Section 22-C5103. REGISTRATION AND PERMIT FEES

 

5103.1All registration and permit fees shall be paid by cashier’s check, certified check, or money order payable to the DC Treasurer. Applicants shall pay the fees specified by the Department at the time an application is filed.  The fees shall be returned to the applicant, minus the processing fee, if the application is not selected, denied, or withdrawn.

 

5103.2The Department may impose a late fee upon an applicant that fails to timely renew their registration, or permit in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) for each day after the due date of payment.  The total amount of the late fee to be paid shall not exceed the annual cost of the registration.  The Department may suspend a previously approved registration until the renewal fee is paid.  A cultivation center or dispensary that has not timely renewed its registration shall not be permitted to sell medical marijuana with an expired registration.

 

5103.3 The Department may suspend a registration or permit where payment was made by the applicant with a check returned unpaid.  The applicant, in addition to any late fees imposed by the Department pursuant to § 5103.2, shall also be charged with a one hundred dollar ($100) returned check fee.

 

5103.4The annual fee for a medical marijuana dispensary registration shall be ten thousand dollars ($10,000).  This fee shall also cover any audit and inspection costs incurred by the Department.

 

5103.5 The annual fee for a cultivation center registration shall be five thousand dollars ($5,000).  This fee shall also cover any audit and inspection costs incurred by the Department.

 

5103.6The annual fee for each director, officer, member, incorporator, or agent registration shall be two hundred dollars ($200).

 

5103.7 The annual fee for an employee registration shall be seventy-five dollars ($75).

 

5103.8The fee for a medical marijuana certification provider permit shall be three hundred dollars ($300).

 

5103.9The annual fee for a Manager's registration shall be one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

 

5103.10 The annual fee for a transport permit shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).

 

5103.11The fee for a duplicate registration or replacement of a lost registration shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).

 

5103.12The fee for a duplicate permit or replacement of a lost permit shall be twenty-five dollars ($25).

 

authority

The Mayor, pursuant to section 14 of the Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1999 (Act), effective July 27, 2010 (D.C. Law 18-210; D.C. Official Code §§ 7-1671.01, et. seq. (2011 Supp.)).

source

Notice of Emergency and Third Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3299 (April 15, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Emergency and Fourth Proposed Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 7207 (August 12, 2011)[EXPIRED]; as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10128, 10166 (December 2, 2011).