Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB5562 Compare Versions

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1	1	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5562 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 410 ILCS 705/1-10410 ILCS 705/7-10410 ILCS 705/7-15410 ILCS 705/55-30 Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that the Cannabis Business Development Fund may be used to provide financial assistance that supports lending to or private investment in qualified Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery Licensees or facilitates access to the facilities needed to commence operations on a cannabis business establishment. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may enter into financial agreements to facilitate lending to or investment in qualified Social Equity Applicants or Social Equity Lottery Licensees, or their subsidiaries or affiliates, to ensure the availability of facilities necessary to operate a cannabis business establishment. Provides that notwithstanding anything in the confidentiality provisions of the Act to the contrary, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Department of Agriculture may share licensee information with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity necessary to support the administration of Social Equity programming. LRB103 39472 RLC 69666 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5562 Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 410 ILCS 705/1-10410 ILCS 705/7-10410 ILCS 705/7-15410 ILCS 705/55-30 410 ILCS 705/1-10 410 ILCS 705/7-10 410 ILCS 705/7-15 410 ILCS 705/55-30 Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that the Cannabis Business Development Fund may be used to provide financial assistance that supports lending to or private investment in qualified Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery Licensees or facilitates access to the facilities needed to commence operations on a cannabis business establishment. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may enter into financial agreements to facilitate lending to or investment in qualified Social Equity Applicants or Social Equity Lottery Licensees, or their subsidiaries or affiliates, to ensure the availability of facilities necessary to operate a cannabis business establishment. Provides that notwithstanding anything in the confidentiality provisions of the Act to the contrary, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Department of Agriculture may share licensee information with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity necessary to support the administration of Social Equity programming. LRB103 39472 RLC 69666 b LRB103 39472 RLC 69666 b A BILL FOR
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8	8	Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that the Cannabis Business Development Fund may be used to provide financial assistance that supports lending to or private investment in qualified Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery Licensees or facilitates access to the facilities needed to commence operations on a cannabis business establishment. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may enter into financial agreements to facilitate lending to or investment in qualified Social Equity Applicants or Social Equity Lottery Licensees, or their subsidiaries or affiliates, to ensure the availability of facilities necessary to operate a cannabis business establishment. Provides that notwithstanding anything in the confidentiality provisions of the Act to the contrary, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Department of Agriculture may share licensee information with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity necessary to support the administration of Social Equity programming.
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14	14	1 AN ACT concerning health.
15	15	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
16	16	3 represented in the General Assembly:
17	17	4 Section 5. The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act is amended
18	18	5 by changing Sections 1-10, 7-10, 7-15, and 55-30 as follows:
19	19	6 (410 ILCS 705/1-10)
20	20	7 Sec. 1-10. Definitions. In this Act:
21	21	8 "Adult Use Cultivation Center License" means a license
22	22	9 issued by the Department of Agriculture that permits a person
23	23	10 to act as a cultivation center under this Act and any
24	24	11 administrative rule made in furtherance of this Act.
25	25	12 "Adult Use Dispensing Organization License" means a
26	26	13 license issued by the Department of Financial and Professional
27	27	14 Regulation that permits a person to act as a dispensing
28	28	15 organization under this Act and any administrative rule made
29	29	16 in furtherance of this Act.
30	30	17 "Advertise" means to engage in promotional activities
31	31	18 including, but not limited to: newspaper, radio, Internet and
32	32	19 electronic media, and television advertising; the distribution
33	33	20 of fliers and circulars; billboard advertising; and the
34	34	21 display of window and interior signs. "Advertise" does not
35	35	22 mean exterior signage displaying only the name of the licensed
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46	46	Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Provides that the Cannabis Business Development Fund may be used to provide financial assistance that supports lending to or private investment in qualified Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery Licensees or facilitates access to the facilities needed to commence operations on a cannabis business establishment. Provides that the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity may enter into financial agreements to facilitate lending to or investment in qualified Social Equity Applicants or Social Equity Lottery Licensees, or their subsidiaries or affiliates, to ensure the availability of facilities necessary to operate a cannabis business establishment. Provides that notwithstanding anything in the confidentiality provisions of the Act to the contrary, the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and the Department of Agriculture may share licensee information with the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity necessary to support the administration of Social Equity programming.
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77	77	1 "Application points" means the number of points a
78	78	2 Dispensary Applicant receives on an application for a
79	79	3 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License.
80	80	4 "BLS Region" means a region in Illinois used by the United
81	81	5 States Bureau of Labor Statistics to gather and categorize
82	82	6 certain employment and wage data. The 17 such regions in
83	83	7 Illinois are: Bloomington, Cape Girardeau, Carbondale-Marion,
84	84	8 Champaign-Urbana, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Danville,
85	85	9 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Decatur, Kankakee, Peoria,
86	86	10 Rockford, St. Louis, Springfield, Northwest Illinois
87	87	11 nonmetropolitan area, West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan
88	88	12 area, East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, and South
89	89	13 Illinois nonmetropolitan area.
90	90	14 "By lot" means a randomized method of choosing between 2
91	91	15 or more Eligible Tied Applicants or 2 or more Qualifying
92	92	16 Applicants.
93	93	17 "Cannabis" means marijuana, hashish, and other substances
94	94	18 that are identified as including any parts of the plant
95	95	19 Cannabis sativa and including derivatives or subspecies, such
96	96	20 as indica, of all strains of cannabis, whether growing or not;
97	97	21 the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the
98	98	22 plant; and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative,
99	99	23 mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin,
100	100	24 including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other naturally
101	101	25 produced cannabinol derivatives, whether produced directly or
102	102	26 indirectly by extraction; however, "cannabis" does not include
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113	113	1 the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the
114	114	2 stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other
115	115	3 compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or
116	116	4 preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted
117	117	5 from it), fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed of the
118	118	6 plant that is incapable of germination. "Cannabis" does not
119	119	7 include industrial hemp as defined and authorized under the
120	120	8 Industrial Hemp Act. "Cannabis" also means cannabis flower,
121	121	9 concentrate, and cannabis-infused products.
