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SENATE BILL 152
57
TH LEGISLATURE
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STATE
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NEW
MEXICO
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FIRST SESSION
,
2025
INTRODUCED BY
Elizabeth "Liz" Stefanics and Stefani Lord and Anita Gonzales
AN ACT
RELATING TO CANNABIS; ALLOWING COUNTIES TO PETITION THE
CANNABIS CONTROL DIVISION OF THE REGULATION AND LICENSING
DEPARTMENT FOR A MORATORIUM ON NEW CANNABIS PRODUCER LICENSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of the Cannabis Regulation Act
is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] NEW CANNABIS PRODUCER LICENSE MORATORIUM--
COUNTY PETITION.--
A. A board of county commissioners may vote to
petition the division to impose a two-year moratorium on the
issuance of new cannabis producer licenses in that county and
shall publish a public notice of its petition and notify the
division. The petition may cover commercial cannabis
production only or both commercial and medical cannabis
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production.
B. The county shall submit the petition to the
division within ten days of approving the petition. The
division shall render its decision on the petition within ten
days of receipt of the petition and inform the county of its
decision to approve or deny the petition. If the division
approves the petition, it shall not issue new cannabis
production licenses for the two-year period of the moratorium.
If the division denies the petition, it shall include its
findings and conclusions in the order of denial.
C. The county may petition the division to end the
moratorium before the two-year period has run if the county
commission determines that the moratorium is no longer
necessary."
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