(a)
Except as provided in paragraphs (9) and (10), a licensee may only hold a state license in up to two separate license categories, as follows:
(1)
Type 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, or 2B licensees may also hold either a Type 6 or 7 state license.
(2)
Type 6 or 7 licensees, or a combination thereof, may also hold either a Type 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, or 2B state license.
(3)
Type 6 or 7 licensees, or a combination thereof, may also hold a Type 10A state license.
(4)
Type 10A licensees may also hold either a Type 6 or 7 state license, or a
combination thereof.
(5)
Type 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, or 2B licensees, or a combination thereof, may also hold a Type 10A state license.
(6)
Type 10A licensees may hold a Type 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, or 2B state license, or a combination thereof.
(7)
Type 11 licensees shall also hold a Type 12 state license, but shall not hold any other type of state license.
(8)
Type 12 licensees may hold a Type 11 state license.
(9)
A Type 10A licensee may hold a Type 6 or 7 state license and may also hold a 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B, 4 or combination thereof if, under the 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2A, 2B, 3, 3A, 3B, 4 or combination of licenses thereof, no more than four acres of total canopy size of cultivation by the
licensee is occurring throughout the state during the period that the respective licenses are valid. All cultivation pursuant to this section shall comply with local ordinances. This paragraph shall become inoperative on January 1, 2026.
(10)
All cultivators and manufacturers may hold a Type 12 transporter license. All cultivators and manufacturers who are issued Type 12 transporter licenses shall comply with the following:
(A)
Cultivators shall only transport medical cannabis from a cultivation site to a manufacturer or a distributor.
(B)
Manufacturers shall only transport medical cannabis and medical cannabis products as follows:
(i)
Between a cultivation site and a manufacturing site.
(ii)
Between a manufacturing site and a manufacturing site.
(iii)Between a manufacturing site and a distributor.
(b)
Except as provided in subdivision (a), a person or entity that holds a state license is prohibited from licensure for any other activity authorized under this chapter, and is prohibited from holding an ownership interest in real property, personal property, or other assets associated with or used in any other license category.
(c)
(1)In a jurisdiction that adopted a local ordinance, prior to July 1, 2015, requiring qualified businesses to cultivate, manufacture, and dispense medical cannabis or medical cannabis products, with all commercial cannabis activity being conducted by a single qualified business, upon licensure that business shall not be subject to
subdivision (a) if it meets all of the following conditions:
(A)
The business was cultivating, manufacturing, and dispensing medical cannabis or medical cannabis products on January 1, 2016, and has continuously done so since that date.
(B)
The business has been in full compliance with all applicable local ordinances at all times prior to licensure.
(C)
The business is registered with the State Board of Equalization for tax purposes.
(2)
A business licensed pursuant to paragraph (1) is not required to conduct all cultivation or manufacturing within the bounds of a local jurisdiction, but all cultivation and manufacturing shall have commenced prior to January 1, 2016, and have been in full compliance with applicable local ordinances.
(d)
This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed.