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ME LD347

Bill

Status

Failed

5/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Adam Lee

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Origin

House of Representatives

132nd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Local Government Cannabis Revenue Fund to offset local costs of regulating and enforcing adult use cannabis activities

  • Requires 12% of state sales tax revenue from adult use cannabis and cannabis products to be transferred monthly to the new municipal fund

  • Requires 12% of state cannabis excise tax revenue to be transferred monthly to the new municipal fund

  • Distributes funds only to municipalities that have voted to allow cannabis establishments, proportional to the state revenue generated by cannabis businesses operating within each municipality

  • Treats unorganized and deorganized areas as municipalities for purposes of revenue distribution

Legislative Description

An Act to Provide Qualifying Municipalities a Percentage of Adult Use Cannabis Sales Tax and Excise Tax Revenue

Revenue Sharing

Last Action

Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

5/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Veterans And Legal Affairs1/30/2025

Full Bill Text

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