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N.Y. CAN Law § 80

This is the official text of N.Y. CAN Law § 80, part of New York’s CAN Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "CAN Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Adult-use cultivators, processors or distributors not to be interested in retail dispensaries

Official statutory text

§ 80. Adult-use cultivators, processors or distributors not to be\ninterested in retail dispensaries. 1. It shall be unlawful for any\nperson authorized to cultivate, process, or distribute under this\narticle to:\n (a) be interested directly or indirectly in any premises where any\ncannabis product is sold at retail, including for on-site consumption;\nor in any business devoted wholly or partially to the sale or delivery\nof any cannabis product at retail, including for on-site consumption, by\nstock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien or any\npersonal or real property, or by any other means;\n (b) make, or cause to be made, any loan to any person engaged in the\nmanufacture or sale of any cannabis product at wholesale or retail;\n (c) make any gift or render any service of any kind whatsoever,\ndirectly or indirectly, to any person licensed under this chapter which\nin the judgment of the board may influence such licensee to purchase the\nproduct of such cultivator or processor or distributor; or\n (d) enter into any contract or agreement with any retail, on-site\nconsumption or delivery licensee whereby such licensee agrees to confine\nhis or her sales to cannabis products manufactured or sold by one or\nmore such cultivator or processors or distributors. Any such contract or\nagreement shall be void and subject the licenses of all parties\nconcerned to revocation for cause and any applicable administrative\nenforcement and penalties.\n 2. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a registered\norganization authorized pursuant to section thirty-nine or sixty-eight-a\nof this chapter, or microbusiness authorized pursuant to section\nseventy-three of this chapter, from cultivating, processing, or selling\nadult-use cannabis under this article, at facilities wholly owned and\noperated by such registered organization or microbusiness, subject to\nany conditions, limitations or restrictions established by this chapter.\n 3. The board shall develop rules and regulations in regard to this\nsection.\n

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