Public Act 103-0578
 
SB1559 EnrolledLRB103 29878 BMS 56288 b

    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended 
by changing Section 40-5 as follows:
 
    (410 ILCS 705/40-5)
    Sec. 40-5. Issuance of licenses. 
    (a) The Department shall issue transporting licenses 
through a process provided for in this Article no later than 
July 1, 2020. 
    (b) The Department shall make the application for 
transporting organization licenses available on January 7, 
2020 and shall receive such applications no later than March 
15, 2020. The Department of Agriculture shall make available 
such applications on every January 7 thereafter or if that 
date falls on a weekend or holiday, the business day 
immediately succeeding the weekend or holiday and shall 
receive such applications no later than March 15 or the 
succeeding business day thereafter. 
    (c) Entities awarded a license under this Article shall 
not be required to pay any fee required under Section 40-10 of 
this Article, the nonrefundable renewal fee required under 
Section 40-40 of this Article, or any other license fee 
required under this Article or by rule from January 1, 2024 to 
January 1, 2027. 
    (d) From January 1, 2023 through January 1, 2027, the 
Department shall not make the application available for 
transporting organization licenses. 
    (e) Upon completion of the disparity and availability 
study published by the Illinois Cannabis Regulation Oversight 
Officer under subsection (e) of Section 5-45, the Department 
may modify or change the licensing application process to 
reduce or eliminate barriers and remedy discrimination 
identified in the study. Beginning January 1, 2027, the 
Department of Agriculture shall make the applications 
available on every January 7 thereafter or, if that date falls 
on a weekend or holiday, the business day immediately 
succeeding the weekend or holiday and shall receive the 
applications no later than March 15 or the succeeding business 
day thereafter. 
(Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.

Effective Date:  12/8/2023