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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                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 14, 2026
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        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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