New Mexico Register / Volume XXXV, Issue 9 / May 7, 2024

 

 

This is an amendment to 16.8.11 NMAC, Sections 9 and 10, effective 05/07/2024.

 

16.8.11.9               ANNUAL LICENSING FEES: Every application for the issuance or renewal of the following licenses shall be accompanied by an annual licensing fee in the following specified amounts:

                A.            Cannabis courier license:                $250 annually

                Each additional licensed premises of the licensee:        $100 annually

                B.            Cannabis testing laboratory license:           $2,500 annually

Each additional licensed premises of the licensee:       $1,000 annually

                C.            Cannabis manufacturer license:                   $2,500 annually

Each additional licensed premises of the licensee:       $1,000 annually

                D.            Cannabis producer license:            $2,500 annually

Each additional licensed premises of the licensee:       $1,000 annually

                E.            Cannabis retailer license:                 $2,500 annually

Each additional licensed premises of the licensee:       $1,000 annually

                F.            Cannabis research laboratory license:         $2,500 annually

Each additional licensed premises of the licensee:       $1,000 annually

                G.            Vertically integrated cannabis establishment license:             $7,500 annually

Each additional licensed premises of the licensee:       $1,000 annually

                H.            Cannabis producer microbusiness license: [License fees for cannabis producer microbusinesses shall be determined by the number of plants growing under each license.

                                (1)           Licensees growing 100 plants or less:           $500 annually

                                (2)           Licensees growing 101 to 200 plants:]          $1,000 annually

                I.             Integrated cannabis microbusiness license: [License fees for integrated cannabis microbusinesses shall be determined by the number of activities conducted under each license. Activities considered are defined by the Cannabis Regulation Act and entail:

                                (1)           production of cannabis at a single licensed premises, provided that the person shall not possess more than two hundred total mature cannabis plants at any one time;

                                (2)           manufacture of cannabis products at a single licensed premises;

                                (3)           sale and transportation of only cannabis products produced or manufactured by that person;

                                (4)           operation of only one retail establishment; or

                                (5)           couriering of cannabis products to qualified patients, primary caregivers or reciprocal participants or directly to consumers.

                                                (a)           Two activities:                      $1,000 annually

                                                (b)           Three activities:                   $1,500 annually

                                                (c)           Four activities:                     $2,000 annually

                                                (d)           Five activities]                      $2,500 annually

                J.             Cannabis consumption area:                          $2,500 annually

[16.8.11.9 NMAC - N, 08/24/2021; A, 05/07/2024]

 

16.8.11.10             [ANNUAL LICENSING FEE PRORATION: Licensees submitting an amended application to add or change a license type shall only be required to pay the difference between the fee for the original license type and the fee for the amended license type, provided that the division will not issue any refunds. The division shall prorate the fee to align with the expiration date of the licensee’s original license.] FEES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF LICENSING: The division shall collect fees for the administration of licensing activities in the following specified amounts:

                A.            License amendments as set forth in 16.8.2 NMAC                       $75 per amendment.

                B.            Designation of a non-controlling person as an agent                    $75 per designation.

[16.8.11.10 NMAC Rp, 16.8.11.10 NMAC; 05/07/2024]