(a)Effective January 1, 2026, consumable hemp products may only be sold in this state by retailers licensed by the board in accordance with this article to adults 21 years of age or older.
(b)The board may not issue a license under this article unless the local governing body of the county or municipality in which the licensee’s facility will be located has approved the application for licensure.
(c)Every applicant for an original retailer license shall file a written application with the board in such form and containing such information as the board may prescribe, by rule, which shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable initial filing fee of fifty dollars ($50).
(d)(1) For purposes of this section, the term “applicant” includes every individual that has any proprietary or financial inte
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(a) Effective January 1, 2026, consumable hemp products may only be sold in this state by retailers licensed by the board in accordance with this article to adults 21 years of age or older.
(b) The board may not issue a license under this article unless the local governing body of the county or municipality in which the licensee’s facility will be located has approved the application for licensure.
(c) Every applicant for an original retailer license shall file a written application with the board in such form and containing such information as the board may prescribe, by rule, which shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable initial filing fee of fifty dollars ($50).
(d)(1) For purposes of this section, the term “applicant” includes every individual that has any proprietary or financial interest of 10 percent or more in the business seeking a license but shall not include any public corporation whose shares are traded on a recognized stock exchange.
(2) Each applicant must be legally present in the United States and shall provide to the board a valid driver license issued in the United States, a valid military identification card, or other valid identification card, as determined by the board.
(3) In addition to all other requirements, an applicant shall submit to the board a form, sworn to by the applicant, providing written consent from the applicant for the release of criminal history background information. The form shall also require the applicant’s name, date of birth, and Social Security number for completion of a criminal history background check.
(4) An applicant shall provide the board with two complete functional sets of fingerprints, either physical or electronic, properly executed by a criminal justice agency or an individual properly trained in fingerprinting techniques. The fingerprints and form shall be submitted by the board to the State Bureau of Investigation for the purposes of furnishing criminal background checks. The State Bureau of Investigation shall forward a copy of the applicant’s prints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal background check. The applicant shall pay all costs associated with the background checks required by this subsection.
(5) The board shall keep information received pursuant to this subsection confidential, except that information received and relied upon in denying the issuance of a license in this state may be disclosed as may be necessary to support the denial or when subpoenaed by a court.
(e) The board shall not issue a license to any applicant that has been convicted of a disqualifying offense within 10 years of the date of the application.
(f)(1) Any person applying for an initial license under this chapter shall be required to purchase and maintain a surety bond, payable to the board, for each licensed location, executed by the applicant as principal, and by a corporate surety company qualified to do business in this state as surety, in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(2) The board may file a claim against the surety bond of any licensee that fails to timely collect and remit taxes under this chapter or fails to timely pay any outstanding penalty imposed by the board.
(g) If the board finds the applicant meets the qualifications of this section and any applicable rules adopted by the board, upon payment to the board of an annual license fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000), the board shall issue a retailer license.
(h) Unless revoked or suspended by the board, retailer licenses shall be valid for the license year which shall begin on October 1 of each year. Licenses may be issued at any time during the year, but annual license fees shall not be prorated.