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3	31		BILL NO. 2272 By: West (Josh), Cornwell,
4	32		McEntire, Sneed and Grego
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9		-	Murdock, Bergstrom,
10		-	Bullard, Pederson and
11		-	Rogers of the Senate
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	42	+	An Act relating to medical marijuana; creating the
	43	+	Oklahoma Cap on Medical Marijuana Business es Act of
	44	+	2021; directing the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
	45	+	Authority to publicly announce caps on certain
	46	+	medical marijuana business licenses; providing
	47	+	procedures for determining amount of licenses;
	48	+	providing application requirements for active medical
	49	+	marijuana business licenses; providing for the
	50	+	reduction of medical marijuana dispensary, processor
	51	+	and commercial grower licenses; prohibiting renewal
	52	+	of licenses for inactivity; directing the Authority
	53	+	to promulgate certain rules and regulations for
	54	+	number-based lottery system; providing for
	55	+	codification; and declaring an emergency.
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18		-	An Act relating to medical marijuana; amending
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	60	+	AUTHOR: Add the following Senate Coauthors: Bergstrom and Bullard
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	62	+	AMENDMENT NO. 1. Page 1, strike the title, enacting clause and
	63	+	entire bill and insert
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	66	+	"An Act relating to medical marijuana; amending
19	67		Section 15, Chapter 11, O.S.L. 2019 (63 O.S. Supp.
20	68		2020, Section 427.15), which relates to disclosing
21	69		financial interests; requiring an attestation under
22		-	penalty of perjury for foreign interests in medical
23		-	marijuana businesses by certain date; amending
24		-	Section 6, Chapter 11, O.S.L. 2019, a s amended by
25		-	Section 7, Chapter 477, O.S.L. 2019 (63 O.S. Supp.
26		-	2020, Section 427.6), which relates to monitoring and
27		-	disciplinary actions; updating statutory references;
28		-	modifying language; providing for certain inspections
29		-	within certain time; providing grace periods to gain
	70	+	penalty of perjury for foreign interests in marijuana
	71	+	businesses by certain date; amending Section 6,
	72	+	Chapter 11, O.S.L. 2019, as amended by Section 7,
	73	+	Chapter 477, O.S.L. 2019 (63 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section
	74	+	427.6), which relates to monitoring and disciplinary
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	101	+	actions; updating statutory references; modifying
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30	104		compliance; requiring termination of license for
31	105		failure to provide proof of business operations
32	106		within certain time; providing an effective date; and
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38		-	SUBJECT: Medical marijuana
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40	111		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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42	112		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 15, Chapter 11, O.S.L.
43	113		2019 (63 O.S. Supp. 2020, Section 427.15), is amended to read as
44	114		follows:
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46		-	Section 427.15 A. The State Department of Health Oklahoma
	115	+	Section 427.15. A. The State Department of Healt h Oklahoma
47	116		Medical Marijuana Authority is hereby authorized to develop policies
48	117		and procedures for disclosure by a medical marijuana business of
49	118		financial interest and ownership.
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51	119		B. Upon the effective date of this act, current medical
52	120		marijuana business l icensees and applicants seeking licensure as a
53	121		medical marijuana business shall be required to submit under penalty
54	122		of perjury an attestation confirming or denying the existence of any
55	123		foreign financial interests in the medical marijuana business
56	124		operation and shall disclose the identity of such ownership, if
57	125		applicable. Medical marijuana business licensees shall, within
58	126		sixty (60) days after the effective date of this act, submit such
59	127		attestation to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
60	128		Drugs Control. Applicants for a medical marijuana business license
61	129		shall, within sixty (60) days after the approval of a medical
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62	156		marijuana business license application by the Oklahoma Medical
63	157		Marijuana Authority, submit such attestation to the Bureau. Failu re
64	158		to submit the attestation or accompanying information to the Bureau
65	159		within the specified sixty -day time period shall result in the
66	160		immediate revocation of the medical marijuana business license. The
67	161		Bureau shall prescribe the form of the attestation re quired under
68	162		the provisions of this subsection and shall make the form available
69	163		on its publicly accessible Internet website.
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71	164		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY Section 6, Chapter 11, O.S.L.
