Michigan § 333.29213 - Denial of application; notification.

(1) The department shall approve or deny an application for a registration within 120 days after the completed application is submitted.

(2) The department shall deny an application for a registration if any of the following apply:

(a) The application is incomplete.

(b) If the applicant is an individual, the applicant is under the age of 18.

(c) The applicant's location for growing industrial hemp is not located in this state.

(d) The applicant has not demonstrated, as determined by the department, a willingness to comply with this act or rules promulgated under this act.

(e) The applicant has unpaid fees or civil fines owed to this state under this act.

(f) The applicant has made a false statement or representation, as determined by the department, to the department or a law enforcement agency.

(g) The applicant had a registration revoked in the immediately preceding 5-year period.

(h) The applicant or, if the applicant is not an individual, a key participant of the applicant was convicted of a controlled substance felony in the immediately preceding 10-year period. This subdivision does not apply if both of the following conditions are met:

(i) The applicant or key participant grew industrial hemp before December 20, 2018, as a pilot program participant under the agricultural act of 2014, Public Law 113-79.

(ii) The applicant's or key participant's conviction occurred before December 20, 2018.

(3) If the department denies an application because it is incomplete, the department shall notify the applicant of the denial within 120 days after the application is submitted, by letter or by electronic mail, and state the deficiency and request additional information.