Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 460 Ì697494WÎ697494 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: OO . 02/29/2016 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Rules (Soto) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (369986) 2 3 Delete lines 270 - 273 4 and insert: 5 (c) The department shall award dispensing licenses to all 6 qualified nurseries that timely submitted applications pursuant 7 to paragraph (b) on or before the July 8, 2015, application 8 deadline established by the department and were found to have 9 satisfied the requirements of Part II of the department’s 10 Application for Low-THC Cannabis Dispensing Organization 11 Approval. The department shall also award 5 additional licenses 12 to new applicants that can demonstrate the technical and 13 technological ability to cultivate and produce low-THC cannabis. 14 The additional licenses shall be awarded without regard to the 15 requirements of paragraph (b). An applicant that applied in more 16 than one region or that is corporately affiliated with another 17 applicant or licenseholder, may only receive one license. For 18 purposes of this paragraph, the term “corporately affiliated” 19 means applicants that are related to each other in a significant 20 way or that have a legal affiliations with any owner, investor, 21 or related party of the other applicant. The department shall 22 notify qualifying nurseries of the award of a dispensing license 23 within 10 days after the effective date of this law. The 24 department’s award of such licenses is final and is not subject 25 to legal challenge by third parties pursuant to chapter 120.