Bill Text: MI HB4600 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Marihuana: administration; spouses of applicants for licensure who hold certain positions in certain governmental bodies; prohibit the cannabis regulatory agency from denying an application based on. Amends sec. 7 of 2018 IL 1 (MCL 333.27957).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-2)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-09-28 - Placed On Third Reading [HB4600 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4600-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4600
A bill to amend 2018 IL 1, entitled
"Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 333.27957).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 7. (1) 1. The department cannabis regulatory agency is responsible for implementing this act and has the powers and duties necessary to control the commercial production and distribution of marihuana. The department cannabis regulatory agency shall employ personnel and may contract with advisors and consultants as necessary to adequately perform its duties. No person who is pecuniarily interested, directly or indirectly, in any marihuana establishment may be an employee, advisor, or consultant involved in the implementation, administration, or enforcement of this act. An employee, advisor, or consultant of the department may not be personally liable for any action at law for damages sustained by a person because of an action performed or done in the performance of their duties in the implementation, administration, or enforcement of this act. The department of state police shall cooperate and assist the department in conducting background investigations of applicants. Responsibilities of the department include:do all of the following:
(a) promulgating Promulgate rules pursuant to section 8 of this act that are necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this act. ;
(b) granting Subject to subsection (2), grant or denying deny each application for licensure and investigating investigate each applicant to determine eligibility for licensure, including by conducting a background investigation on of each person holding an ownership interest in the applicant. ; If an applicant has a spouse and does not submit an attestation under subsection (3), the applicant's spouse is considered an applicant for purposes of this subdivision.
(c) ensuring compliance Ensure that marihuana establishments comply with this act and the rules promulgated thereunder by marihuana establishments under this act by performing doing all of the following:
(i) Performing investigations of compliance and regular inspections of marihuana establishments. and by taking
(ii) Taking appropriate disciplinary action against a licensee, including prescribing civil fines for violations of this act or the rules promulgated under this act and suspending, restricting, or revoking a state license. ;
(d) holding Hold at least 4 public meetings each calendar year for the purpose of hearing complaints and receiving the views of the public with respect to administration of this act. ;
(e) collecting Collect fees for licensure and fines for violations of this act or the rules promulgated thereunder, depositing under this act.
(f) Deposit all fees collected in for licensure into the marihuana regulation fund established by under section 14 of this act, and remitting remit all fines collected to be deposited in for deposit into the general fund. ; and
(g) (f) submitting Submit an annual report to the governor covering the previous that includes all of the following information for the immediately preceding year: , which report shall include the
(i) The number of state licenses of each class issued. , demographic
(ii) Demographic information on of licensees. , a
(iii) A description of enforcement and disciplinary actions taken against licensees. , and a
(iv) A statement of revenues and expenses of the department cannabis regulatory agency related to the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this act.
(h) Employ personnel as necessary to adequately perform its duties under this act.
(2) If an applicant submits an attestation under subsection (3), the cannabis regulatory agency shall not, in exercising its duties under subsection (1)(b), do any of the following:
(a) Conduct a background investigation of the applicant's spouse.
(b) Require the applicant's spouse to submit an application for licensure.
(c) Deny the applicant's application for licensure solely because the applicant's spouse is a member of or employed by a regulatory body of a governmental unit in this state, another state, or the federal government, or is employed by a governmental unit of this state, unless 1 of the following conditions applies:
(i) The spouse's position creates a conflict of interest.
(ii) The spouse's position is within the cannabis regulatory agency.
(iii) The spouse's position is within a regulatory body of a governmental unit in this state, another state, or the federal government that makes decisions regarding marihuana.
(3) If an applicant has a spouse, the applicant may submit to the cannabis regulatory agency an attestation, on a form and in a manner as prescribed by the cannabis regulatory agency, that states that all of the following are true:
(a) The applicant's spouse does not control or direct the affairs of a marihuana establishment.
(b) The applicant's spouse does not have the ability to make policy decisions regarding a marihuana establishment.
(c) The applicant's spouse is not an applicant for a state license.
(d) If the applicant is granted a state license, the applicant's spouse will not control or direct the affairs of the applicant's marihuana establishment or have the ability to make policy decisions regarding the applicant's marihuana establishment.
(e) If the applicant's spouse has a position described in subsection (2)(c), none of the conditions listed in subsection (2)(c)(i) to (iii) apply.
(4) The cannabis regulatory agency may enter into an agreement with an advisor or consultant as necessary to adequately perform its duties under this act.
(5) A person who has a pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in a marihuana establishment must not be an employee, advisor, or consultant involved in the implementation, administration, or enforcement of this act. An employee, advisor, or consultant of the cannabis regulatory agency is not personally liable for any action at law for damages sustained by a person because of an action performed or done in the performance of the employee's, advisor's, or consultant's duties in the implementation, administration, or enforcement of this act.
(6) The department of state police shall cooperate with and assist the cannabis regulatory agency in conducting background investigations of applicants.
(7) As used in this section, "cannabis regulatory agency" means the marijuana regulatory agency, renamed the cannabis regulatory agency under Executive Reorganization Order No. 2022-1, MCL 333.27002.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
