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The Cannabis Control Division of the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department has decided to change some of its rules regarding recreational marijuana businesses, but local officials said that it won’t change anything in the county or city for a while, if at all.
Heather Brewer, a media relations consultant working with the state, said that the changes are expected to be published soon.
“While no written information was sent to local jurisdictions, changes are planned to the proposed rules for cannabis retail, manufacturing and courier licenses so that applicants for those licenses will not need to provide a copy of a current business license, fire inspection report and zoning approval. Cannabis producer licenses, however, do still require that documentation.
“The planned change to 16.8.1 and 16.8.2 comes in response to feedback the Cannabis Control Division received during last month’s public hearing on the rules, as well as feedback from the Cannabis Regulatory Advisory Committee.”
Asked several questions about the proposed changes, Emily Kaltenbach, chair of the Cannabis Regulatory Advisory Committee, responded, “The Cannabis Regulatory Advisory Board respects the ability of local communities to stand up a cannabis industry in a way that works best for them.”
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Asked additional questions, Kaltenbach did not provide any more information by press time.
Brewer indicated that 2,206 producer applications have been started online with 119 submitted. Eighty have been reviewed and await application action, with 39 still under review by staff. No producer licenses have been issued yet, although they can be. Licenses for other types of cannabis businesses will not be issued until early 2022.
Louis Jaramillo, director of the Chaves County Planning and Zoning Department, which provides staff support for the county Planning and Zoning Commission and the Roswell-Chaves County Extraterritorial Zoning Commission, said that no actions will be taken regarding zoning or cannabis regulations until the new rules are actually published, which he said should occur after January.
Kevin Maevers, city of Roswell community development director and the lead staff person assisting the city of Roswell Planning and Zoning Commission, said that, after hearing about the proposed changes in a meeting, he does not expect it to change the city’s recently enacted cannabis regulations.
“Basically they (the Cannabis Control Division) clarified that the state will act as a regulatory body and that the local bodies will continue to be the ones issuing the licenses and making the zoning decisions.”
The state enacted the New Mexico Cannabis Regulation Act in April to legalize growing, selling and using marijuana for non-medical use. The state has allowed medical marijuana use and sales since 2007. A limited amount of personal use and growing of marijuana for recreational purposes was permitted starting in June. Commercial sales are due to begin by April 2022.
Lisa Dunlap can be reached at 575-622-7710, ext. 351, or at reporter02@rdrnews.com.
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