N.Y.
Cannabis Law Section 63
Fees
1.
The board shall have the authority to charge applicants for licensure under this article a non-refundable application fee. Such fee may be based on the type of licensure sought, cultivation and/or production volume, or any other factors deemed reasonable and appropriate by the board to achieve the policy and purpose of this chapter. 1-a.(a)
In addition to any other fee authorized by this chapter, there shall be a special licensing fee for a registered organization adult-use cultivator processor, distributor retail dispensary license issued pursuant to § 68-A (Registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary license)section sixty-eight-a of this article. Such fee shall be used to fund social and economic equity and incubator assistance pursuant to this article and paragraph (c) of subdivision three of State Finance Law § 99-II (New York state cannabis revenue fund)section ninety-nine-ii of the state finance law.(b)
For purposes of this subdivision, “co-located adult-use retail dispensary” shall mean an adult-use retail dispensary operated by a registered organization at one of such registered organization’s medical dispensary premises pursuant to § 68-A (Registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary license)section sixty-eight-a of this article.(c)
Such special fee shall be paid as follows:(i)
three million dollars at the time the registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary license is issued;(ii)
four million dollars within one hundred eighty days of the opening of the licensee’s second co-located adult-use retail dispensary;(iii)
four million dollars within thirty days of the first one hundred million dollars in revenue generated by the registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary; and(iv)
four million dollars within thirty days of the second one hundred million dollars in revenue generated by the registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary.(d)
Provided, however, that the board shall not allow registered organizations to dispense adult-use cannabis from more than three of their medical cannabis dispensing locations. The timing and manner in which registered organizations may be granted such authority shall be determined by the board in regulation.(e)
Failure to make any payment required by paragraph (c) of this subdivision will result in the suspension of the registered organization’s authority to operate co-located adult-use dispensaries until such payment is acknowledged by the office.(f)
Failure to make any payment required by paragraph (c) of this subdivision will result, in the event of the expiration of the license, in a denial of the renewal of the license.(g)
In the event that a registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary license expires, or is cancelled, revoked or otherwise terminated, the registered organization shall not be required to make any payments required by this subdivision that become due after the date of such expiration, cancellation, revocation or other termination of the license.(h)
A registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary license approved or issued pursuant to the provisions of § 68-A (Registered organization adult-use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary license)section sixty-eight-a of this article prior to the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five that added this paragraph shall be subject to the amendments made by such chapter. * (i) The office shall determine the special license fees due, if any, for any co-located adult-use dispensaries operating on the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five that added this paragraph, provided that:(i)
any payment made prior to such effective date by a registered organization shall be credited as a payment toward any fee due or that shall become due under this subdivision, as amended by the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty-five; and(ii)
if there is a balance due for a co-located adult-use dispensary upon such effective date, after applying the credit provided for in this paragraph, the office shall determine the timing and manner by which such balance shall be paid by the registered organization. * NB Repealed February 3, 2026 2. The board shall have the authority to charge licensees a biennial license fee. Such fee shall be based on the amount of cannabis to be cultivated, processed, distributed and/or dispensed by the licensee or the gross annual receipts of the licensee for the previous license period, and any other factors deemed reasonable and appropriate by the board.3.
The board shall waive or reduce fees pursuant to this section for social and economic equity applicants.
Source:
Section 63 — Fees, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CAN/63 (updated May 16, 2025; accessed May 17, 2025).
