2023 to the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission shall be credited against the one–time conversion fee assessed under this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>All fees collected under this section shall be paid to the Administration.</text>
  </level>
</section>
