Agenda - Council Work Session - 04/11/2023

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HF100 NINTH ENGROSSMENT REVISOR BD 1-10100-9 41.1 (b) If the office receives an application that fails to provide the required information, 41.2 the office shall issue a deficiency notice to the applicant. The applicant shall have ten 41.3 business days from the date of the deficiency notice to submit the required information. 41.4 (c) Failure by an applicant to submit all required information will result in the application 41.5 being rejected. 41.6 (d) Upon receipt of a completed application and fee, the office shall forward a copy of 41.7 the application to the local unit of Lyovernment in which the business oDerates or intends to 41.8 operate with a form for certification as to whether a proposed cannabis business or hemp 41.9 business complies with local zoning ordinances and, if applicable, whether the proposed 41.io business complies with the state fire code and building code. 41.11 (e) Within 90 days of receiving a completed application and the results of anv reauired 41.12 criminal history check, the office shall issue the appropriate license or send the applicant a 41.13 notice of rejection setting forth specific reasons that the office did not approve the application. 41.14 Sec. 15. [342.15] ADULT -USE CANNABIS BUSINESS; CRIMINAL HISTORY 41.15 CHECK AND DISQUALIFICATIONS. 41.16 Subdivision 1. Criminal history check. (a) Upon request by the office, every applicant 41.17 for a cannabis business license and DrosDective cannabis worker must submit a completed 41.18 criminal history records check consent form, a full set of classifiable fingerprints, and the 41.19 required fees to the office. Upon receipt of this information, the office must submit the 41.20 completed criminal history records check consent form, full set of classifiable fingerprints, 41.21 and required fees to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. After receiving this information, 41.22 the bureau must conduct a Minnesota criminal history records check of the license applicant 41.23 or prospective cannabis worker. The bureau may exchange a license applicant's or prospective 41.24 cannabis worker's fingerprints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain the license 41.25 applicant's or prospective cannabis worker's national criminal history record information. 41.26 The bureau must return the results of the Minnesota and federal criminal history records 41.27 checks to the director to determine if the license applicant or prospective cannabis worker 41.28 is disqualified under rules adopted pursuant to this section. 41.29 (b) The office may, by rule, establish exceptions to the requirement under paragraph (a) 41.30 for members of a cooperative who hold less than a five percent ownership interest in the 41.31 cooperative. 41.32 Subd. 2. Criminal offenses; disqualifications. The office may by rule determine whether 41.33 any felony convictions shall disqualify a person from holding or receiving a cannabis Article 1 Sec. 15. 41