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ORDINANCE AMENDMENT OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS ADOPTING THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, SEC. 21a-420c LICENSE REQUIRED FOR SALE, OFFERING, OR DELIVERY OF CANNABIS. PENALTIES. ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF THE COMMISSIONER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND MUNICIPALITIES.
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WHEREAS, on June 17, 2021, the Connecticut General Assembly passed the Connecticut Responsible and Equitable Adult Use of Cannabis Act ("RERACA"), which provided for the licensed sale, offering, cultivation, and delivery of cannabis in the State of Connecticut; and
WHEREAS, RERACA also provides that "(1) no person, other than a retailer, hybrid retailer, micro-cultivator or delivery service, or an employee thereof in the course of such employee's employment, may sell or offer cannabis to a consumer, and (2) no person, other than a hybrid retailer, dispensary facility or a delivery service, or an employee thereof in the course of such employee's employment, may sell or offer cannabis to qualifying patients and caregivers [and] No person except a delivery service, or an employee of a delivery service, subject to the restrictions set forth in section 21a-420c, acting in the course of such employee's employment may deliver cannabis to consumers, patients or caregivers";
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2025, the Connecticut General Assembly amended the "RERACA" (i) establishing that violations of RERACA, including the unlicensed sale, offering, cultivation, or delivery of cannabis are deemed to be unfair trade practices and established enhanced civil penalties for such violations; and (ii) permitting municipalities to impose enhanced civil penalties for violations of RERACA; and
WHEREAS, in particular the 2025 RERACA amendments permit a municipality to: (1) prohibit the operation of any business that is found to be operating in violation of C.G.S. 21a-420c or poses an immediate threat to public health and safety; (ii) defined "'immediate threat to public health and safety to include, but [be] not lim...
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