(a)Not later than thirty days after the date that the Social Equity Council identifies the criteria and the necessary supporting documentation for social equity applicants and posts such information on its Internet web site, the department may accept applications for the following cannabis establishment license types:
(1)Retailer, (2) hybrid retailer, (3) cultivator, (4) micro-cultivator, (5) product manufacturer, (6) food and beverage manufacturer, (7) product packager, (8) delivery service, (9) transporter, (10) dispensary facility, and (11) producer. Each application for licensure shall require the applicant to indicate whether the applicant wants to be considered for treatment as a social equity applicant.
(b)On and after July 1, 2021, the department may accept applications from any
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(a) Not later than thirty days after the date that the Social Equity Council identifies the criteria and the necessary supporting documentation for social equity applicants and posts such information on its Internet web site, the department may accept applications for the following cannabis establishment license types: (1) Retailer, (2) hybrid retailer, (3) cultivator, (4) micro-cultivator, (5) product manufacturer, (6) food and beverage manufacturer, (7) product packager, (8) delivery service, (9) transporter, (10) dispensary facility, and (11) producer. Each application for licensure shall require the applicant to indicate whether the applicant wants to be considered for treatment as a social equity applicant. (b) On and after July 1, 2021, the department may accept applications from any dispensary facility to convert its license to a hybrid-retailer license and any producer for expanded authorization to engage in the adult use cannabis market under its license issued pursuant to section 21a-408i . (c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the following fees shall be paid by each applicant: (1) For a retailer license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be five hundred dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be five thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be twenty-five thousand dollars. (2) For a hybrid retailer license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be five hundred dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be five thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be twenty-five thousand dollars. (3) For a cultivator license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be one thousand dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be twenty-five thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be seventy-five thousand dollars. (4) For a micro-cultivator license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be two hundred fifty dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be five hundred dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be one thousand dollars. (5) (A) For a product manufacturer license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be seven hundred fifty dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be five thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be twenty-five thousand dollars. (B) For a product manufacturer seeking authorization to expand the product manufacturer's authorized activities to include the authorized activities of a food and beverage manufacturer, the application fee for such expanded authorization shall be five thousand dollars and the fee to renew such expanded authorization shall be five thousand dollars. The fees due under this subparagraph shall be in addition to the fees due under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. (6) (A) For a food and beverage manufacturer license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be two hundred fifty dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be one thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be five thousand dollars. (B) For a food and beverage manufacturer seeking authorization to expand the food and beverage manufacturer's authorized activities to include the authorized activities of a product manufacturer, the application fee for such expanded authorization shall be twenty-five thousand dollars and the fee to renew such expanded authorization shall be twenty-five thousand dollars. The fees due under this subparagraph shall be in addition to the fees due under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. (7) (A) For a product packager license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be five hundred dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be five thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be twenty-five thousand dollars. (B) For a product packager seeking authorization to expand the product packager's authorized activities to include the authorized activities of a product manufacturer, the application fee for such expanded authorization shall be thirty thousand dollars and the fee to renew such expanded authorization shall be twenty-five thousand dollars. The fees due under this subparagraph shall be in lieu of the fees due under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision. (8) For a delivery service or transporter license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be two hundred fifty dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be one thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be five thousand dollars. (9) For an initial or renewal of a backer license, the fee shall be one hundred dollars. (10) For an initial or renewal of a key employee license, the fee shall be one hundred dollars. (11) For an initial or renewal of a registration of an employee who is not a key employee, the fee shall be fifty dollars. (12) The license conversion fee for a dispensary facility to become a hybrid retailer shall be one million dollars, except as provided in section 21a-420u . (13) The license conversion fee for a producer to engage in the adult use cannabis market shall be three million dollars, except as provided in section 21a-420 l . (14) For a dispensary facility license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be five hundred dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be five thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be five thousand dollars. (15) For a producer license, the fee to enter the lottery shall be one thousand dollars, the fee to receive a provisional license shall be twenty-five thousand dollars and the fee to receive a final license or a renewal of a final license shall be seventy-five thousand dollars. (d) For any dispensary facility that has become a hybrid retailer, the renewal fee shall be the same as the fee for a hybrid retailer set forth in subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this section. For any producer approved for expanded authorization to engage in the adult use cannabis market, the renewal fee shall be seventy-five thousand dollars. A social equity applicant shall pay fifty per cent of the amount of any of the fees specified in subsection (c) of this section for the first three renewal cycles of the applicable cannabis establishment license applied for, and the full amount thereafter, provided in the case of the fees set forth in subdivisions (12) and (13) of subsection (c) of this section, a social equity applicant shall pay the full amount of the fee. (e) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and thereafter, fees collected by the department under this section shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the General Fund, except that the fees collected under subdivisions (12) and (13) of subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited in the Cannabis Social Equity and Innovation Fund established under section 21a-420f . (f) For each license type: (1) Applicants shall apply on a form and in a manner prescribed by the commissioner, which form shall include a method for the applicant to request consideration as a social equity applicant; and (2) The department shall post on its Internet web site the application period, which shall specify the first and last date that the department will accept applications for that license type. The first date that the department shall accept applications shall be no sooner than thirty days after the date the Social Equity Council posts the criteria and supporting documentation necessary to qualify for consideration as a social equity applicant as set forth in section 21a-420g . Only complete license applications received by the department during the application period shall be considered. (g) (1) No current or former state officer or employee, or employee of any other person who at any time had access to an application submitted to the department pursuant to this section, may disclose such application, or any information included in or submitted with such application, unless such disclosure is authorized under this subsection. (2) The commissioner may disclose the following information concerning an application submitted to the department pursuant to this section: (A) The applicant's name; (B) The license type for which such application was submitted; (C) The applicant's social equity designation, if any; (D) The applicant's address; (E) The name, electronic mail address and telephone number of the applicant's owner; (F) The ownership interest that an owner of a social equity applicant holds in such applicant, expressed as a percentage of all ownership interests in such applicant; (G) The name and address of the person who serves as the applicant's primary business contact; (H) The application number assigned to such application; (I) The date such application was submitted to the department; (J) Information concerning the applicant's formation, including, but not limited to, the applicant's business entity type, formation date and place, and business registration number as such number appears on the electronic business portal established by the Commercial Recording Division of the office of the Secretary of the State pursuant to section 3-99d ; and (K) The name of all cannabis businesses associated with the applicant and listed on such application. (3) (A) In addition to the information described in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the commissioner may, in the commissioner's sole discretion, disclose any personal information or financial document associated with an application submitted to the department pursuant to this section to: (i) A federal, state or local government agency acting in the course of such agency's governmental functions, or a person acting on behalf of such agency in performing such functions; (ii) A college or university conducting research or assisting the state in reviewing such applications, provided such college or university agrees to not disclose any personally identifying information or confidential business information and to deidentify any personal or financial information such college or university receives from the department before releasing any report, study, survey or similar document concerning such information; (iii) An officer of the court in connection with an administrative, arbitral, civil or criminal proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction or before a government agency or self-regulatory body, including, but not limited to, the service of process, an investigation performed in anticipation of litigation, an order issued by such court or the execution or enforcement of a judgment or order issued by such court, provided the person to whom the commissioner discloses such information or document is a party in interest to such proceeding; (iv) A state marshal in the course of performing such marshal's duties under section 6-38a ; or (v) The applicant or the applicant's owner to confirm that any such information or document such applicant or owner submitted to the department in connection with such application is accurate. (B) Any personal information or financial document the commissioner discloses pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall remain confidential, and no person described in subparagraphs (A)(i) to (A)(iv), inclusive, of this subdivision shall further disseminate such information or document in a manner that would enable another person to identify any person referenced in, and related to, such information or document unless such disclosure is required under other applicable law.