122	122	10 "Cannabis business establishment" means a cultivation
123	123	11 center, craft grower, processing organization, infuser
124	124	12 organization, dispensing organization, or transporting
125	125	13 organization.
126	126	14 "Cannabis concentrate" means a product derived from
127	127	15 cannabis that is produced by extracting cannabinoids,
128	128	16 including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), from the plant through
129	129	17 the use of propylene glycol, glycerin, butter, olive oil, or
130	130	18 other typical cooking fats; water, ice, or dry ice; or butane,
131	131	19 propane, CO2, ethanol, or isopropanol and with the intended
132	132	20 use of smoking or making a cannabis-infused product. The use
133	133	21 of any other solvent is expressly prohibited unless and until
134	134	22 it is approved by the Department of Agriculture.
135	135	23 "Cannabis container" means a sealed or resealable,
136	136	24 traceable, container, or package used for the purpose of
137	137	25 containment of cannabis or cannabis-infused product during
138	138	26 transportation.
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149	149	1 "Cannabis flower" means marijuana, hashish, and other
150	150	2 substances that are identified as including any parts of the
151	151	3 plant Cannabis sativa and including derivatives or subspecies,
152	152	4 such as indica, of all strains of cannabis; including raw
153	153	5 kief, leaves, and buds, but not resin that has been extracted
154	154	6 from any part of such plant; nor any compound, manufacture,
155	155	7 salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its
156	156	8 seeds, or resin.
157	157	9 "Cannabis-infused product" means a beverage, food, oil,
158	158	10 ointment, tincture, topical formulation, or another product
159	159	11 containing cannabis or cannabis concentrate that is not
160	160	12 intended to be smoked.
161	161	13 "Cannabis paraphernalia" means equipment, products, or
162	162	14 materials intended to be used for planting, propagating,
163	163	15 cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, producing,
164	164	16 processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging,
165	165	17 repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, ingesting, or
166	166	18 otherwise introducing cannabis into the human body.
167	167	19 "Cannabis plant monitoring system" or "plant monitoring
168	168	20 system" means a system that includes, but is not limited to,
169	169	21 testing and data collection established and maintained by the
170	170	22 cultivation center, craft grower, or processing organization
171	171	23 and that is available to the Department of Revenue, the
172	172	24 Department of Agriculture, the Department of Financial and
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174	174	26 purposes of documenting each cannabis plant and monitoring
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185	185	1 plant development throughout the life cycle of a cannabis
186	186	2 plant cultivated for the intended use by a customer from seed
187	187	3 planting to final packaging.
188	188	4 "Cannabis testing facility" means an entity registered by
189	189	5 the Department of Agriculture to test cannabis for potency and
190	190	6 contaminants.
191	191	7 "Clone" means a plant section from a female cannabis plant
192	192	8 not yet rootbound, growing in a water solution or other
193	193	9 propagation matrix, that is capable of developing into a new
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195	195	11 "Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot
196	196	12 Program faculty participant" means a person who is 21 years of
197	197	13 age or older, licensed by the Department of Agriculture, and
198	198	14 is employed or contracted by an Illinois community college to
199	199	15 provide student instruction using cannabis plants at an
200	200	16 Illinois Community College.
201	201	17 "Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot
202	202	18 Program faculty participant Agent Identification Card" means a
203	203	19 document issued by the Department of Agriculture that
204	204	20 identifies a person as a Community College Cannabis Vocational
205	205	21 Training Pilot Program faculty participant.
206	206	22 "Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License"
207	207	23 means a contingent license awarded to applicants for an Adult
208	208	24 Use Dispensing Organization License that reserves the right to
209	209	25 an Adult Use Dispensing Organization License if the applicant
210	210	26 meets certain conditions described in this Act, but does not
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221	221	1 entitle the recipient to begin purchasing or selling cannabis
222	222	2 or cannabis-infused products.
223	223	3 "Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License" means a
224	224	4 license awarded to top-scoring applicants for an Adult Use
225	225	5 Cultivation Center License that reserves the right to an Adult
226	226	6 Use Cultivation Center License if the applicant meets certain
227	227	7 conditions as determined by the Department of Agriculture by
228	228	8 rule, but does not entitle the recipient to begin growing,
229	229	9 processing, or selling cannabis or cannabis-infused products.
230	230	10 "Craft grower" means a facility operated by an
231	231	11 organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
232	232	12 Agriculture to cultivate, dry, cure, and package cannabis and
233	233	13 perform other necessary activities to make cannabis available
234	234	14 for sale at a dispensing organization or use at a processing
235	235	15 organization. A craft grower may contain up to 5,000 square
236	236	16 feet of canopy space on its premises for plants in the
237	237	17 flowering state. The Department of Agriculture may authorize
238	238	18 an increase or decrease of flowering stage cultivation space
239	239	19 in increments of 3,000 square feet by rule based on market
240	240	20 need, craft grower capacity, and the licensee's history of
241	241	21 compliance or noncompliance, with a maximum space of 14,000
242	242	22 square feet for cultivating plants in the flowering stage,
243	243	23 which must be cultivated in all stages of growth in an enclosed
244	244	24 and secure area. A craft grower may share premises with a
245	245	25 processing organization or a dispensing organization, or both,
246	246	26 provided each licensee stores currency and cannabis or
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257	257	1 cannabis-infused products in a separate secured vault to which
258	258	2 the other licensee does not have access or all licensees
259	259	3 sharing a vault share more than 50% of the same ownership.
