42.39.104    LICENSE, APPLICATION, AND RENEWAL FEES

(1) Initial licensure and renewal fees for the following license types and endorsements are: 

(a) Two-year marijuana transporter license: $10,000.

(b) Combined-use marijuana license: $7,500.

(c) Marijuana testing laboratory license: $5,000 per licensed premises.

(d) Marijuana dispensary license:  $5,000 per licensed premises.

(e) Cultivator license:

(i) $1,000 for a cultivator with a micro tier canopy license;

(ii) $2,500 for a cultivator with a tier 1 canopy license;

(iii) $5,000 for a cultivator with a tier 2 canopy license;

(iv) $7,500 for a cultivator with a tier 3 canopy license;

(v) $10,000 for a cultivator with a tier 4 canopy license;

(vi) $13,000 for a cultivator with a tier 5 canopy license;

(vii) $15,000 for a cultivator with a tier 6 canopy license;

(viii) $17,500 for a cultivator with a tier 7 canopy license;

(ix) $20,000 for a cultivator with a tier 8 canopy license;

(x) $23,000 for a cultivator with a tier 9 canopy license;

(xi) $27,000 for a cultivator with a tier 10 canopy license;

(xii) $32,000 for a cultivator with a tier 11 canopy license; and

(xiii) $37,000 for a cultivator with a tier 12 canopy license.

(f) Manufacturer license:

(i) $5,000 for each manufacturing facility that produces, on a monthly basis, less than ten pounds of concentrate;

(ii) $10,000 for each manufacturing facility that produces, on a monthly basis, between ten and 15 pounds of concentrate; and 

(iii) $20,000 for each manufacturing facility that produces, on a monthly basis, 15 pounds or more of concentrate.

(g) Storage facility endorsement: $1,000 per licensed storage facility.

(h) The application fee to change location of a licensed premises:  $2,500.

(2) At the time of the initial application and at renewal, an applicant shall pay the department a nonrefundable processing fee equal to 20 percent of the applicable license fee identified in (1). The department will not begin processing an application until it receives all processing fees. A licensee shall pay the department the remaining 80 percent of the license fee upon department notification of approval of its application or renewal.

(3) Initial worker permit and a renewal: $50. A replacement permit: $10.

(4) Initial registry identification card and a renewal card: $20. Replacement registry identification card: $10.

(5) Background checks: the department shall assess the applicant a fee of $30 per background check. This fee is separate from and in addition to the nonrefundable processing fee assessed in (2).

(6) Location changes: the fee for changing the location of any licensed premises is $2,500.

 

History: 16-12-112, 16-12-202, 16-12-221, 16-12-222, 16-12-226, 16-12-508, 16-12-533, MCA; IMP, 16-12-112, 16-12-221, 16-12-222, 16-12-226, 16-12-508, 16-12-533, MCA; NEW, 2022 MAR p. 81, Eff. 1/1/22; AMD, 2024 MAR p. 616, Eff. 3/23/24.