Existing law provides for the issuance of cannabis establishment agent registration cards, cannabis establishment agent registration cards for cannabis executives and cannabis establishment agent registration cards for cannabis receivers by the Cannabis Compliance Board. (NRS 678B.340, 678B.350, 678B.355) Existing law defines “cannabis establishment agent” to mean an owner, officer, board member, employee or volunteer of a cannabis establishment, an independent contractor who provides labor relating to the cultivation or processing of cannabis or the production of usable cannabis or cannabis products for a cannabis establishment or an employee of such an independent contractor. (NRS 678A.100) Existing law defines “cannabis establishment agent registration card” to mean a registration card that is issued by the Board to authorize a person: (1) to be an owner, officer or board member of a cannabis establishment; or (2) to volunteer or work at or contract to provide labor for a cannabis establishment. (NRS 678A.105) Section 2 of this bill clarifies the procedures by which a cannabis establishment agent registration card may be issued to an owner, officer or board member of a cannabis establishment.
Existing law requires a person who holds an ownership interest in a cannabis establishment of 5 percent or more to obtain a cannabis establishment agent registration card for a cannabis executive. (NRS 678B.350) Section 1 of this bill authorizes the Board, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Board by regulation, to waive any requirement to obtain a registration card for any person who holds an ownership interest of 5 percent or more in a cannabis establishment.
Existing law provides that a cannabis establishment agent registration card, cannabis establishment agent registration card for a cannabis executive and cannabis establishment agent registration card for a cannabis receiver expires 2 years after issuance and may be renewed upon the submission to the Board of certain information and the payment of a renewal fee. (NRS 678B.340, 678B.350, 678B.355) Sections 2-4 of this bill revise the date on which such a registration card expires. Under sections 2-4, the initial registration card expires 2 years after issuance and any renewed registration card expires 2 years after the expiration date of the most recent registration card issued to or renewed by the person. Sections 2-4 additionally require, in order to renew a registration card, the required information and payment to be submitted on or before the date on which the registration card expires.
Sections 2-4 also eliminate provisions requiring a person to whom a registration card is issued or for whom a registration card is renewed to submit to the Board an affidavit on the first anniversary of the issuance or renewal attesting to certain matters.
Existing law requires the Board to adopt regulations establishing different categories of cannabis establishment agent registration cards. (NRS 678B.650) Under existing law, a cannabis establishment agent registration card authorizes the person to whom it is issued to volunteer or work at any cannabis establishment in this State for which the category of the registration card authorizes the person to volunteer or work. (NRS 678B.340) Section 6 of this bill eliminates the requirement that the Board establish categories of cannabis establishment agent registration cards. Section 2 instead establishes two categories of cannabis establishment registration cards to be issued to a person who wishes to serve as an owner, officer or board member of or volunteer or work at a cannabis establishment. Under section 2, a cannabis establishment agent registration card issued to a person who wishes to serve as an owner, officer or board member of or volunteer or work at: (1) a cannabis establishment other than a cannabis independent testing laboratory authorizes the person to serve as an owner, officer or board member of or volunteer or work at any cannabis establishment in this State other than a cannabis independent testing laboratory; and (2) a cannabis independent testing laboratory authorizes the person to serve as an owner, officer or board member of or volunteer or work at any cannabis independent testing laboratory in this State.
Existing law establishes a fee of $150 for the initial issuance and renewal of a cannabis establishment agent registration card. (NRS 678B.390) Section 5 of this bill increases that fee to $400 for the initial issuance and renewal of: (1) a cannabis establishment agent registration card to an owner, officer or board member of a cannabis establishment; (2) a cannabis establishment agent registration card for a cannabis executive; and (3) a cannabis establishment agent registration card for a cannabis receiver.