72	165		2019, as amended by Section 7, Chapter 477, O.S.L. 2019 (63 O.S.
73	166		Supp. 2020, Section 427.6), is amended to read as follows:
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75		-	Section 427.6 A. The State Department of Health shall address
	167	+	Section 427.6. A. The State Department of Health shall address
76	168		issues related to the medical marijuana program in Oklahoma
77	169		including, but not limited to, monitoring and disciplinary ac tions
78	170		as they relate to the medical marijuana program.
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80	171		B. 1. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, Department or
81	172		its designee may perform on -site assessments of a licensee or
82	173		applicant for any medical marijuana business license issued pursuant
83	174		to this act the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection
84	175		Act to determine compliance with this act the Oklahoma Medical
85	176		Marijuana and Patient Protection Act or submissions made pursuant to
86	177		this section. The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, Department
87	178		or its designee may enter the licensed premises of a medical
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88	205		marijuana business licensee or applicant to assess or monitor
89	206		compliance.
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91	207		2. Inspections Except as otherwise provided by law, inspections
92	208		shall be limited to twice per calendar year and twen ty-four (24)
93	209		hours of notice shall be provided to a medical marijuana business
94	210		applicant or licensee prior to an on -site assessment. However,
95	211		additional inspections may occur when the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
96	212		Authority or Department shows that an additi onal inspection is
97	213		necessary due to a violation of this act or noncompliance with the
98	214		Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act . Such
99	215		inspection may be without notice if the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
100	216		Authority or Department believes that such notice will result in the
101	217		destruction of evidence.
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103	218		3. The Department may review relevant records of a licensed
104	219		medical marijuana business, licensed medical marijuana research
105	220		facility or licensed medical marijuana education facility, and may
106	221		require and conduct interviews with such persons or entities and
107	222		persons affiliated with such entities, for the purpose of
108	223		determining compliance with Department rules, requirements and
109	224		applicable laws. However, prior to conducting any interviews with
110	225		the medical marijuana business, research facility or education
111	226		facility, the licensee shall be afforded sufficient time to secure
112	227		legal representation during such questioning if requested by the
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113	254		business or facility or any of its agents or employees or
114	255		contractors.
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116	256		4. The Department shall refer complaints alleging criminal
117	257		activity that are made against a licensee to appropriate Oklahoma
118	258		state or local law enforcement authorities.
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120	259		C. Disciplinary action may be taken against an applicant or
121	260		licensee under this act the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient
122	261		Protection Act for not adhering to the law pursuant to the terms,
123	262		conditions and guidelines set forth in this act the Oklahoma Medical
124	263		Marijuana and Patient Protection Act .
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127	265		denial of an application, license or final authorization and other
128	266		action deemed appropriate by the Department or the Oklahoma Medical
129	267		Marijuana Authority.
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131	268		E. Disciplinary actions may be imposed upon a medical marijuana
132	269		business licensee for:
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137	272		2. Falsification or misrepresentation of any material or
138	273		information submitted to the Department;
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141	275		authorized representatives o f the Department;
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143	276		4. Failure to adhere to any acknowledgement, verification or
144	277		other representation made to the Department;
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147	305		section or otherwise requested by the Department;
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149	306		6. Failure to correct any violation of this section cited as a
150	307		result of a review or audit of financial records or other materials;
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153	309		the licensed premises or materials;
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158	312		product, as determined by the Department;
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163	315		11. Any other basis indicating a violation of the applicable
164	316		laws and regulations as identified by the Department.
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166	317		F. Disciplinary actions against a licensee may include the
167	318		imposition of monetary penalties, which may be assessed by the
168	319		Department.
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170	320		G. Penalties for sales by a medical marijuana busi ness to
171	321		persons other than those allowed by law occurring within any two -
172	322		year time period may include an initial fine of One Thousand Dollars
173	323		($1,000.00) for a first violation and a fine of Five Thousand
174	324		Dollars ($5,000.00) for any subsequent violation. T he medical
175	325		marijuana business may be subject to a revocation of any license
176	326		granted pursuant to this act the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and
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178	354		or grossly negligent.
