The Connecticut Social Equity Council will allow seven cannabis companies to reapply for licenses for forthcoming adult-use cannabis sales.
That means at least two of the companies involved in a consolidated lawsuit of 11 applicants who were previously rejected will have another opportunity to land a coveted permit, according to the CT Mirror.
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The rejected applicants will have 10 days to submit new applications that clarify who owns and controls the aspiring marijuana businesses.
The move came after the Social Equity Council (SEC) recently approved a new definition of an owner – someone who “exercises operational authority over daily affairs of the business, has the voting power to direct the management agents and policies and receives the beneficial interests of the business.”
The SEC will have 30 days to consider each application for its Social Equity Partner program
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