Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 460
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: OO            .                                
                  02/29/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Soto) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (369986) 
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    3         Delete lines 270 - 273
    4  and insert:
    5         (c) The department shall award dispensing licenses to all
    6  qualified nurseries that timely submitted applications pursuant
    7  to paragraph (b) on or before the July 8, 2015, application
    8  deadline established by the department and were found to have
    9  satisfied the requirements of Part II of the department’s
   10  Application for Low-THC Cannabis Dispensing Organization
   11  Approval. The department shall also award 5 additional licenses
   12  to new applicants that can demonstrate the technical and
   13  technological ability to cultivate and produce low-THC cannabis.
   14  The additional licenses shall be awarded without regard to the
   15  requirements of paragraph (b). An applicant that applied in more
   16  than one region or that is corporately affiliated with another
   17  applicant or licenseholder, may only receive one license. For
   18  purposes of this paragraph, the term “corporately affiliated”
   19  means applicants that are related to each other in a significant
   20  way or that have a legal affiliations with any owner, investor,
   21  or related party of the other applicant. The department shall
   22  notify qualifying nurseries of the award of a dispensing license
   23  within 10 days after the effective date of this law. The
   24  department’s award of such licenses is final and is not subject
   25  to legal challenge by third parties pursuant to chapter 120.