Cannabis microbusiness outdoor cultivation limit increase

A bill for an act

relating to cannabis; increasing the cannabis microbusiness outdoor cultivation

limit; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.28, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 342.28, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Size limitations.

(a) A cannabis microbusiness that cultivates cannabis at an

indoor facility may cultivate up to 5,000 square feet of plant canopy. The office may adjust

plant canopy limits for licensed businesses upward to meet market demand consistent with

the goals identified in section
342.02, subdivision 1
. In each licensing period, the office

may adjust plant canopy limits upward or downward for licenses that will be issued in that

period to meet market demand consistent with the goals identified in section
342.02,

subdivision 1
, except that the office must not impose a limit of less than 5,000 square feet

of plant canopy.

(b) A cannabis microbusiness that cultivates cannabis at an outdoor location may cultivate

up to
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one-half
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one
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acre of mature, flowering plants. The office may increase the limit for

licensed businesses to meet market demand consistent with the goals identified in section

342.02, subdivision 1
. In each licensing period, the office may adjust the limit upward or

downward for licenses that will be issued in that period to meet market demand consistent

with the goals identified in section
342.02, subdivision 1
, except that the office must not

impose a limit of less than
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one-half
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one
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acre of mature, flowering plants.

(c) The office shall establish a limit on the manufacturing of cannabis products,

lower-potency hemp edibles, or hemp-derived consumer products a cannabis microbusiness

that manufactures such products may perform. The limit must be equivalent to the amount

of cannabis flower that can be harvested from a facility with a plant canopy of 5,000 square

feet in a year, but may be increased if the office expands the allowable area of cultivation

under paragraph (a).

(d) A cannabis microbusiness with the appropriate endorsement may operate one retail

location.