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180	355		H. 1. First offense for intentional and impermissible
181	356		diversion of medical marijuana, concentrate , or products by a
182	357		patient or caregiver to an unauthorized person shall not be punished
183	358		under a criminal statute but may be subject to a fine of Two Hundred
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187	361		marijuana, concentrate , or products by a patient or caregiver to an
188	362		unauthorized person shall not be punished under a criminal statute
189	363		but may be subject to a fine of not to exceed Five Hundred Dollar s
190	364		($500.00) and may result in revocation of the license upon a showing
191	365		that the violation was willful or grossly negligent.
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194	367		contest an action or proposed action of the Department:
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197	369		facility licensee whose license has been summarily suspended or who
198	370		has received a notice of contemplated action to suspend or revoke a
199	371		license or take other disciplinary action; and
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202	373		summarily suspended or who has received notice of contemplated
203	374		action to suspend or revoke a license or take other disciplinary
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206	402		J. All hearings held pursuant to this section shall be in
207	403		accordance with the Okl ahoma Administrative Procedures Act, Section
208	404		250 et seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
	405	+	K. 1. Beginning September 1, 2021, the Oklahoma Medical
	406	+	Marijuana Authority shall schedule an on -site meeting and compliance
	407	+	inspection of the premises with th e medical marijuana dispensary
	408	+	licensee at the location of the medical marijuana dispensary, the
	409	+	medical commercial grower at the location of the medical marijuana
	410	+	commercial grower site and the medical marijuana processor at the
	411	+	location of the medical ma rijuana processing site. The on -site
	412	+	meeting and compliance inspection shall occur within the first one
	413	+	hundred eighty (180) days after issuance of the medical marijuana
	414	+	dispensary license, commercial grower license or processor license
	415	+	and shall be conducted for purposes of verifying whether the medical
	416	+	marijuana licensee is actively operating or is working towards
	417	+	operational status.
	418	+	2. If, at the time of the on -site meeting and compliance
	419	+	inspection, the medical marijuana licensee fails to provide proo f to
	420	+	the Authority that the medical marijuana business is actively
	421	+	operating or working towards operational status, the Authority shall
	422	+	grant the medical marijuana licensee a grace period of one hundred
	423	+	eighty (180) days to become operational. Upon expira tion of this
	424	+	grace period, the Authority shall schedule a second on -site meeting
	425	+	and compliance inspection of the premises to verify whether the
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210		-	K. 1. Beginning September 1, 2021, the Oklahoma Medical
211		-	Marijuana Authority shall schedule on-site meetings and compliance
212		-	inspections of the premises with the medical marijuana dispensary
213		-	licensee at the location of the medical marijuana dispensary, the
214		-	medical marijuana commercial grower at the location of the medical
215		-	marijuana commercial grower site and the medical marijuana processor
216		-	at the location of the medical marijuana processing site. The on -
217		-	site meetings and compliance inspection s shall occur within the
218		-	first one hundred eighty (180) days after issuance of the medical
219		-	marijuana dispensary license, commercial grower license or processor
220		-	license and shall be conducted for purposes of verifying whether the
221		-	medical marijuana business licensee is actively operating or is
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226		-	proof to the Authority that the medical marijuana business is
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228		-	Authority shall grant the medical marijuana business licensee a
229		-	grace period of one hundred eighty (1 80) days to become operational.
230		-	Upon expiration of this grace period, the Authority shall schedule a
231		-	second on-site meeting and compliance inspection of the premises to
232		-	verify whether the medical marijuana business licensee has begun
233		-	operations at the lic ensed premises or is continuing to work towards
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	456	+	the Authority that the medical marijuana licensee is actively
	457	+	operating or continuing to work towards operational st atus, the
	458	+	Authority shall be authorized to grant the medical marijuana
	459	+	licensee an additional grace period of one hundred eighty (180) days
	460	+	to become operational.
244	461		4. Upon expiration of the second grace period, the Authority
245	462		shall terminate the medical mar ijuana business license if the
246		-	medical marijuana ~~business~~ licensee has failed to provide proof to
247		-	~~the~~ Authority that the medical marijuana ~~business~~ is actively
	463	+	medical marijuana licensee has failed to provide proof to the
	464	+	Authority that the medical marijuana dispensary is actively
248	465		conducting business operations at the licensed premises.