260	260	4 "Craft grower agent" means a principal officer, board
261	261	5 member, employee, or other agent of a craft grower who is 21
262	262	6 years of age or older.
263	263	7 "Craft Grower Agent Identification Card" means a document
264	264	8 issued by the Department of Agriculture that identifies a
265	265	9 person as a craft grower agent.
266	266	10 "Cultivation center" means a facility operated by an
267	267	11 organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
268	268	12 Agriculture to cultivate, process, transport (unless otherwise
269	269	13 limited by this Act), and perform other necessary activities
270	270	14 to provide cannabis and cannabis-infused products to cannabis
271	271	15 business establishments.
272	272	16 "Cultivation center agent" means a principal officer,
273	273	17 board member, employee, or other agent of a cultivation center
274	274	18 who is 21 years of age or older.
275	275	19 "Cultivation Center Agent Identification Card" means a
276	276	20 document issued by the Department of Agriculture that
277	277	21 identifies a person as a cultivation center agent.
278	278	22 "Currency" means currency and coin of the United States.
279	279	23 "Dispensary" means a facility operated by a dispensing
280	280	24 organization at which activities licensed by this Act may
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282	282	26 "Dispensary Applicant" means the Proposed Dispensing
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293	293	1 Organization Name as stated on an application for a
294	294	2 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License.
295	295	3 "Dispensing organization" means a facility operated by an
296	296	4 organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
297	297	5 Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire cannabis from
298	298	6 a cultivation center, craft grower, processing organization,
299	299	7 or another dispensary for the purpose of selling or dispensing
300	300	8 cannabis, cannabis-infused products, cannabis seeds,
301	301	9 paraphernalia, or related supplies under this Act to
302	302	10 purchasers or to qualified registered medical cannabis
303	303	11 patients and caregivers. As used in this Act, "dispensing
304	304	12 organization" includes a registered medical cannabis
305	305	13 organization as defined in the Compassionate Use of Medical
306	306	14 Cannabis Program Act or its successor Act that has obtained an
307	307	15 Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License.
308	308	16 "Dispensing organization agent" means a principal officer,
309	309	17 employee, or agent of a dispensing organization who is 21
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311	311	19 "Dispensing organization agent identification card" means
312	312	20 a document issued by the Department of Financial and
313	313	21 Professional Regulation that identifies a person as a
314	314	22 dispensing organization agent.
315	315	23 "Disproportionately Impacted Area" means a census tract or
316	316	24 comparable geographic area that satisfies the following
317	317	25 criteria as determined by the Department of Commerce and
318	318	26 Economic Opportunity, that:
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329	329	1 (1) meets at least one of the following criteria:
330	330	2 (A) the area has a poverty rate of at least 20%
331	331	3 according to the latest federal decennial census; or
332	332	4 (B) 75% or more of the children in the area
333	333	5 participate in the federal free lunch program
334	334	6 according to reported statistics from the State Board
335	335	7 of Education; or
336	336	8 (C) at least 20% of the households in the area
337	337	9 receive assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition
338	338	10 Assistance Program; or
339	339	11 (D) the area has an average unemployment rate, as
340	340	12 determined by the Illinois Department of Employment
341	341	13 Security, that is more than 120% of the national
342	342	14 unemployment average, as determined by the United
343	343	15 States Department of Labor, for a period of at least 2
344	344	16 consecutive calendar years preceding the date of the
345	345	17 application; and
346	346	18 (2) has high rates of arrest, conviction, and
347	347	19 incarceration related to the sale, possession, use,
348	348	20 cultivation, manufacture, or transport of cannabis.
349	349	21 "Early Approval Adult Use Cultivation Center License"
350	350	22 means a license that permits a medical cannabis cultivation
351	351	23 center licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical
352	352	24 Cannabis Program Act as of the effective date of this Act to
353	353	25 begin cultivating, infusing, packaging, transporting (unless
354	354	26 otherwise provided in this Act), processing, and selling
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365	365	1 cannabis or cannabis-infused product to cannabis business
366	366	2 establishments for resale to purchasers as permitted by this
367	367	3 Act as of January 1, 2020.
368	368	4 "Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization License"
369	369	5 means a license that permits a medical cannabis dispensing
370	370	6 organization licensed under the Compassionate Use of Medical
371	371	7 Cannabis Program Act as of the effective date of this Act to
372	372	8 begin selling cannabis or cannabis-infused product to
373	373	9 purchasers as permitted by this Act as of January 1, 2020.
374	374	10 "Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization at a
375	375	11 secondary site" means a license that permits a medical
376	376	12 cannabis dispensing organization licensed under the
377	377	13 Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act as of the
378	378	14 effective date of this Act to begin selling cannabis or
379	379	15 cannabis-infused product to purchasers as permitted by this
380	380	16 Act on January 1, 2020 at a different dispensary location from
381	381	17 its existing registered medical dispensary location.
382	382	18 "Eligible Tied Applicant" means a Tied Applicant that is
383	383	19 eligible to participate in the process by which a remaining
384	384	20 available license is distributed by lot pursuant to a Tied
385	385	21 Applicant Lottery.
386	386	22 "Enclosed, locked facility" means a room, greenhouse,
387	387	23 building, or other enclosed area equipped with locks or other
388	388	24 security devices that permit access only by cannabis business
389	389	25 establishment agents working for the licensed cannabis
390	390	26 business establishment or acting pursuant to this Act to
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401	401	1 cultivate, process, store, or distribute cannabis.
