On Tuesday,
I blogged about H 4367, a bill that would amend the statutory
language that defines permissible scope of community impact fees in
Host Community Agreements ("HCAs") and would grant to
Cannabis Control Commission authority to regulate HCA. Soon after I
posted the blog, the House passed the bill with two substantive
amendments.
The first amendment, offered by Representative Kane, clarifies
that while the 3% community impact fee is the only fee a locality
can collect in an HCA, cannabis companies are free to
voluntarily make charitable contributions to organizations
in the community after the HCA has been executed. The idea
here is to ensure that localities do not make charitable
contributions a condition of entering an HCA – as is now a
common practice – but at the same time to allow cannabis
companies to support community organizations. Many already do and
will continue to voluntarily.
