The new key anticipated provisions include:
- A five-member Cannabis Regulatory Commission, with three appointees from the governor’s office and one appointee each from the Senate President and Assembly Speaker. These commissioners will serve four year terms;
- A flat tax rate of $42 per ounce of cannabis on cultivators, which would be passed on to the consumer; and
- Revenue going to local municipalities that allow legal cannabis businesses, with tax revenues of 3% for dispensaries, 2% for cultivation and/or processing facilities and 1% for wholesalers.
This is a big step forward for cannabis legalization, but there is still more work to be done on the political side. According to reports from Trenton, there are not enough votes in either the Assembly or the Senate to pass the new legalization bill. Thus, New Jersey politicians have two weeks to whip the votes necessary to make legal cannabis a reality in New Jersey.
This blog will continue to follow New Jersey cannabis legalization developments as they unfold.
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