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SB 595 (Bradford D) Cannabis: local equity programs: state fee waivers.
Existing law, the California Cannabis Equity Act of 2018, authorizes the Bureau of Cannabis Control, upon request by a local jurisdiction, to provide technical assistance, as defined, to a local equity program that helps local equity applicants or local equity licensees. Existing law, upon appropriation of funds by the Legislature, authorizes an eligible local jurisdiction to submit an application to the bureau for a grant to assist local equity applicants and local equity licensees through that local jurisdiction’s equity program. Existing law requires an eligible local jurisdiction that receives grant funds pursuant to these provisions to use the grant funds to provide prescribed assistance to local equity applicants and licensees within that jurisdiction. Existing law authorizes a local equity program to include tiered fees or fee waivers for cannabis-related permits and licenses.
This bill would require a state licensing authority, on or before July 1, 2020, to develop and implement a program to provide a fee deferral or waive the fee required to obtain or renew a state license issued by that authority for a local equity applicant or local equity licensee.
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