Requires require prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements

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Requires require prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements

Requires require prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements Requires prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements and proof of local municipal compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM Cannabis license, and give municipalities the ability to request an extension of time to submit an opinion on the prospective licensee application.

What This Bill Does

• Requires require prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements Requires prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements and proof of local municipal compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM Cannabis license, and give municipalities the ability to request an extension of time to submit an opinion on the prospective licensee application.

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Official Summary Text

Requires require prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements
Requires prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements and proof of local municipal compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM Cannabis license, and give municipalities the ability to request an extension of time to submit an opinion on the prospective licensee application.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10088

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    January 30, 2026
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        Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Economic Development

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the cannabis law, in relation to require prospective
          licensees of cannabis licenses to  submit  proof  of  local  municipal
          compliance  to  the  Cannabis  Control  Board when applying for an OCM
          Cannabis license

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  Section 61 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ANY LICENSE  ISSUED  PURSUANT  TO
     4  THIS  ARTICLE, AN APPLICANT SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PROPOSED LICENSED
     5  PREMISES AND THE APPLICANT'S PLANNED ACTIVITIES ARE IN  COMPLIANCE  WITH
     6  ALL  APPLICABLE  LOCAL  ZONING LAWS, LAND-USE REGULATIONS, AND MUNICIPAL
     7  RULEMAKING  REQUIREMENTS.  THE  APPLICANT  SHALL  SUBMIT,  IN   A   FORM
     8  PRESCRIBED  BY  THE  BOARD, SATISFACTORY PROOF OF GOOD STANDING WITH THE
     9  LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE PREMISES ARE LOCATED, INCLUDING BUT  NOT
    10  LIMITED TO CERTIFICATIONS OF ZONING COMPLIANCE, NECESSARY LOCAL PERMITS,
    11  OR  OTHER DOCUMENTATION AS REQUIRED BY THE MUNICIPALITY. THE BOARD SHALL
    12  NOT CONSIDER OR APPROVE ANY APPLICATION LACKING SUCH PROOF OF  MUNICIPAL
    13  COMPLIANCE.
    14    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    15  have become a law.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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