402	402	2 "Enclosed, locked space" means a closet, room, greenhouse,
403	403	3 building, or other enclosed area equipped with locks or other
404	404	4 security devices that permit access only by authorized
405	405	5 individuals under this Act. "Enclosed, locked space" may
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407	407	7 (1) a space within a residential building that (i) is
408	408	8 the primary residence of the individual cultivating 5 or
409	409	9 fewer cannabis plants that are more than 5 inches tall and
410	410	10 (ii) includes sleeping quarters and indoor plumbing. The
411	411	11 space must only be accessible by a key or code that is
412	412	12 different from any key or code that can be used to access
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414	414	14 (2) a structure, such as a shed or greenhouse, that
415	415	15 lies on the same plot of land as a residential building
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417	417	17 and (ii) is used as a primary residence by the person
418	418	18 cultivating 5 or fewer cannabis plants that are more than
419	419	19 5 inches tall, such as a shed or greenhouse. The structure
420	420	20 must remain locked when it is unoccupied by people.
421	421	21 "Financial institution" has the same meaning as "financial
422	422	22 organization" as defined in Section 1501 of the Illinois
423	423	23 Income Tax Act, and also includes the holding companies,
424	424	24 subsidiaries, and affiliates of such financial organizations.
425	425	25 "Flowering stage" means the stage of cultivation where and
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437	437	1 for cannabis products. This includes mature plants as follows:
438	438	2 (1) if greater than 2 stigmas are visible at each
439	439	3 internode of the plant; or
440	440	4 (2) if the cannabis plant is in an area that has been
441	441	5 intentionally deprived of light for a period of time
442	442	6 intended to produce flower buds and induce maturation,
443	443	7 from the moment the light deprivation began through the
444	444	8 remainder of the marijuana plant growth cycle.
445	445	9 "Individual" means a natural person.
446	446	10 "Infuser organization" or "infuser" means a facility
447	447	11 operated by an organization or business that is licensed by
448	448	12 the Department of Agriculture to directly incorporate cannabis
449	449	13 or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce
450	450	14 a cannabis-infused product.
451	451	15 "Kief" means the resinous crystal-like trichomes that are
452	452	16 found on cannabis and that are accumulated, resulting in a
453	453	17 higher concentration of cannabinoids, untreated by heat or
454	454	18 pressure, or extracted using a solvent.
455	455	19 "Labor peace agreement" means an agreement between a
456	456	20 cannabis business establishment and any labor organization
457	457	21 recognized under the National Labor Relations Act, referred to
458	458	22 in this Act as a bona fide labor organization, that prohibits
459	459	23 labor organizations and members from engaging in picketing,
460	460	24 work stoppages, boycotts, and any other economic interference
461	461	25 with the cannabis business establishment. This agreement means
462	462	26 that the cannabis business establishment has agreed not to
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473	473	1 disrupt efforts by the bona fide labor organization to
474	474	2 communicate with, and attempt to organize and represent, the
475	475	3 cannabis business establishment's employees. The agreement
476	476	4 shall provide a bona fide labor organization access at
477	477	5 reasonable times to areas in which the cannabis business
478	478	6 establishment's employees work, for the purpose of meeting
479	479	7 with employees to discuss their right to representation,
480	480	8 employment rights under State law, and terms and conditions of
481	481	9 employment. This type of agreement shall not mandate a
482	482	10 particular method of election or certification of the bona
483	483	11 fide labor organization.
484	484	12 "Limited access area" means a room or other area under the
485	485	13 control of a cannabis dispensing organization licensed under
486	486	14 this Act and upon the licensed premises where cannabis sales
487	487	15 occur with access limited to purchasers, dispensing
488	488	16 organization owners and other dispensing organization agents,
489	489	17 or service professionals conducting business with the
490	490	18 dispensing organization, or, if sales to registered qualifying
491	491	19 patients, caregivers, provisional patients, and Opioid
492	492	20 Alternative Pilot Program participants licensed pursuant to
493	493	21 the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act are also
494	494	22 permitted at the dispensary, registered qualifying patients,
495	495	23 caregivers, provisional patients, and Opioid Alternative Pilot
496	496	24 Program participants.
497	497	25 "Member of an impacted family" means an individual who has
498	498	26 a parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or dependent, or was
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509	509	1 a dependent of an individual who, prior to the effective date
510	510	2 of this Act, was arrested for, convicted of, or adjudicated
511	511	3 delinquent for any offense that is eligible for expungement
512	512	4 under this Act.
513	513	5 "Mother plant" means a cannabis plant that is cultivated
514	514	6 or maintained for the purpose of generating clones, and that
515	515	7 will not be used to produce plant material for sale to an
516	516	8 infuser or dispensing organization.
517	517	9 "Ordinary public view" means within the sight line with
518	518	10 normal visual range of a person, unassisted by visual aids,
519	519	11 from a public street or sidewalk adjacent to real property, or
520	520	12 from within an adjacent property.
521	521	13 "Ownership and control" means ownership of at least 51% of
522	522	14 the business, including corporate stock if a corporation, and
523	523	15 control over the management and day-to-day operations of the
524	524	16 business and an interest in the capital, assets, and profits
525	525	17 and losses of the business proportionate to percentage of
526	526	18 ownership.
527	527	19 "Person" means a natural individual, firm, partnership,
528	528	20 association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or
529	529	21 private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver,
530	530	22 executor, trustee, guardian, or other representative appointed
531	531	23 by order of any court.
