(410 ILCS 705/20-21)
Sec. 20-21. Adult Use Cultivation Center License. (a) A person or entity is only eligible to receive an Adult Use Cultivation Center License if the person or entity has first been awarded a Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License pursuant to this Act or the person or entity has renewed its Early Approval Cultivation Center License pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 20-10. (b) The Department of Agriculture shall not issue an Adult Use Cultivation Center License until: (1) the Department of Agriculture has inspected the cultivation center site and proposed operations and verified that they are in compliance with this Act and local zoning laws; (2) the Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License holder has paid a registration fee of $100,000 or a prorated amount accounting for the difference of time between when the Adult Use Cultivation Center License is issued and March 31 of the next even-numbered year; and (3) The Conditional Adult Use Cultivation Center License holder has met all the requirements in the Act and rules. (Source: P.A. 101-27, eff. 6-25-19.)