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252	467		SECTION 4. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
253	468		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
254	469		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
	470	+	be in full force from and after its passage and approval. "
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	499	+	Passed the Senate the 21st day of April, 2021.
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	503	+	Presiding Officer of the Senate
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	506	+	Passed the House of Representatives the ____ day of __________,
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	540	+	BILL NO. 2272 By: West (Josh), Cornwell,
	541	+	McEntire, Sneed and Grego
	542	+	of the House
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	546	+	Murdock of the Senate
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	553	+	An Act relating to medical marijuana; creating the
	554	+	Oklahoma Cap on Medical Marijuana Businesses Act of
	555	+	2021; directing the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
	556	+	Authority to publicly announce caps on certain
	557	+	medical marijuana business licenses; providing
	558	+	procedures for determining amount of licenses;
	559	+	providing application requirements for active medical
	560	+	marijuana business licenses; pr oviding for the
	561	+	reduction of medical marijuana dispensary, processor
	562	+	and commercial grower licenses; prohibiting renewal
	563	+	of licenses for inactivity; directing the Authority
	564	+	to promulgate certain rules and regulations for
	565	+	number-based lottery system; provid ing for
	566	+	codification; and declaring an emergency.
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	573	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
	574	+	SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
	575	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 431 of Title 63, unless there i s
	576	+	created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	577	+	Sections 1 through 4 of this act shall be known and may be cited
	578	+	as the "Oklahoma Cap on Medical Marijuana Businesses Act of 2021".
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	605	+	SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to b e codified
	606	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 431.1 of Title 63, unless there
	607	+	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	608	+	A. On July 1, 2021, or fifteen (15) days from the effective
	609	+	date of this act, the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority shall
	610	+	announce publicly that the number of medical marijuana dispensary
	611	+	licenses, medical marijuana processor licenses and medical marijuana
	612	+	commercial grower licenses authorized in the State of Oklahoma shall
	613	+	be capped for a two-year period beginning September 1, 2021, and
	614	+	ending September 1, 2023 .
	615	+	B. Beginning September 1, 2021, and ending September 1, 2023,
	616	+	the number of medical marijuana dispensary licenses, medical
	617	+	marijuana processor licenses and medical marijuana commercial grower
	618	+	licenses authorized in the State of Oklahoma shall be capped at the
	619	+	total number of licenses active in each category as of September 1,
	620	+	2021, combined with the total number of applications pending in each
	621	+	category with the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority which were
	622	+	submitted prior to September 1, 2021. In order to determine the
	623	+	final amount of authorized medical marijuana dispensary licenses,
	624	+	medical marijuana processor licenses and medical marijuana
	625	+	commercial grower licenses in this state, the Authority shall first
	626	+	process all pending applications for each license category received
	627	+	prior to September 1, 2021, and add that number to the total number
	628	+	of active licenses in each category as of September 1, 2021.
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	655	+	Applications for a medical marijuana dispensary license, me dical
	656	+	marijuana processor license or medical marijuana commercial grower
	657	+	license shall not be accepted beginning September 1, 2021, except as
	658	+	provided in subsection C of this section.
	659	+	C. All applicants submitting an application for an active
	660	+	medical marijuana dispensary license, medical marijuana processor
	661	+	license or medical marijuana commercial grower license, prior to
	662	+	September 1, 2021, shall meet all requirements to hold a medical
	663	+	marijuana business license at the time of application. However,
	664	+	such applicant shall not be required to submit a Certificate of
	665	+	Compliance prior to submitting an application under the provisions
	666	+	of this subsection and each applicant shall have one hundred eighty
	667	+	(180) days from the date such license is provisionally approved t o
	668	+	submit a Certificate of Compliance to the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana
	669	+	Authority. Only upon submission and acceptance by the Authority of
	670	+	the Certificate of Compliance, and provided the applicant continues
	671	+	to meet all other requirements provided for in Se ctions 421 through
	672	+	423 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes and the Oklahoma Medical
	673	+	Marijuana and Patient Protection Act, shall the applicant be awarded
	674	+	an active business license. In the event an applicant does not
	675	+	submit a Certificate of Compliance or fails to meet any other
	676	+	requirements for licensure within one hundred eighty (180) days of
	677	+	being awarded a license, the license shall automatically terminate
	678	+	and shall not be extended.
