{"id":6757,"date":"2019-07-03T15:20:51","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T19:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=6757"},"modified":"2019-07-03T15:20:51","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T19:20:51","slug":"recreational-marijuana-emergency-rules-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2019\/07\/03\/recreational-marijuana-emergency-rules-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreational Marijuana Emergency Rules Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 75rem + 2.5rem );margin-left: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-2.5rem \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.25rem;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.25rem;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.25rem;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.25rem;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.25rem;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Marijuana Regulatory Agency\u00a0(MRA)\u00a0has issued the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/documents\/lara\/Adult_Use_Marihuana_Establishments_659804_7.pdf\">emergency rules for recreational marijuana<\/a>\u00a0today.\u00a0The promulgation of rules is required per the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(e10v0eckpwx0wh0bibas1gnp))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&amp;objectName=mcl-Initiated-Law-1-of-2018\">MRTMA<\/a>) passed by voters last November.\u00a0 The rules provide municipalities and prospective licensees with the framework in which to operate if they choose to participate in the recreational marijuana industry.<\/p>\n<p>MRA Executive Director Andrew Brisbo has stated the agency plans to start accepting license applications November 1, 2019. The agency is hoping the four-month period between issuing the rules and accepting applications will give municipalities the needed time to make decisions whether they want to allow marijuana businesses in their communities. If a municipality doesn&#8217;t have an ordinance in place that prohibits such businesses, the MRA is obligated to issue a license to any qualifying business that applies for a marijuana business license.<\/p>\n<p>Upon the League&#8217;s quick, initial review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/documents\/lara\/Adult_Use_Marihuana_Establishments_659804_7.pdf\">rules<\/a>, it appears the following are applicable to municipalities or municipal ordinances. Please note, this may not be an exhaustive list.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rule 8 &#8211; Application requirements<\/li>\n<li>Rule 9 &#8211; State license issuance, qualifications, ineligibility<\/li>\n<li>Rule 11 &#8211; Marihuana establishment plan<\/li>\n<li>Rule 14 &#8211; Denial of state license<\/li>\n<li>Rule 15 &#8211; Renewal of state license<\/li>\n<li>Rule 16 &#8211; Notifications and reporting<\/li>\n<li>Rule 19 &#8211; Persons subject to penalty, violations<\/li>\n<li>Rule 22 &#8211; Changes to licensed marihuana establishment<\/li>\n<li>Rule 28 &#8211; Marihuana secure transporter license<\/li>\n<li>Rule 31 &#8211; Operation at same location<\/li>\n<li>Rule 32 &#8211; Equivalent licenses, operations at same location<\/li>\n<li>Rule 33 &#8211; Marihuana establishments, general requirements<\/li>\n<li>Rule 52 &#8211; Marketing and advertising restrictions<\/li>\n<li>Rule 59 &#8211; Special licenses, eligibility<\/li>\n<li>Rule 62 &#8211; Temporary marihuana event license, application, operations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Under the new rules, the following license types were created in addition to the licenses listed in the MRTMA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Marijuana Event Organizer\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Temporary Marijuana Event<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Designated Consumption Establishment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Excess Marijuana Grower<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The League will be hosting a webinar on July 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. featuring MRA Executive Director, Andrew Brisbo, to discuss the rules and answer your questions.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/documents\/lara\/Adult_Use_Marihuana_Establishments_659804_7.pdf\">emergency rules<\/a> are effective today and will remain in effect for six months. The emergency rules may be extended once for another six months.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jennifer Rigterink\u00a0is a legislative associate for the League handling economic development, land use and municipal services issues. \u00a0She can be reached at jrigterink@mml.org or 517-908-0305.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","mml-onemagnify-plugin"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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