Florida Senate - 2022                                    SB 1624
       
       
        
       By Senator Farmer
       
       
       
       
       
       34-00461A-22                                          20221624__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 566.036, F.S.;
    3         requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
    4         Services to establish by rule specified initial
    5         license fees and annual license renewal fees for
    6         specified marijuana establishments; authorizing the
    7         department to charge an application fee, which may not
    8         exceed the cost of processing the application;
    9         providing a contingent effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (12) is added to section 566.036,
   14  Florida Statutes, as created by SB ____, 2022 Regular Session,
   15  to read:
   16         566.036 Licensing of marijuana establishments.—
   17         (12)(a) The department shall establish by rule the
   18  following initial license and annual license renewal fees:
   19         1.a. For a retail establishment’s first location, $5,000
   20  for the initial license and $7,000 for the annual license
   21  renewal.
   22         b. For any additional locations of a retail establishment,
   23  $20,000 for the initial license for each additional location and
   24  $25,000 for the annual license renewal for each additional
   25  location.
   26         2.a. For a cultivation establishment with 25,000 square
   27  feet of canopy space or less, $2,500 for the initial license and
   28  $5,000 for the annual license renewal.
   29         b. For a cultivation establishment with more than 25,000
   30  square feet of canopy space, $50,000 for the initial license and
   31  $100,000 for the annual license renewal.
   32         3. For manufacturing establishments, $5,000 for the initial
   33  license and $20,000 for the annual license renewal.
   34         4. For consumption establishments, $2,500 for the initial
   35  license and $5,000 for the annual license renewal.
   36         5. For testing establishments, $20,000 for the initial
   37  license and $25,000 for the annual license renewal.
   38         (b) In addition to the license fees required under
   39  paragraph (a), the department may charge an applicant an
   40  application fee that may not exceed the cost of processing the
   41  application.
   42         Section 2. This act shall take effect on the same date that
   43  SB ____ or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation
   44  is adopted in the same legislative session or an extension
   45  thereof and becomes a law.