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Local Approval Process (cont. Local Retail Registration Process (342.22) Once tie icensing process Begins, oca government registration aDD ies to cannais retai ers or ot-ler cannaisIem usinesses seedng a retai endorsement. _oca governments must issue a retai registration after verifying teat: • Tie Business as a va id icense or icense rearova issued Dy OCM. • Tie Business as paid a registration fee or renewa fee to tie oca government; 0 nitia registration fees co ected Dy a oca government may De 500 or -)a f tie amount of tie a icaD e initia icense fee, w-)ic-lever is ess, and renewa registration fees may De 1,000 or -)a fte amount of tie a DJ Ica e renewa icense fee, w-)ic-)ever is ess. • Tie Business is found to �e in comp lance wits CmaDter 342 and oca ordinances. • fa Ica e, tie Business is current on a DroDerty taxes and assessments for tie DroDosed retai ocation. _oca registrations may a so De issued Dy counties if tie respective oca government transfers suc-) autorities to tie county. Determining a Process for Limiting Retail Registrations f a oca government wises to D ace a imitation on tie numer of retai ers and microus1ness/mezzousinesses wits retai endorsements a owed w1t1n teIr oca Ity (as ong as t-)ere is at east one retai ocation per '2,500 residents, see gage " 0), state aw does not define tie process fora oca government's se ection if t-lere are more a DJ lcants tan registrations avai a e. A few options for tis process inc ude tie use of a ottery, a first-come/first-serve mode , a ro ink oasis, and oners. _oca governments sou d wor< wits an attorney to determine t-leir specific process for se ection if trey wisp to lmft tie numer of icensed canna1s retai ers per 342.13. _oca governments are not required to imft tie numDer of icensed cannaDis retai ers. Page 16 mi MINNeSOTA OFFICE OF CANNABIS MANAGEMENT