N.J. Admin. Code § 17:30-7.14 - Annual cannabis business license acceptance; inspection; issuance; commencement of operations
(a) After
the Commission approves a license applicant applying for an annual license
pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
17:30-7.9, the Commission shall give written
notice of approval to the applicant.
(b) Within five business days after receiving
notice of approval, a license applicant shall notify the Commission as to
whether it will:
1. Accept the license;
or
2. Abandon the license,
including if accepting the license would violate
N.J.A.C.
17:30-6.8 or make the license applicant
otherwise ineligible or if the circumstances of the license applicant have
changed.
(c) Failure of
the applicant to notify the Commission of its decision pursuant to (b) above,
to accept or abandon the license, shall result in the license being deemed
abandoned.
(d) If a license
applicant from a lottery abandons a license, the license shall be offered to
the next license applicant on the waitlist, pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
17:30-6.2.
(e) If the license applicant accepts the
annual license, it shall submit the annual license application approval fee,
pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
17:30-7.17.
(f) A license applicant shall have 365 days
from the date of the notice of approval to request a final onsite assessment
pursuant to (h) below.
(g) The
license applicant has a continuing duty to seek approval for or report changes
in the information submitted as part of the annual license application,
pursuant to
N.J.A.C.
17:30-9.2.
1. If a material change occurs to an
application that is otherwise complete, the Commission may deem the application
incomplete pending further review.
(h) After the license applicant has completed
construction and preparation of its cannabis business premises or
administrative office, the license applicant shall request, in writing, that
the Commission conduct a final onsite assessment.
(i) The Commission shall conduct a final
onsite assessment of the cannabis business and shall determine whether the
cannabis business premises or administrative office, operations, plans,
procedures, protocols, and actions are consistent with the annual license
application and compliant with the Act, this chapter, and any additional
requirements provided by the Commission.
(j) No later than 30 days after a cannabis
business successfully passes such onsite assessment, unless the Commission
finds the applicant is not in compliance with this subchapter or the Commission
is notified by the relevant municipality that the applicant is not in
compliance with its ordinances or regulations in effect at the time of the
application, the Commission shall issue the annual license and provide the
annual license to the license applicant.
1. An
annual license shall be valid for one year from its date of issuance and may be
renewed annually.
(k) If
the Commission determines that the annual license applicant is not compliant
with this chapter, or the license applicant does not undergo a successful final
onsite assessment yielding a determination of compliance pursuant to (i) above
within 365 days of the notice of approval, the Commission shall decline to
issue the annual license approval and the license shall be returned to the
Commission.
(l) Within 14 days of
the issuance of an annual license, the license holder shall notify the
Commission, in writing, of a proposed opening date for the cannabis
business.
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