New York § 130-A - 130-ACannabis showcase event permit

§ 130-A. 130-ACannabis showcase event permit

§ 130-a. Cannabis showcase event permit. 1. When used in this section: (a) "Cannabis showcase event" shall mean an event where a licensee authorized to conduct retail sales of adult-use cannabis, cannabis products, and cannabis merchandise engages in the sale and showcase of such products away from the licensed premises in partnership with at minimum one licensed New York state adult-use cannabis cultivator and at minimum one licensed New York state adult-use cannabis processor, at showcase events that are located at stand-alone cannabis sale "pop-up" events, farmers' markets and public markets as defined in section two hundred sixty of the agriculture and markets law or similar such locations, as authorized by the office. (b) "Showcase" shall mean the exhibiting or displaying at a cannabis showcase event by a permittee or an authorized licensee of adult-use cannabis and cannabis products and may include branded merchandise and educational materials. 2. A licensee authorized under this chapter to conduct retail sales of adult-use cannabis may apply to the office for a cannabis showcase event permit and shall be required to demonstrate that they are in partnership with a licensed cultivator and a licensed processor pursuant to subdivision one of this section. A microbusiness licensee authorized to conduct retail sales under section seventy-three of this chapter may also serve as the required licensed processor and licensed cultivator for a cannabis showcase event permit if that microbusiness licensee is also authorized to conduct processing and cultivation. A microbusiness licensee may also serve as a licensed processor and/or the licensed cultivator for another licensee applying for a permit under this section if that microbusiness is authorized to conduct the applicable processing or cultivating activity. An application for a cannabis showcase event permit shall identify such licensed cultivators and processors who are authorized under this chapter to showcase at such cannabis showcase event. 3. A cannabis showcase event permit shall authorize: (a) the permitted licensee, authorized under this chapter to conduct retail sales of adult-use cannabis, adult-use cannabis products, and cannabis merchandise, and (b) the permitted licensee and licensees who are authorized under this chapter to cultivate or process adult-use cannabis, to showcase their adult-use cannabis and cannabis products, for a temporary period of time, at a cannabis showcase event. The permittee shall offer for sale the adult-use cannabis and adult-use cannabis products cultivated or processed by the licensees authorized on the permit to showcase at such cannabis showcase event, provided, however, the permittee shall not be limited to selling the products of such authorized licensees. 4. All adult-use cannabis and cannabis product sales at a cannabis showcase event shall be executed by the permittee. No other licensee, person or entity shall be authorized to engage in cannabis or cannabis product sales at a cannabis showcase event. 5. A separate cannabis showcase event permit shall be required for each showcase event at which a cannabis showcase event is being held. 6. A separate cannabis showcase event permit shall be required for each licensee authorized under this chapter to conduct retail sales of adult-use cannabis and cannabis products. 7. In the event a cannabis showcase event contains more than one permittee, each permittee shall nevertheless be required to partner with at minimum one cultivator, pursuant to subdivision two of this section. 8. Each permittee shall be limited to partnering with no more than one licensed processor for each licensed cultivator authorized on their cannabis showcase event permit application. 9. No cannabis showcase event permit shall authorize more than one cannabis showcase event at one time. A licensee may participate in more than one cannabis showcase event so long as each cannabis showcase event has a corresponding separate cannabis showcase event permit. 10. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a cannabis showcase event permit shall be valid for no more than fourteen days. 11. The board may set reasonable fees for cannabis showcase event permits. Such fees may be based on cannabis showcase event permit size, length, duration, or any other factors deemed reasonable and appropriate by the board to achieve the policy and purpose of this chapter. 12. Permitted licensees shall comply with all reporting requirements, including required sales reporting, and all other requirements set forth in regulations. Any noncompliance by such permitted licensees or licensees authorized on the permit to showcase shall subject such licensees to applicable fees, fines and penalties. 13. The board shall promulgate regulations to implement this section.