Legislative Updates
DeSantis thinks weed companies aren’t paying enough to conduct business in Florida
Medical-marijuana operator Sanctuary challenges the new $1.33 million license fee
Arguing that a $1.33 million price tag is unjustified, a medical-marijuana operator is challenging a license-renewal fee boost that came after Gov. Ron DeSantis said pot companies aren’t paying enough to conduct business in Florida. The state Department of Health in December adopted a rule creating a formula that set the license-renewal fee for medical-marijuana operators at $1.33 million every two years — more than 22 times the $60,000 biennial fee operators had been paying since the program started six years ago...
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