Maine § 28-B §403 Local authorization of cannabis establishments within towns, plantations and townships in the unorganized and deorganized areas

Maine Statutes

§ 28-B §403 — Local authorization of cannabis establishments within towns, plantations and townships in the unorganized and deorganized areas

Maine § 28-B §403

Title 28-BCANNABIS

Ch. 1CANNABIS LEGALIZATION ACT

This text of Maine § 28-B §403 (Local authorization of cannabis establishments within towns, plantations and townships in the unorganized and deorganized areas) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Maine primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 28-B, § 28-B §403 (2026).

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1.Request for local authorization to operate cannabis establishment in town, plantation or township in unorganized and deorganized areas prohibited unless generally allowed by town or plantation or by county commissioners on behalf of township. A person seeking to operate a cannabis establishment within a town, plantation or township located within the unorganized and deorganized areas may not request local authorization pursuant to subsection 3 to operate the cannabis establishment and the town, plantation or, in the case of a township, the county commissioners of the county in which the township is located may not accept as complete the person's request for local authorization unless:

2.Minimum authorization criteria. The Maine Land Use Planning Commission may not certify to the office

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Request for local authorization to operate cannabis establishment in town, plantation or township in unorganized and deorganized areas prohibited unless generally allowed by town or plantation or by county commissioners on behalf of township.
A person seeking to operate a cannabis establishment within a town, plantation or township located within the unorganized and deorganized areas may not request local authorization pursuant to subsection 3 to operate the cannabis establishment and the town, plantation or, in the case of a township, the county commissioners of the county in which the township is located may not accept as complete the person's request for local authorization unless:
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Minimum authorization criteria.
The Maine Land Use Planning Commission may not certify to the office local authorization of a cannabis establishment within a town, plantation or township located within the unorganized and deorganized areas pursuant to subsection 3 if:
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Local authorization required for operation of cannabis establishment in town, plantation or township in unorganized and deorganized areas.
A person may not operate a cannabis establishment within a town, plantation or township located within the unorganized and deorganized areas unless:
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Failure to act on request for local authorization.
This subsection governs a failure to act on a request for local authorization by a town or a plantation or, in the case of a township, by the county commissioners of the county in which the township is located, or by the Maine Land Use Planning Commission.
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Appeal of failure to act on request for local authorization.
This subsection governs the appeal of a failure to act on a request for local authorization by a town or a plantation or, in the case of a township, by the county commissioners of the county in which the township is located, or by the Maine Land Use Planning Commission.