Applications for a Transporter License may be submitted to the Department beginning February 14, 2020 and will be due no later than March 16, 2020.

Transporter licenses will be awarded on or before July 1, 2020.

Applicants for transporter licenses that score at least 75% of the available points and meet all other requirements for a transporter license shall be issued a license by the Department. 

Applicants for a Transporter license will be scored as follows:

• Business Plan (180 points)
• Suitability of Employee Training Plan (160 points)
• Security and Recordkeeping Plan (200 points)
• Applicant’s Status as a Social Equity Applicant (200 points)
• Labor and Employment Practices (20 points)
• Environmental Plan (20 points)
• Illinois Controlled or Owned (100 points)
• Veteran Owned (20 points)
• Diversity Plan (100 points)

  Total: 1000 points

Applicants for a Transporter license will pay a $5,000 application fee. If the applicant qualifies as a Social Equity Applicant, the applicant will pay an application fee in the amount of $2,500.  Should the applicant be awarded a transporting organization license, the applicant shall pay a fee of $10,000 prior to receiving the license.

Any person or entity awarded a license pursuant to the initial application period shall only hold one craft grower license.

By December 21, 2021, the Department of Agriculture shall issue up to 60 additional craft grower licenses. Any person or entity awarded a license during this second application period shall not hold more than two craft grower licenses.

After January 1, 2022, the Department of Agriculture may by rule modify or raise the number of craft grower licenses and modify or change the licensing application process to reduce or eliminate barriers. At no time may the number of craft grower licenses exceed 150. Any person or entity awarded a license after January 1, 2022, shall not hold more than 3 craft grower licenses.

A Social Equity Applicant means an applicant this is an Illinois resident that meets the one of the following criteria: 

• The applicant has at least 51% ownership and control by one or more individuals who have resided for at least 5 of the preceding 10 years in a Disproportionately Impacted Area;
• The applicant has at least 51% ownership and control by one or more individuals who:
• Have been arrested for, convicted of, or adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is eligible for expungement under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act*; or
• Is a member of an impacted family**;
• The applicant has at least 10 full-time employees and at least 51% of whom:
• Currently reside in a Disproportionately Impacted Area; or
• Have been arrested for, convicted of, or adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is eligible for expungement under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act or a member of an impacted family. 

* “Offenses eligible for expungement for expungement under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act include possession of cannabis up to 500g or the manufacturing and delivery of up to 30g of cannabis.

**”Member of impacted family” means an individual who has a parent, legal guardian, child, spouse, or dependent, or was a dependent of an individual who, prior to the effective date of the Act, was arrested for, convicted of, or adjudicated delinquent for any offense that is eligible for expungement under the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act.

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A “Principal Officer” includes:

• A cannabis business establishment applicant or licensed cannabis business establishment’s board member, owner with more than 1% interest of the total cannabis business establishment or more than 5% interest of the total cannabis business establishment of a publicly traded company; 
• President, vice president, secretary, treasurer, partner, officer, member, manager member, or person with a profit sharing, financial interest, or revenue sharing arrangement. 
• The definition includes a person with authority to control the cannabis business establishment, a person who assumes responsibility for the debts of the cannabis business establishment, and a person who is further defined in the Act.

A principal officer must be at least 21 years of age and must not be convicted of an offense that would impair the person’s ability to engage in the practice of owning a Craft Grower. The Department shall determine whether an offense would impair the person’s ability by considering the following factors:
 

• The lack of a direct relation of the offense for which the applicant was previously convicted to the duties, functions, and responsibilities of the position of being a principal officer;
• Whether five years since a felony conviction or three years since release from confinement for the conviction, whichever is later, have passed without a subsequent conviction;
• If the applicant was previously licensed or employed in any state, the lack of prior misconduct arising from or related to the person’s position as the owner or employee of a cannabis business;
• The age of the person at the time of the criminal offense;
• Successful completion of a sentence and, for applicants serving a term of parole or probation, a progress report provided by the applicant’s probation or parole officer that documents the applicant’s compliance with conditions and supervision;
• Evidence of the applicant’s present fitness and professional character;
• Evidence of rehabilitation or rehabilitative effort during or after incarceration, or during or after a term of supervision, including, but not limited to, a certificate of good conduct under Section 5- 5.5-25 of the Unified Code of Corrections or certificate of relief from disabilities under Section 4-5.5-10 of the Unified Code of Corrections; and
• Any other mitigating factors that contribute to the applicant’s potential and current ability to perform the duties of a principal officer.

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Yes, the identities of the persons or entities awarded licenses will be posted by the Department.