532	532	24 "Possession limit" means the amount of cannabis under
533	533	25 Section 10-10 that may be possessed at any one time by a person
534	534	26 21 years of age or older or who is a registered qualifying
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545	545	1 medical cannabis patient or caregiver under the Compassionate
546	546	2 Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act.
547	547	3 "Principal officer" includes a cannabis business
548	548	4 establishment applicant or licensed cannabis business
549	549	5 establishment's board member, owner with more than 1% interest
550	550	6 of the total cannabis business establishment or more than 5%
551	551	7 interest of the total cannabis business establishment of a
552	552	8 publicly traded company, president, vice president, secretary,
553	553	9 treasurer, partner, officer, member, manager member, or person
554	554	10 with a profit sharing, financial interest, or revenue sharing
555	555	11 arrangement. The definition includes a person with authority
556	556	12 to control the cannabis business establishment, a person who
557	557	13 assumes responsibility for the debts of the cannabis business
558	558	14 establishment and who is further defined in this Act.
559	559	15 "Primary residence" means a dwelling where a person
560	560	16 usually stays or stays more often than other locations. It may
561	561	17 be determined by, without limitation, presence, tax filings;
562	562	18 address on an Illinois driver's license, an Illinois
563	563	19 Identification Card, or an Illinois Person with a Disability
564	564	20 Identification Card; or voter registration. No person may have
565	565	21 more than one primary residence.
566	566	22 "Processing organization" or "processor" means a facility
567	567	23 operated by an organization or business that is licensed by
568	568	24 the Department of Agriculture to either extract constituent
569	569	25 chemicals or compounds to produce cannabis concentrate or
570	570	26 incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product
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581	581	1 formulation to produce a cannabis product.
582	582	2 "Processing organization agent" means a principal officer,
583	583	3 board member, employee, or agent of a processing organization.
584	584	4 "Processing organization agent identification card" means
585	585	5 a document issued by the Department of Agriculture that
586	586	6 identifies a person as a processing organization agent.
587	587	7 "Purchaser" means a person 21 years of age or older who
588	588	8 acquires cannabis for a valuable consideration. "Purchaser"
589	589	9 does not include a cardholder under the Compassionate Use of
590	590	10 Medical Cannabis Program Act.
591	591	11 "Qualifying Applicant" means an applicant that submitted
592	592	12 an application pursuant to Section 15-30 that received at
593	593	13 least 85% of 250 application points available under Section
594	594	14 15-30 as the applicant's final score and meets the definition
595	595	15 of "Social Equity Applicant" as set forth under this Section.
596	596	16 "Qualifying Social Equity Justice Involved Applicant"
597	597	17 means an applicant that submitted an application pursuant to
598	598	18 Section 15-30 that received at least 85% of 250 application
599	599	19 points available under Section 15-30 as the applicant's final
600	600	20 score and meets the criteria of either paragraph (1) or (2) of
601	601	21 the definition of "Social Equity Applicant" as set forth under
602	602	22 this Section.
603	603	23 "Qualified Social Equity Applicant" means a Social Equity
604	604	24 Applicant who has been awarded a conditional license under
605	605	25 this Act to operate a cannabis business establishment.
606	606	26 "Resided" means an individual's primary residence was
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617	617	1 located within the relevant geographic area as established by
618	618	2 2 of the following:
619	619	3 (1) a signed lease agreement that includes the
620	620	4 applicant's name;
621	621	5 (2) a property deed that includes the applicant's
622	622	6 name;
623	623	7 (3) school records;
624	624	8 (4) a voter registration card;
625	625	9 (5) an Illinois driver's license, an Illinois
626	626	10 Identification Card, or an Illinois Person with a
627	627	11 Disability Identification Card;
628	628	12 (6) a paycheck stub;
629	629	13 (7) a utility bill;
630	630	14 (8) tax records; or
631	631	15 (9) any other proof of residency or other information
632	632	16 necessary to establish residence as provided by rule.
633	633	17 "Smoking" means the inhalation of smoke caused by the
634	634	18 combustion of cannabis.
635	635	19 "Social Equity Applicant" means an applicant that is an
636	636	20 Illinois resident that meets one of the following criteria:
637	637	21 (1) an applicant with at least 51% ownership and
638	638	22 control by one or more individuals who have resided for at
639	639	23 least 5 of the preceding 10 years in a Disproportionately
640	640	24 Impacted Area;
641	641	25 (2) an applicant with at least 51% ownership and
642	642	26 control by one or more individuals who:
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653	653	1 (i) have been arrested for, convicted of, or
654	654	2 adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is
655	655	3 eligible for expungement under this Act; or
656	656	4 (ii) is a member of an impacted family;
657	657	5 (3) for applicants with a minimum of 10 full-time
658	658	6 employees, an applicant with at least 51% of current
659	659	7 employees who:
660	660	8 (i) currently reside in a Disproportionately
661	661	9 Impacted Area; or
662	662	10 (ii) have been arrested for, convicted of, or
663	663	11 adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is
664	664	12 eligible for expungement under this Act or member of
665	665	13 an impacted family.
666	666	14 "Social Equity Lottery Licensee" means a holder of an
667	667	15 adult-use cannabis dispensary license awarded through a
668	668	16 lottery held pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 15-35.20
669	669	17 and any amendments thereto.
670	670	18 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt or limit
671	671	19 the duties of any employer under the Job Opportunities for
672	672	20 Qualified Applicants Act. Nothing in this Act shall permit an
673	673	21 employer to require an employee to disclose sealed or expunged
674	674	22 offenses, unless otherwise required by law.
