New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle B - Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Chapter II - Rules of the Office of Cannabis Management
Part 114 - Cannabinoid Hemp
Section 114.17 - Penalties

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024

(a) Licensees under this Part shall comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations as it relates to such licensure.

(b) Failure to comply with a requirement of Article 5 of the Cannabis Law or this Part may be punishable by a civil penalty, as follows:

(i) a fine of up to $1,000 for a first violation;

(ii) a fine up to $5,000 for a second violation within three-years; or

(iii) a fine up to $10,000 for a third violation and each subsequent violation thereafter, within a three-year period.

(c) Where a licensee willfully violates, refuses or neglects to comply with one or more sections of this Part, the office may limit, suspend, revoke or annul a license after providing notice and an opportunity for a hearing to the licensee. However, a license may be temporarily limited, suspended, revoked or annulled without a hearing for a period not to exceed 30-days, upon notice to the licensee, following a finding by the office that the public health, safety or welfare is in imminent danger.

(d) A licensee who negligently violates this Part three times in a five-year period shall be ineligible to process or sell cannabinoid hemp for a period of five years beginning on the date of the third violation. The office, for good cause shown, may choose to impose a lesser penalty.

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