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An Act Extending the Time Period for Municipalities To Approve Marijuana Businesses
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §2449, sub-§4, as enacted by IB 2015, c. 5, §1, is amended to read:
 
4. Municipality may impose licensing requirement.   A municipality may impose a separate local licensing requirement as a part of its restrictions on time, place, manner and the number of marijuana businesses. A municipality may decline to impose any local licensing requirements, but a municipality shall notify the state licensing authority that it either approves or denies each application forwarded to it within 1460 business days.
 
SUMMARY
This bill extends the time period, from 14 business days to 60 business days, within which a municipality is required to either approve or deny an application for a marijuana business.