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Illinois Craft Grower License Application Support Documents

We have combed through the Emergency Rules and The Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act to include all of the subtopics relevant to the items above and created a document set for you.

In order to succeed at obtaining a cannabis cultivation grower license in a competitive state like Illinois, you can't afford to miss any of their requirements in your application. You will be competing against big companies with experience obtaining cannabis cultivation licenses in other states.

Illinois cannabis craft grower and infuser license applications were published on Tuesday January 7th, 2020. On the first round of licensing, 40 applications will be granted. They allow 5000 sqft of flowering canopy, with the opportunity to expand up to 14000 sqft in the coming few years.

The templates we currently have identified that will be presented as separate document files in this set are:

Suitability of Facility Plan 50-page limit

Illinois Suitability of Employee Training Plan 15-page limit plus Employee Handbook

Security and Record Keeping Plan 65-page limit (Includes Inventory Control)

Cultivation Plan 50-page limit

Product Safety & Labeling Plan 55-page limit

Labor and Employment Practices 10-page limit

Environmental Plan 10-page limit

Diversity Plan 2500 words

Note: The Business Plan is not included, and we have not attempted to create content for the bonus Community Plans.

1) Suitability of the Proposed Facility (75 points): A) Measure 1 (25 points): The applicant demonstrates that the proposed facility is suitable for effective and safe cultivation of cannabis, sufficient in size, power allocation, air exchange and air flow, interior layout, lighting, and sufficient both in the interior and exterior to handle the bulk agricultural production of cannabis, cannabis-infused products, product handling, storage, trimming, packaging, loading and shipping. The loading/unloading of cannabis in the transport motor vehicle for shipping shall be in an enclosed, secure area out of public sight; B) Measure 2 (25 points): The applicant demonstrates the ability to meet consumer demand by operating the cultivation facility in a safe and efficient manner with minimal impact on the environment and the surrounding community; C) Measure 3 (25 points): The applicant provides an Operations and Management Practices Plan that demonstrates compliance with this Part and the Act

2) Suitability of Employee Training Plan (50 points): A) Measure 1 (25 points): The applicant fully describes a staffing plan that will provide and ensure adequate staffing and experience for ILLINOIS REGISTER ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOTICE OF EMERGENCY RULES all accessible business hours, safe production, sanitation, adequate security and theft prevention; and B)Illinois Employee Handbook Measure 2 (25 points): The applicant provides an employee handbook that will provide employees with a working guide to the understanding of the day-to-day administration of personnel policies and practices.

3) Security Plan and Recordkeeping (145 points): A) Measure 1 (40 points): The applicant's security plan demonstrates its ability to prevent the theft or diversion of cannabis and how the plan will assist the ISP, Department, and local law enforcement in carrying out law enforcement responsibilities. Specifically, it shall evidence compliance with all items in Sections 1300.355, 1300.380, and 1300.385 of this Part; B) Measure 2 (40 points): The applicant demonstrates that its plan for record keeping, tracking and monitoring inventory, quality control and security and other policies and procedures will discourage unlawful activity. It also describes the applicant's plan to coordinate with and dispose of unused or surplus cannabis through ISP and the Department; C) Measure 3 (40 points): The applicant's security plan shall describe the enclosed, locked facility that will be used to secure or store cannabis, its security measures, including when the location is closed for business, and the steps taken to ensure that cannabis is not visible to the public; D) Measure 4 (25 points): The applicant’s plan to apply for a transporter license or plan to work with a licensed transporter and the applicant’s procedures for safely and securely delivering cannabis and cannabis-infused products to cannabis business establishments.

4) Cultivation Plan (75 points): ILLINOIS REGISTER ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOTICE OF EMERGENCY RULES A) Measure 1 (25 points): The applicant shall describe its plan to provide a steady, uninterrupted supply of cannabis to registered dispensaries; B) Measure 2 (25 points): The applicant demonstrates knowledge of cultivation methods to be used in the cultivation of cannabis. The applicant shall describe the various strains to be cultivated and its experience, if applicable, with growing those strains or comparable agricultural products; C) Measure 3 (25 points): The applicant demonstrates the steps that will be taken to ensure the quality, including the purity and consistency, of the cannabis to be provided to dispensaries.

5) Product Safety and Labeling Plan (95 points): A) Measure 1 (35 points): The applicant shall describe its plan for providing safe and accurate packaging and labeling of cannabis; B) Measure 2 (35 points): The applicant shall describe its plan for testing cannabis and ensuring that all cannabis is free of contaminants, including but not limited to pesticides, microbiological, and residual solvent. C) Measure 3 (25 points): The applicant shall describe its plan for establishing a recall of the applicant's products in the event that they are shown by testing or other means to be, or potentially to be, defective or have a reasonable probability that their use or exposure to will cause serious adverse health consequences. At a minimum, the plan should include the method of: identification of the products involved; notification to the dispensary organization or others to whom the product was sold or otherwise distributed; and how the products will be disposed of if returned to or retrieved by the applicant

6) Applicant's Business Plan and Services to be Offered (110 points): A) Measure 1 (40 points): The applicant shall provide a business plan that describes how the craft grower plans to operate on a long-term ILLINOIS REGISTER ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOTICE OF EMERGENCY RULES basis. This shall include the applicant providing a detailed description about the amount and source of the equity and debt commitment for the proposed craft grower that demonstrates the immediate and long-term financial feasibility of the proposed financing plan, the relative availability of funds for capital and operating needs, and the financial capability to undertake the project; B) Measure 2 (40 points): The applicant or its officers, board members, or incorporators demonstrates experience in business management and/or having industry, agricultural or horticultural experience and the extent of their involvement in or ability to influence the day-to-day operations of the facility; C) Measure 3 (30 points): The business plan demonstrates a start-up timetable that provides an estimated time from receiving the license to cultivate to full operation, and the assumptions used for the basis of those estimates.

8) Applicant’s Labor and Employment Practices (20 points): Provide for a safe, healthy and economically beneficial working environment for its employees, including, but not limited to, its plans regarding workplace safety and environmental standards, codes of conduct, healthcare benefits, educational benefits, retirement benefits, living wage standards, and entering a labor peace agreement with employees.

9) Applicant’s Environmental Plan (20 points); A) Measure 1 (10 points): The applicant’s ability to demonstrate an environmental plan of action to minimize the carbon footprint, environmental impact, and resource needs for the production of cannabis; ILLINOIS REGISTER ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NOTICE OF EMERGENCY RULES B) Measure 2 (10 points): The applicant’s ability to describe any plans for the use of alternative energy, the treatment of waste water and runoff, and scrubbing or treatment of exchanged air.

12) Applicant’s Diversity Plan (100 points): A narrative of not more than 2500 words that establishes a goal of diversity in ownership, management, employment, and contracting to ensure that diverse participants and groups are afforded equality of opportunity;