675	675	23 "Tied Applicant" means an application submitted by a
676	676	24 Dispensary Applicant pursuant to Section 15-30 that received
677	677	25 the same number of application points under Section 15-30 as
678	678	26 the Dispensary Applicant's final score as one or more
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689	689	1 top-scoring applications in the same BLS Region and would have
690	690	2 been awarded a license but for the one or more other
691	691	3 top-scoring applications that received the same number of
692	692	4 application points. Each application for which a Dispensary
693	693	5 Applicant was required to pay a required application fee for
694	694	6 the application period ending January 2, 2020 shall be
695	695	7 considered an application of a separate Tied Applicant.
696	696	8 "Tied Applicant Lottery" means the process established
697	697	9 under 68 Ill. Adm. Code 1291.50 for awarding Conditional Adult
698	698	10 Use Dispensing Organization Licenses pursuant to Sections
699	699	11 15-25 and 15-30 among Eligible Tied Applicants.
700	700	12 "Tincture" means a cannabis-infused solution, typically
701	701	13 comprised of alcohol, glycerin, or vegetable oils, derived
702	702	14 either directly from the cannabis plant or from a processed
703	703	15 cannabis extract. A tincture is not an alcoholic liquor as
704	704	16 defined in the Liquor Control Act of 1934. A tincture shall
705	705	17 include a calibrated dropper or other similar device capable
706	706	18 of accurately measuring servings.
707	707	19 "Transporting organization" or "transporter" means an
708	708	20 organization or business that is licensed by the Department of
709	709	21 Agriculture to transport cannabis or cannabis-infused product
710	710	22 on behalf of a cannabis business establishment or a community
711	711	23 college licensed under the Community College Cannabis
712	712	24 Vocational Training Pilot Program.
713	713	25 "Transporting organization agent" means a principal
714	714	26 officer, board member, employee, or agent of a transporting
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726	726	2 "Transporting organization agent identification card"
727	727	3 means a document issued by the Department of Agriculture that
728	728	4 identifies a person as a transporting organization agent.
729	729	5 "Unit of local government" means any county, city,
730	730	6 village, or incorporated town.
731	731	7 "Vegetative stage" means the stage of cultivation in which
732	732	8 a cannabis plant is propagated to produce additional cannabis
733	733	9 plants or reach a sufficient size for production. This
734	734	10 includes seedlings, clones, mothers, and other immature
735	735	11 cannabis plants as follows:
736	736	12 (1) if the cannabis plant is in an area that has not
737	737	13 been intentionally deprived of light for a period of time
738	738	14 intended to produce flower buds and induce maturation, it
739	739	15 has no more than 2 stigmas visible at each internode of the
740	740	16 cannabis plant; or
741	741	17 (2) any cannabis plant that is cultivated solely for
742	742	18 the purpose of propagating clones and is never used to
743	743	19 produce cannabis.
744	744	20 (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19;
745	745	21 102-98, eff. 7-15-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
746	746	22 5-13-22.)
747	747	23 (410 ILCS 705/7-10)
748	748	24 Sec. 7-10. Cannabis Business Development Fund.
749	749	25 (a) There is created in the State treasury a special fund,
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760	760	1 which shall be held separate and apart from all other State
761	761	2 moneys, to be known as the Cannabis Business Development Fund.
762	762	3 The Cannabis Business Development Fund shall be exclusively
763	763	4 used for the following purposes:
764	764	5 (1) to provide low-interest rate loans to Qualified
765	765	6 Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery
766	766	7 Licenses to pay for ordinary and necessary expenses to
767	767	8 start and operate a cannabis business establishment
768	768	9 permitted by this Act;
769	769	10 (2) to provide grants to Qualified Social Equity
770	770	11 Applicants to pay for ordinary and necessary expenses to
771	771	12 start and operate a cannabis business establishment
772	772	13 permitted by this Act;
773	773	14 (3) to compensate the Department of Commerce and
774	774	15 Economic Opportunity for any costs related to the
775	775	16 provision of low-interest loans and grants to Qualified
776	776	17 Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery
777	777	18 Licensees;
778	778	19 (4) to pay for outreach that may be provided or
779	779	20 targeted to attract and support Social Equity Applicants,
780	780	21 and Qualified Social Equity Applicants, and Social Equity
781	781	22 Lottery Licensees;
782	782	23 (5) to provide financial assistance that supports
783	783	24 lending to or private investment in Qualified Social
784	784	25 Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery Licensees or
785	785	26 facilitates access to the facilities needed to commence
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796	796	1 operations as a cannabis business establishment (blank);
797	797	2 (6) to conduct any study or research concerning the
798	798	3 participation of minorities, women, veterans, or people
799	799	4 with disabilities in the cannabis industry, including,
800	800	5 without limitation, barriers to such individuals entering
801	801	6 the industry as equity owners of cannabis business
802	802	7 establishments;
803	803	8 (7) (blank); and
804	804	9 (8) to assist with job training and technical
805	805	10 assistance for residents in Disproportionately Impacted
806	806	11 Areas.
807	807	12 (b) All moneys collected under Sections 15-15 and 15-20
808	808	13 for Early Approval Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses
809	809	14 issued before January 1, 2021 and remunerations made as a
810	810	15 result of transfers of permits awarded to Qualified Social
811	811	16 Equity Applicants shall be deposited into the Cannabis
812	812	17 Business Development Fund.
813	813	18 (c) (Blank).
814	814	19 (c-5) In addition to any other transfers that may be
815	815	20 provided for by law, on July 1, 2023, or as soon thereafter as
816	816	21 practical, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State
817	817	22 Treasurer shall transfer the sum of $40,000,000 from the
818	818	23 Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Fund to the Cannabis
819	819	24 Business Development Fund.
