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Title 28-B: CANNABIS
Chapter 1: CANNABIS LEGALIZATION ACT
Subchapter 3: LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR CULTIVATION FACILITIES
§302

§301. Cultivation facility license types

Subject to the requirements and restrictions of this subchapter and the requirements of subchapter 2, the office may issue to an applicant any of the following types of cultivation facility licenses:   [PL 2023, c. 679, Pt. B, §48 (AMD).]
1.  Tier 1 cultivation facility license.  A tier 1 cultivation facility license, which allows cultivation by a licensee of:  
A. Not more than 30 mature cannabis plants and an unlimited number of immature cannabis plants and seedlings; or   [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
B. Not more than 500 square feet of plant canopy.   [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
An applicant for a tier 1 cultivation facility license shall designate in its cultivation plan whether the license sought is a plant-count-based tier 1 cultivation facility license under paragraph A or a plant-canopy-based tier 1 cultivation facility license under paragraph B;  
[RR 2017, c. 2, §12 (COR); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
2.  Tier 2 cultivation facility license.  A tier 2 cultivation facility license, which allows cultivation by a licensee of not more than 2,000 square feet of plant canopy;  
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
3.  Tier 3 cultivation facility license.  A tier 3 cultivation facility license, which allows cultivation by a licensee of not more than 7,000 square feet of plant canopy;  
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
4.  Tier 4 cultivation facility license.  A tier 4 cultivation facility license, which allows cultivation by a licensee of not more than 20,000 square feet of plant canopy, except as provided in section 304; or  
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
5.  Nursery cultivation facility license.  A nursery cultivation facility license, which allows cultivation by a licensee of not more than 1,000 square feet of plant canopy, subject to the requirements and restrictions of section 501, subsection 3.  
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
RR 2017, c. 2, §12 (COR). PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV). PL 2023, c. 679, Pt. B, §48 (AMD).
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