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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 14.17.17.04" title_num="14" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="17" heading="Receivership Registration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Prior to serving as a receiver under this chapter, a prospective receiver shall register with the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The prospective receiver shall submit to the Administration a completed registration form, in a manner specified by the Administration, accompanied by the following:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Documentation establishing the prospective receiver’s qualifications and ability to oversee the orderly disposition of the secured license and the licensee’s cannabis inventory, in a manner that facilitates continuity of the licensee’s operations to the extent possible, including demonstrated understanding of the laws and regulations that apply to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The license type; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Receivership, including the provisions of this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A list of all owners and principal officers of the applicant and supporting documentation, including:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Certificate of incorporation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Bylaws;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Articles of organization;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Operating agreements;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Certificate of limited partnership;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Resolution of a board of directors; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(g)">
        <text>Other similar business formation documents;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Documentation establishing that the individual or entity is eligible to do business in Maryland throughout the term of the receivership;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Criminal history record information demonstrating that the applicant for receivership does not have any disqualifying criminal conviction applicable to licensees under this subtitle;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Financial records, including a record of tax payments in all jurisdictions in which an applicant has operated a business for the 3 years before the filing of the application;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>An affidavit confirming that the applicant does not have a financial or ownership interest in any licensee in Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>A disposition of license plan, subject to Administration approval, which includes:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>A detailed description of the plan for the orderly disposition of the license and the licensee’s cannabis inventory, to satisfy the security interest in the right to the proceeds from the sale of the license; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>A proposed timeline for the orderly disposition of the license of the associated licensee and the licensee’s cannabis inventory; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Any additional information requested by the Administration.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The application shall be accompanied by a non-refundable receivership registration fee specified in COMAR 14.17.21.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Administration Determination of Receivership.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Upon receipt of a completed receiver registration application and associated fee, the Administration shall either approve, deny, or request additional information from the applicant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>If the applicant fails to provide any additional requested information to the Administration within 30 days of the request, the application shall be considered denied.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The approved receiver:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Shall maintain compliance with the eligibility requirements under this chapter, as evidenced by submitting an annual report to the Administration attesting to continued compliance beginning 1 calendar year after the date the receiver is approved;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Shall be a third party that is not affiliated with a creditor that has or asserts rights regarding a Maryland cannabis licensee; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>May not have a financial or ownership interest in any Maryland cannabis licensee during the period the receiver is actively carrying out its responsibilities under this chapter.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>A receiver may only initiate the disposition of license and the licensee’s cannabis inventory if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The creditor and receiver are registered with the Administration; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Administration has approved its disposition of license plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Administration may not approve the plan for disposition of license and the licensee’s cannabis inventory earlier than 10 days after receiving a complete receivership registration application as described in §B of this regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The receiver may not implement any disposition of license plan modifications prior to receiving Administration approval of the plan modifications.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>