820	820	25 (d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the
821	821	26 Cannabis Business Development Fund is not subject to sweeps,
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833	833	2 maneuver that would in any way transfer any amounts from the
834	834	3 Cannabis Business Development Fund into any other fund of the
835	835	4 State.
836	836	5 (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)
837	837	6 (410 ILCS 705/7-15)
838	838	7 Sec. 7-15. Loans, financial assistance, and grants to
839	839	8 Qualified Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery
840	840	9 Licensees.
841	841	10 (a) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
842	842	11 shall establish grant, and loan, and financial assistance
843	843	12 programs, subject to appropriations from the Cannabis Business
844	844	13 Development Fund, for the purposes of providing financial
845	845	14 assistance, loans, grants, and technical assistance to
846	846	15 Qualified Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery
847	847	16 Licensees.
848	848	17 (b) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
849	849	18 has the power to:
850	850	19 (1) provide Cannabis Social Equity loans, financial
851	851	20 assistance, and grants from appropriations from the
852	852	21 Cannabis Business Development Fund to assist Qualified
853	853	22 Social Equity Applicants and Social Equity Lottery
854	854	23 Licensees in gaining entry to, and successfully operating
855	855	24 in, the State's regulated cannabis marketplace;
856	856	25 (2) enter into agreements that set forth terms and
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868	868	2 grants, and engage in cooperation with private entities
869	869	3 and agencies of State or local government to carry out the
870	870	4 purposes of this Section;
871	871	5 (3) fix, determine, charge, and collect any premiums,
872	872	6 fees, charges, costs and expenses, including application
873	873	7 fees, commitment fees, program fees, financing charges, or
874	874	8 publication fees in connection with its activities under
875	875	9 this Section;
876	876	10 (4) coordinate assistance under these financial
877	877	11 assistance loan programs with activities of the Illinois
878	878	12 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
879	879	13 Illinois Department of Agriculture, and other agencies as
880	880	14 needed to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of
881	881	15 this Act;
882	882	16 (5) provide staff, administration, and related support
883	883	17 required to administer this Section;
884	884	18 (6) take whatever actions are necessary or appropriate
885	885	19 to protect the State's interest in the event of
886	886	20 bankruptcy, default, foreclosure, or noncompliance with
887	887	21 the terms and conditions of financial assistance provided
888	888	22 under this Section, including the ability to recapture
889	889	23 funds if the recipient is found to be noncompliant with
890	890	24 the terms and conditions of the financial assistance
891	891	25 agreement;
892	892	26 (7) enter into financial intermediary agreements to
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903	903	1 facilitate lending to or investment in Qualified Social
904	904	2 Equity Applicants or Social Equity Lottery Licensees, or
905	905	3 their subsidiaries or affiliates, to ensure the
906	906	4 availability of facilities necessary to operate a cannabis
907	907	5 business establishment;
908	908	6 (8) (7) establish application, notification, contract,
909	909	7 and other forms, procedures, or rules deemed necessary and
910	910	8 appropriate; and
911	911	9 (9) (8) utilize vendors or contract work to carry out
912	912	10 the purposes of this Act.
913	913	11 (c) Loans made under this Section:
914	914	12 (1) shall only be made if, in the Department's
915	915	13 judgment, the project furthers the goals set forth in this
916	916	14 Act; and
917	917	15 (2) shall be in such principal amount and form and
918	918	16 contain such terms and provisions with respect to
919	919	17 security, insurance, reporting, delinquency charges,
920	920	18 default remedies, and other matters as the Department
921	921	19 shall determine appropriate to protect the public interest
922	922	20 and to be consistent with the purposes of this Section.
923	923	21 The terms and provisions may be less than required for
924	924	22 similar loans not covered by this Section; and .
925	925	23 (3) may be distributed by lot if the Department
926	926	24 determines that the amount of funding available is
927	927	25 insufficient to provide an adequate amount of funding for
928	928	26 all of the applicants eligible to receive a loan. The
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939	939	1 Department may determine the number of loans available
940	940	2 based on the amount of funding available and communicate
941	941	3 the number of loans available on the loan application. The
942	942	4 Department may use competitive criteria to establish which
943	943	5 applicants are eligible to receive a grant, loan, or
944	944	6 financial assistance.
945	945	7 (d) Grants made under this Section shall be awarded on a
946	946	8 competitive and annual basis under the Grant Accountability
947	947	9 and Transparency Act. Grants made under this Section shall
948	948	10 further and promote the goals of this Act, including promotion
949	949	11 of Social Equity Applicants, Qualified Social Equity
950	950	12 Applicants, Social Equity Lottery Licensees, job training and
951	951	13 workforce development, and technical assistance to Social
952	952	14 Equity Applicants. To the extent registration with the federal
953	953	15 System for Award Management requires a grant applicant to
954	954	16 certify compliance with all federal laws, the grant applicants
955	955	17 under this Section shall not be required to register for a
956	956	18 unique entity identifier through the federal System for Award
957	957	19 Management to be qualified to receive a grant so long as
958	958	20 federal law prohibits the cultivation and sale of cannabis.
959	959	21 (e) Financial intermediary agreements to provide financial
960	960	22 assistance must further the goals set forth in this Act and
961	961	23 result in financing or lease costs that are affordable or
962	962	24 below market rate.
963	963	25 (f) (e) Beginning January 1, 2021 and each year thereafter,
964	964	26 the Department shall annually report to the Governor and the
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975	975	1 General Assembly on the outcomes and effectiveness of this
976	976	2 Section that shall include the following:
977	977	3 (1) the number of persons or businesses receiving
978	978	4 financial assistance under this Section;
979	979	5 (2) the amount in financial assistance awarded in the
980	980	6 aggregate, in addition to the amount of loans made that
981	981	7 are outstanding and the amount of grants awarded;
982	982	8 (3) the location of the project engaged in by the
983	983	9 person or business; and
984	984	10 (4) if applicable, the number of new jobs and other
985	985	11 forms of economic output created as a result of the
986	986	12 financial assistance.
