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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="36-405" title_number="36" title_name="Medical and Adult-Use Cannabis" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Cannabis Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “unduly burden” includes imposing a zoning requirement or restriction on the use of property by a cannabis licensee that is more restrictive than the requirements established under § 36–410 of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A political subdivision may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish reasonable zoning requirements for cannabis businesses; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>decide how to distribute its allocation of revenue under § 2–1302.2 of the Tax – General Article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A political subdivision may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>establish zoning or other requirements that unduly burden a cannabis licensee;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>impose licensing, operating, or other fees or requirements on a cannabis licensee that are disproportionately greater or more burdensome than those imposed on other businesses with a similar impact on the area where the cannabis licensee is located;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>prohibit transportation through or deliveries within the political subdivision by cannabis businesses located in other political subdivisions;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>prevent an entity whose license may be converted under § 36–401(b)(1)(ii) of this subtitle and that is in compliance with all relevant medical cannabis regulations from being granted the license conversion; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>negotiate or enter into an agreement with a cannabis licensee or an applicant for a cannabis license requiring that the cannabis licensee or applicant provide money, donations, in–kind contributions, services, or anything of value to the political subdivision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The use of a facility by a cannabis licensee is not required to be submitted to, or approved by, a county or municipal zoning board, authority, or unit if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the facility was properly zoned and operating on or before January 1, 2023; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the cannabis licensee:</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 actively engaged in the growing, processing, or dispensing of cannabis before October 1, 2022.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A political subdivision or special taxing district may not impose a tax on cannabis.</text>
  </level>
</section>
