HEMP BUSINESS LICENSE TYPES; MULTIPLE LICENSES.

342.43 HEMP BUSINESS LICENSE TYPES; MULTIPLE LICENSES. § Subdivision 1.License types. The office shall issue the following types of hemp business licenses: (1) lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer; (2) lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler; and (3) lower-potency hemp edible retailer. § Subd. 2.Multiple licenses; limits. (a) A person, cooperative, or business may hold any combination of a lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer, a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler, and a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license. (b) Nothing in this section prohibits a person, cooperative, or business from holding a lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer license, a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler license, a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license, or any combination of those licenses, and also holding a license to cultivate industrial hemp issued pursuant to chapter 18K. (c) Nothing in this section prohibits a person, cooperative, or business from holding a lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer license, a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler license, a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license, or any combination of those licenses, and also holding any other license, including but not limited to a license to prepare or sell food; sell tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, and nicotine and lobelia delivery products as described in section 609.6855; or manufacture or sell alcoholic beverages as defined in section 340A.101, subdivision 2. (d) A person, cooperative, or business holding a lower-potency hemp edible manufacturer license, a lower-potency hemp edible wholesaler license, a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license, or any combination of those licenses, may not hold a cannabis business license. § Subd. 3.Exception; municipal or county licenses. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a city or county that establishes, owns, or operates a municipal cannabis store may also hold a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license. History: 2023 c 63 art 1 s 43; 2025 c 31 s 69-71