§212. Termination of license
1. Notification of termination required. A licensee may not permanently abandon the licensed premises of the licensee or otherwise permanently cease all activities relating to the operation of the cannabis establishment under its license, whether voluntarily or pursuant to a license revocation in accordance with subchapter 8, without notifying the department and the municipality in which the licensed premises are located at least 48 hours in advance of the abandonment or termination.
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
2. Forfeiture and destruction of cannabis and cannabis products. Prior to abandoning the licensed premises of the licensee or terminating operations, a licensee shall provide the department and the municipality in which the licensed premises are located with a full accounting of all adult use cannabis and adult use cannabis products located within the licensed premises and forfeit the cannabis and cannabis products to the department for destruction in accordance with section 803.
[PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
For the purposes of this section, "municipality" means, in the case of a cannabis establishment not located in the unorganized and deorganized areas, the city, town or plantation in which the cannabis establishment is located; or, in the case of a cannabis establishment located in the unorganized and deorganized areas, the Maine Land Use Planning Commission and the town or plantation in which the cannabis establishment is located or, in the case of a cannabis establishment located in a township, the county commissioners of the county in which the township is located. [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 669, §5 (REV).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 28-B: ADULT USE CANNABIS
Chapter 1: CANNABIS LEGALIZATION ACT
Subchapter 2: GENERAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
28-B §201. License process; license types
28-B §202. General licensing criteria
28-B §203. Additional licensing considerations
28-B §204. Criminal history record check
28-B §205. Application process; issuance of license
28-B §207. Application fees; license fees
28-B §210. Transfer of ownership interests
28-B §211. Relocation of licensed premises
28-B §212. Termination of license
28-B §213. Notice of new owner, officer, manager or employee
28-B §215. Notification to municipality; sharing of information with Bureau of Revenue Services