A. Every application for the issuance or renewal of the following licenses shall be accompanied by a license fee in the following specified amounts:
(1) a cannabis courier license, up to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per year and an additional fee of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(2) a cannabis testing laboratory license, up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(3) a cannabis manufacturer license, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(4) a cannabis producer license, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(5) a cannabis retailer license, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(6) a cannabis research laboratory license, two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each additional licensed premises of the licensee;
(7) a vertically integrated cannabis establishment license, seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500) per year and an additional fee of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year for each licensed premises of the licensee;
(8) a cannabis producer microbusiness license, up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per year;
(9) an integrated cannabis microbusiness license, up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year and an additional fee of five hundred dollars ($500) per year for each licensed premises of the licensee; and
(10) a cannabis consumption area, up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) per year.
B. Except for cannabis producer microbusinesses and integrated cannabis microbusinesses, a licensee cultivating cannabis plants shall be assessed an additional annual fee no greater than fifty dollars ($50.00) per mature cannabis plant at the time of licensing or renewal.
C. A licensee may increase the number of mature plants licensed at the time of renewal and one other time per year in increments of five hundred mature plants. Fees may be prorated for the remainder of the licensing year.
D. The initial application fee and the annual renewal fee for a vertically integrated cannabis establishment license shall not exceed one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for a license for both medical cannabis activity and commercial cannabis activity. The initial application fee and the annual renewal fee for a license or renewal of a license that authorizes only medical cannabis activity shall be one-half the fee applicable to a license authorizing both medical cannabis activity and commercial cannabis activity.
E. If a cannabis producer microbusiness or an integrated cannabis microbusiness enters into a business arrangement with another licensee with the purpose or having the effect of evading the limitations of the licensee's license, such licensee shall not be eligible for the lower fee prescribed in Subsection A of this section and shall pay the per-plant fee prescribed in Subsection B of this section.
F. The division shall collect all renewal fees, including the renewal fees for all licensed premises, at the time of renewal of a license.
G. The fee for the issuance of a cannabis server permit shall not exceed thirty-five dollars ($35.00).
H. The division shall deposit all fees collected pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation Act in the cannabis regulation fund.
History: Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4, § 9.
Effective dates. — Laws 2021 (1st S.S.), ch. 4 contained no effective date provision, but, pursuant to N.M. Const., art. IV, § 23, was effective June 29, 2021, 90 days after adjournment of the legislature.
Structure 2021 New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 26 - Drugs and Cosmetics
Article 2C - Cannabis Regulation
Section 26-2C-1 - Short title.
Section 26-2C-2 - Definitions.
Section 26-2C-4 - Department of health; duties; public health and safety advisory committee.
Section 26-2C-5 - Department of health; duties; transfer of licensing duties.
Section 26-2C-8 - Licensees; disciplinary actions; sanctions; civil penalty.
Section 26-2C-9 - Application and licensing fees.
Section 26-2C-10 - Cannabis training and education program licensing; sanctions.
Section 26-2C-12 - Local control.
Section 26-2C-13 - Licensee protections.
Section 26-2C-14 - Protection of underage persons; providing cannabis products to minors; penalties.
Section 26-2C-15 - Transport via courier.
Section 26-2C-16 - Packaging and labeling.
Section 26-2C-17 - Cannabis products; packaging and labeling; division rulemaking.
Section 26-2C-18 - Testing cannabis products; health and safety of employees.
Section 26-2C-19 - Researching cannabis; recordkeeping.
Section 26-2C-20 - Advertising and marketing restrictions.
Section 26-2C-22 - Provision of professional services.
Section 26-2C-23 - Medical cannabis provisions unaffected.
Section 26-2C-24 - Protections for the use of cannabis.
Section 26-2C-25 - Personal use of cannabis.
Section 26-2C-26 - Limits on personal use; penalties.
Section 26-2C-27 - Personal production of cannabis; penalties.
Section 26-2C-28 - Unlicensed sales of cannabis; penalties.
Section 26-2C-29 - Cannabis within restricted area; penalty.
Section 26-2C-30 - Unlawful possession of cannabis; penalties.
Section 26-2C-31 - Unlicensed manufacturing of cannabis extract; penalty.
Section 26-2C-32 - Exemption from criminal and civil penalties; researchers.
Section 26-2C-33 - Reporting requirements for cannabis-related violations.
Section 26-2C-34 - Employer protections; exemptions.
Section 26-2C-35 - Appeal of rules.
Section 26-2C-36 - Public records and open meetings.
Section 26-2C-37 - Intrastate source.
Section 26-2C-38 - Imports and exports.
Section 26-2C-39 - Cannabis regulation fund.
Section 26-2C-40 - Plant limit. (Repealed effective December 31, 2025.)
Section 26-2C-41 - Indian nations, tribes and pueblos; intergovernmental agreements.