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22(3) Fees; term. (a) Each person who applies for a permit under this section
23shall submit with the application a $250 fee. A permit issued under this section is
24valid for one year and may be renewed, except that the department may revoke or
25suspend a permit prior to its expiration. A person is not entitled to a refund of the
1fees paid under this subsection if the person's permit is denied, revoked, or
2suspended.
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(b) A permittee shall annually pay to the department a fee for as long as the
4person holds a valid permit under this section. The annual fee for a marijuana
5processor permittee is $2,000. The annual fee for a marijuana producer permittee
6is one of the following, unless the department, by rule, establishes a higher amount:
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1. If the permittee plants, grows, cultivates, or harvests not more than 1,800
8marijuana plants, $1,800.
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2. If the permittee plants, grows, cultivates, or harvests more than 1,800 but
10not more than 3,600 marijuana plants, $2,900.
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3. If the permittee plants, grows, cultivates, or harvests more than 3,600 but
12not more than 6,000 marijuana plants, $3,600.
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4. If the permittee plants, grows, cultivates, or harvests more than 6,000 but
14not more than 10,200 marijuana plants, $5,100.
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5. If the permittee plants, grows, cultivates, or harvests more than 10,200
16marijuana plants, $7,100 plus $800 for every 3,600 marijuana plants over 10,200.
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17(4) Schools. The department may not issue a permit under this section to
18operate as a marijuana producer within 500 feet of the perimeter of the grounds of
19any elementary or secondary school.
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20(5) Education and awareness campaign. The department shall develop and
21make available training programs for marijuana producers on how to safely and
22efficiently plant, grow, cultivate, harvest, and otherwise handle marijuana, and for
23marijuana processors on how to safely and efficiently produce and handle marijuana
24products and test marijuana for contaminants. The department shall conduct an
25awareness campaign to inform potential marijuana producers and marijuana
1processors of the availability and viability of marijuana as a crop or product in this
2state.
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3(6) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules necessary to administer and
4enforce this section, including rules relating to the inspection of the plants, facilities,
5and products of permittees; training requirements for employees of permittees; and
6the competitive scoring system for determining which applicants are eligible to
7receive a permit under this section.
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8(7) Penalties. (a) Any person who violates sub. (2), fails to pay the required
9fee under sub. (3), or violates any of the requirements established by the rules
10promulgated under sub. (6) shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or
11imprisoned not more than 6 months or both.
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(b) In addition to the penalties imposed under par. (a), the department shall
13revoke the permit of any person convicted of any violation described under par. (a)
14and not issue another permit to that person for a period of 2 years following the
15revocation.
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16Section
1565. 94.57 of the statutes is created to read:
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1794.57 Testing laboratories. The department shall register entities as
18tetrahydrocannabinols testing laboratories. The laboratories may possess or
19manufacture tetrahydrocannabinols or drug paraphernalia and shall perform the
20following services:
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21(1) Test marijuana produced for the medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols for
22potency and for mold, fungus, pesticides, and other contaminants.
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23(2) Collect information on research findings and conduct research related to
24the medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols, including research that identifies
25potentially unsafe levels of contaminants.
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1(3) Provide training on the following:
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(a) The safe and efficient cultivation, harvesting, packaging, labeling, and
3distribution of marijuana for the medical use of tetrahydrocannabinols.
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(b) Security and inventory accountability procedures.
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(c) The most recent research on the use of tetrahydrocannabinols.
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6Section 1566
. 100.145 of the statutes is created to read:
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7100.145 Recreational marijuana logotype. The department shall design
8an official logotype appropriate for including on a label affixed to recreational
9marijuana under s. 139.973 (10) (a).
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10Section
1567. 100.182 (4m) of the statutes is created to read:
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100.182
(4m) The department may promulgate rules to implement this section.
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12Section
1568. 100.2091 of the statutes is created to read:
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13100.2091 Broadband; discrimination prohibited. (1) No broadband
14service provider may deny access to broadband service to any group of potential
15residential customers because of the race or income of the residents in the area in
16which the group resides.
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17(2) It is a defense to an alleged violation of sub. (1) based on income if, no later
18than 3 years after the date on which the broadband service provider began providing
19broadband service in this state, at least 30 percent of the households with access to
20the broadband service provider's broadband service in the area in which a group of
21potential residential customers resides are low-income households.
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22(3) The department may enforce this section and may promulgate rules to
23implement and administer this section. The department of justice may represent the
24department in an action to enforce this section. If the court finds that a broadband
25service provider has not complied with this section, the court shall order the
1broadband service provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount
2of time and, notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable
3attorney fees, to the department of justice.
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4(4) Any person that is affected by a failure to comply with this section may bring
5an action to enforce this section. If a court finds that a broadband service provider
6has not complied with this section, the court shall order the broadband service
7provider to comply with this section within a reasonable amount of time and,
8notwithstanding s. 814.14 (1), shall award costs, including reasonable attorney fees,
9to the person affected.