The following words and phrases shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section, as follows:
(a) "Act" shall mean the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, 410 ILCS 705/1 et seq., as amended from time to time, and regulations promulgated thereunder,
(b) "Adult-Use Cannabis Business Establishment” shall mean an Adult-Use Cannabis Cultivation Center, Adult-Use Cannabis Craft Grower, Adult-Use Cannabis Processing Organization or Processor, Adult-Use Cannabis Infuser Organization or Infuser, Adult-Use Cannabis Dispensing Organization, or Adult-Use Cannabis Transporting Organization or Transporter.
(c) “Adult-use cannabis craft grower” shall mean a facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to cultivate, dry, cure and package cannabis and perform other necessary activities to make cannabis available for sale at a dispensing organization or use at a processing organization, per the Act.
(d) “Adult-use cannabis cultivation center” shall mean a facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to cultivate, process, transport and perform necessary activities to provide cannabis and cannabis-infused products to licensed cannabis business establishments, per the Act.
(e) “Adult-use cannabis dispensing organization” shall mean a facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to acquire cannabis from licensed cannabis business establishments for the purpose of selling or dispensing cannabis, cannabis-infused products, cannabis seeds, paraphernalia or related supplies to purchasers or to qualified registered medical cannabis patients and caregivers, per the Act.
(f) “Adult-use cannabis infuser organization or infuser” shall mean a facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to directly incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce a cannabis-infused product, per the Act.
(g) “Adult-use cannabis processing organization or processor” shall mean a facility operated by an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to either extract constituent chemicals or compounds to produce cannabis concentrate or incorporate cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce a cannabis product, per the Act.
(h) “Adult-use cannabis transporting organization or transporter” shall mean an organization or business that is licensed by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to transport cannabis on behalf of a cannabis business establishment or a community college licensed under the Community College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program, per the Act.
(i) “Cannabis” shall mean marijuana, hashish and other substances that are identified as including any parts of the plant cannabis sativa and including derivatives or subspecies, such as indicia, of all strains of cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, it seeds, or resin, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and all other naturally produced cannabinol derivatives, whether produced directly or indirectly by extraction; however, “Cannabis” does not include the mature stalks of the plant, fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the mature stalks (except the resin extracted from it), fiber, oil or cake, or the sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination. “Cannabis” does not include industrial hemp as defined and authorized under the Industrial Hemp Act. “Cannabis” also means cannabis flower, concentrate, and cannabis dash infused products.
(j) “Person” shall mean any individual, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, society, association or other legal entity, any public or private institution, the State of Illinois, municipal corporation or political subdivision of the State, or any other business unit, Whenever the word “Person” appears in any section of this chapter prescribing a penalty or fine, as to partnerships or associations, the word shall include the partners or members thereof, and as to corporations or limited liability company, shall include the officers, agents or members thereof who are responsible for any violation of this chapter
(Ord. 2023-6-1. Passed 6-7-23.)