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	705	+	SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be c odified
	706	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 431.2 of Title 63, unless there
	707	+	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	708	+	A. 1. Beginning September 1, 2021, and ending September 1,
	709	+	2023, the number of medical marijuana dispensary licensees
	710	+	authorized to operate in the State of Oklahoma shall be
	711	+	automatically reduced by the number of medical marijuana dispensary
	712	+	licenses surrendered, canceled or otherwise terminated, until such
	713	+	time as the total number of active medical marijuana dispensary
	714	+	licenses is equal in number to two thousand.
	715	+	2. Beginning September 1, 2022, any medical marijuana
	716	+	dispensary licensee who does not actively use the medical marijuana
	717	+	dispensary license for a period of eighteen (18) months shall not be
	718	+	authorized to renew th e license. For purposes of this subsection,
	719	+	the active use of a medical marijuana dispensary license shall
	720	+	require that a dispensary licensee have a minimum of Five Thousand
	721	+	Dollars ($5,000.00) per month in gross monthly sales calculated on a
	722	+	twelve-month rolling average. Gross monthly sales shall be
	723	+	calculated by taking the total amount of income and subtracting all
	724	+	discounts and sales and excise tax collected on medical marijuana
	725	+	and medical marijuana products.
	726	+	B. 1. Beginning September 1, 2021, and ending September 1,
	727	+	2023, the number of medical marijuana commercial grower licensees
	728	+	authorized in the State of Oklahoma shall be automatically reduced
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	756	+	surrendered, canceled or otherwise term inated, until the total
	757	+	number of active medical marijuana commercial grower licenses is
	758	+	equal in number to or less than five thousand.
	759	+	2. Beginning September 1, 2022, any medical marijuana
	760	+	commercial grower licensee who does not actively use the license for
	761	+	a period of eighteen (18) months shall not be authorized to renew
	762	+	the license. For purposes of this subsection, active use of a
	763	+	medical marijuana commercial grower license shall require that a
	764	+	commercial grower licensee have under cultivation a minimu m of fifty
	765	+	marijuana plants per month, calculated on a twelve -month rolling
	766	+	average.
	767	+	C. 1. Beginning September 1, 2021, and ending September 1,
	768	+	2023, the number of medical marijuana processor licensees authorized
	769	+	in the State of Oklahoma shall be automat ically reduced by the
	770	+	number of medical marijuana processor licenses surrendered, canceled
	771	+	or otherwise terminated, until the total number of active medical
	772	+	marijuana processor licenses is equal in number to or less than one
	773	+	thousand.
	774	+	2. Beginning September 1, 2022, any medical marijuana processor
	775	+	licensee who does not actively use the license for a period of
	776	+	eighteen (18) months shall not be authorized to renew the license.
	777	+	For purposes of this subsection, active use of a medical marijuana
	778	+	processor license shall require that a processor licensee have a
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	806	+	monthly sales calculated on a twelve -month rolling average. Gross
	807	+	monthly sales shall be calculated by taking the total amount of
	808	+	income and subtracting all discounts.
	809	+	SECTION 8. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
	810	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 431.3 of Title 63, unless there
	811	+	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
	812	+	The Authority shall, w ithin ninety (90) days of the effective
	813	+	date of this act, promulgate rules and regulations to govern an
	814	+	impartial, number-based lottery to govern issuance of all available
	815	+	medical marijuana business licenses up to the cap amount for the
	816	+	specific medical marijuana business license category.
	817	+	SECTION 9. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
	818	+	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
	819	+	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
255	820		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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257		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 14th day of May, 2021.
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266		-	Passed the Senate the ~~21st~~ day of ~~April~~, 2021.
	856	+	Passed the Senate the ___ day of __________, 2021.
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275		-	OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
276		-	Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
277		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
278		-	By: _________________________________
279		-	Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _________
280		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
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284		-	Governor of the State of Oklahoma
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286		-	OFFICE OF THE SECRET ARY OF STATE
287		-	Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
288		-	day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
289		-	By: _________________________________