Agenda - Council Work Session - 04/11/2023

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HF100 NINTH ENGROSSMENT REVISOR BD 1-10100-9 73.1 (b) A cannabis mezzobusiness that cultivates cannabis at an outdoor location may 73.2 cultivate up to one acre of mature, flowering plants unless the office, by rule, increases that 73.3 limit. The office may, by rule, increase the limit to no more than three acres if the office 73.4 determines that expansion is consistent with the goals identified in section 342.02, subdivision 73.5 1. 73.6 (c) The office shall, by rule, establish a limit on the manufacturing of cannabis products, 73.7 lower -potency hemp edibles, or hemp -derived consumer products a cannabis mezzobusiness 73.8 that manufactures such broducts may berform. The limit must be eauivalent to the amount 73.9 of cannabis flower that can be harvested from a facility with a plant canopy of 5,000 square 73.10 feet in a year but may be increased to the amount that can be harvested from a facility with 73.11 up to 15,000 cubic feet of plant canopy if the office expands the allowable area of cultivation 73.12 under paragraph (a). 73.13 (d) A cannabis mezzobusiness with the appropriate endorsement may operate up to three 73.14 retail locations. 73.15 Subd. 3. Additional information required. In addition to the information required to 73.16 be submitted under section 342.14, subdivision 1, and rules adopted pursuant to that section, 73.17 a person, cooperative, or business seeking a cannabis mezzobusiness license must submit 73.18 the following information in a form approved by the office: 73.19 (1) an operating plan demonstrating the proposed layout of the facility, including a 73.2o diagram of ventilation and filtration systems; plans for wastewater and waste disposal for 73.21 any cultivation or manufacturing activities; plans for providing electricity, water, and other 73.22 utilities necessary for the normal operation of any cultivation or manufacturing activities; 73.23 plans for compliance with applicable building code and federal and state environmental and 73.24 workplace safety requirements and policies; and plans to avoid sales to unlicensed cannabis 73.25 businesses and individuals under 21 years of age; 73.26 (2) if the applicant is seeking an endorsement to cultivate cannabis plants and harvest 73.27 cannabis flower, a cultivation plan demonstrating the proposed size and layout of the 73.28 cultivation facility that will be used exclusively for cultivation, including the total amount 73.29 of plant canopy; 73.30 (3) if the applicant is seeking an endorsement to create cannabis concentrate, hemp 73.31 concentrate, or artificial cannabinoids, information identifying all methods of extraction, 73.32 concentration, or conversion that the applicant intends to use and the volatile chemicals and 73.33 catalysts, if any, that will be involved in extraction, concentration, or creation; and Article 1 Sec. 29. 73