987	987	13 (g)
988	988	(f) The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
989	989	14 shall include engagement with individuals with limited English
990	990	15 proficiency as part of its outreach provided or targeted to
991	991	16 attract and support Social Equity Applicants.
992	992	17 (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19; 101-593, eff. 12-4-19.)
993	993	18 (410 ILCS 705/55-30)
994	994	19 Sec. 55-30. Confidentiality.
995	995	20 (a) Information provided by the cannabis business
996	996	21 establishment licensees or applicants to the Department of
997	997	22 Agriculture, the Department of Public Health, the Department
998	998	23 of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of
999	999	24 Commerce and Economic Opportunity, or other agency shall be
1000	1000	25 limited to information necessary for the purposes of
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1011	1011	1 administering this Act. The information is subject to the
1012	1012	2 provisions and limitations contained in the Freedom of
1013	1013	3 Information Act and may be disclosed in accordance with
1014	1014	4 Section 55-65.
1015	1015	5 (b) The following information received and records kept by
1016	1016	6 the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public
1017	1017	7 Health, the Illinois State Police, and the Department of
1018	1018	8 Financial and Professional Regulation for purposes of
1019	1019	9 administering this Article are subject to all applicable
1020	1020	10 federal privacy laws, are confidential and exempt from
1021	1021	11 disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, except as
1022	1022	12 provided in this Act, and not subject to disclosure to any
1023	1023	13 individual or public or private entity, except to the
1024	1024	14 Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the
1025	1025	15 Department of Agriculture, the Department of Public Health,
1026	1026	16 the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the
1027	1027	17 Illinois State Police as necessary to perform official duties
1028	1028	18 under this Article and to the Attorney General as necessary to
1029	1029	19 enforce the provisions of this Act. The following information
1030	1030	20 received and kept by the Department of Financial and
1031	1031	21 Professional Regulation or the Department of Agriculture may
1032	1032	22 be disclosed to the Department of Public Health, the
1033	1033	23 Department of Agriculture, the Department of Revenue, the
1034	1034	24 Illinois State Police, the Department of Commerce and Economic
1035	1035	25 Opportunity, or the Attorney General upon proper request:
1036	1036	26 (1) Applications and renewals, their contents, and
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1047	1047	1 supporting information submitted by or on behalf of
1048	1048	2 dispensing organizations, cannabis business
1049	1049	3 establishments, or Community College Cannabis Vocational
1050	1050	4 Program licensees, in compliance with this Article,
1051	1051	5 including their physical addresses; however, this does not
1052	1052	6 preclude the release of ownership information about
1053	1053	7 cannabis business establishment licenses, or information
1054	1054	8 submitted with an application required to be disclosed
1055	1055	9 pursuant to subsection (f);
1056	1056	10 (2) Any plans, procedures, policies, or other records
1057	1057	11 relating to cannabis business establishment security; and
1058	1058	12 (3) Information otherwise exempt from disclosure by
1059	1059	13 State or federal law.
1060	1060	14 Illinois or national criminal history record information,
1061	1061	15 or the nonexistence or lack of such information, may not be
1062	1062	16 disclosed by the Department of Financial and Professional
1063	1063	17 Regulation or the Department of Agriculture, except as
1064	1064	18 necessary to the Attorney General to enforce this Act.
1065	1065	19 (c) The name and address of a dispensing organization
1066	1066	20 licensed under this Act shall be subject to disclosure under
1067	1067	21 the Freedom of Information Act. The name and cannabis business
1068	1068	22 establishment address of the person or entity holding each
1069	1069	23 cannabis business establishment license shall be subject to
1070	1070	24 disclosure.
1071	1071	25 (d) All information collected by the Department of
1072	1072	26 Financial and Professional Regulation or the Department of
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1083	1083	1 Agriculture in the course of an examination, inspection, or
1084	1084	2 investigation of a licensee or applicant, including, but not
1085	1085	3 limited to, any complaint against a licensee or applicant
1086	1086	4 filed with the Department of Financial and Professional
1087	1087	5 Regulation or the Department of Agriculture and information
1088	1088	6 collected to investigate any such complaint, shall be
1089	1089	7 maintained for the confidential use of the Department of
1090	1090	8 Financial and Professional Regulation or the Department of
1091	1091	9 Agriculture and shall not be disclosed, except as otherwise
1092	1092	10 provided in this Act. A formal complaint against a licensee by
1093	1093	11 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the
1094	1094	12 Department of Agriculture or any disciplinary order issued by
1095	1095	13 the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation or the
1096	1096	14 Department of Agriculture against a licensee or applicant
1097	1097	15 shall be a public record, except as otherwise provided by law.
1098	1098	16 Complaints from consumers or members of the general public
1099	1099	17 received regarding a specific, named licensee or complaints
1100	1100	18 regarding conduct by unlicensed entities shall be subject to
1101	1101	19 disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
1102	1102	20 (e) The Department of Agriculture, the Illinois State
1103	1103	21 Police, and the Department of Financial and Professional
1104	1104	22 Regulation shall not share or disclose any Illinois or
1105	1105	23 national criminal history record information, or the
1106	1106	24 nonexistence or lack of such information, to any person or
1107	1107	25 entity not expressly authorized by this Act.
1108	1108	26 (f) Each Department responsible for licensure under this
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