§ 55-35 — Administrative rulemaking

(a) No later than 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of Revenue, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Treasurer's Office shall adopt permanent rules in accordance with their responsibilities under this Act. The Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State Police, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of Revenue, and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may adopt rules necessary to regulate personal cannabis use through the use of emergency rulemaking in accordance with subsection (gg) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that the adoption of rules to regulate cannabis use is deemed an emergency and necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare. (b) The Department of Agriculture rules may address, but are not limited to, the following matters related to cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, and transporting organizations with the goal of protecting against diversion and theft, without imposing an undue burden on the cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, or transporting organizations: (1) oversight requirements for cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, and transporting organizations; (2) recordkeeping requirements for cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, and transporting organizations; (3) security requirements for cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, and transporting organizations, which shall include that each cultivation center, craft grower, infuser organization, and transporting organization location must be protected by a fully operational security alarm system; (4) standards for enclosed, locked facilities under this Act; (5) procedures for suspending or revoking the identification cards of agents of cultivation centers, craft growers, infuser organizations, and transporting organizations that commit violations of this Act or the rules adopted under this Section; (6) rules concerning the intrastate transportation of cannabis from a cultivation center, craft grower, infuser organization, and transporting organization to a dispensing organization; (7) standards concerning the testing, quality, cultivation, and processing of cannabis; and (8) any other matters under oversight by the Department of Agriculture as are necessary for the fair, impartial, stringent, and comprehensive administration of this Act. (c) The Department of Financial and Professional Regulation rules may address, but are not limited to, the following matters related to dispensing organizations, with the goal of protecting against diversion and theft, without imposing an undue burden on the dispensing organizations: (1) oversight requirements for dispensing organizations; (2) recordkeeping requirements for dispensing organizations; (3) security requirements for dispensing organizations, which shall include that each dispensing organization location must be protected by a fully operational security alarm system; (4) procedures for suspending or revoking the licenses of dispensing organization agents that commit violations of this Act or the rules adopted under this Act; (5) any other matters under oversight by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation that are necessary for the fair, impartial, stringent, and comprehensive administration of this Act. (d) The Department of Revenue rules may address, but are not limited to, the following matters related to the payment of taxes by cannabis business establishments: (1) recording of sales; (2) documentation of taxable income and expenses; (3) transfer of funds for the payment of taxes; or (4) any other matter under the oversight of the Department of Revenue. (e) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity rules may address, but are not limited to, a loan program or grant program to assist Social Equity Applicants access the capital needed to start a cannabis business establishment. The names of recipients and the amounts of any moneys received through a loan program or grant program shall be a public record. (f) The Illinois State Police rules may address enforcement of its authority under this Act. The Illinois State Police shall not make rules that infringe on the exclusive authority of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the Department of Agriculture over licensees under this Act. (g) The Department of Human Services shall develop and disseminate: (1) educational information about the health risks associated with the use of cannabis; and (2) one or more public education campaigns in coordination with local health departments and community organizations, including one or more prevention campaigns directed at children, adolescents, parents, and pregnant or breastfeeding women, to inform them of the potential health risks associated with intentional or unintentional cannabis use.

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)