S 10347 NY
Requires require prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements
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Summary
This bill requires prospective applicants for cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation to the Cannabis Control Board affirming that their proposed premises and planned uses comply with all applicable local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements. Applicants must provide documentation as prescribed by the board and required by the governing municipality, such as certifications of zoning compliance, necessary local permits, or other materials. The Cannabis Control Board cannot approve any application that lacks the required attestation of municipal compliance. The bill also allows municipalities to request a thirty-day extension from the board to submit an opinion on a prospective licensee application when notification was not properly directed to the municipality's clerk. The act takes effect ninety days after it becomes law.
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Requires prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements and proof of local municipal compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM Cannabis license, and give municipalities the ability to request an extension of time to submit an opinion on the prospective licensee application.
Sponsor (1)
- Patricia Fahy Democratic · primary
Action history (3)
- May 14, 2026 REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS · upper
- May 15, 2026 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS · upper
- May 15, 2026 PRINT NUMBER 10347A · upper
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10347 Summary: BILL NO S10347A   SAME AS SAME AS A10088-A
  SPONSOR FAHY   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §§61 & 76, Cannabis L   Requires prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements and proof of local municipal compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM Cannabis license, and give municipalities the ability to request an extension of time to submit an opinion on the prospective licensee application.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10347--A
IN SENATE
May 14, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the cannabis law, in relation to requiring prospective licensees of cannabis licenses to submit a formal attestation of compliance with local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and municipal code requirements and proof of local municipal compliance to the Cannabis Control Board when applying for an OCM Cannabis license, and give municipalities the ability to request an extension of time to submit an opinion on the prospective licensee application
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 61 of the cannabis law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. As a condition of eligibility for any license issued pursuant to 4 this article, an applicant shall submit formal attestation affirming 5 that the applicant's proposed premises, as identified by the section, 6 lot, and block, and the planned uses for the premises are in compliance 7 with all applicable local zoning laws, land-use regulations, and munici- 8 pal code requirements. The applicant shall submit, in a form prescribed 9 by the board, attestation of compliance with the laws set forth by the 10 governing municipality in which the premises would be located, including 11 but not limited to certifications of zoning compliance, necessary local 12 permits, or other documentation as required by the municipality. The 13 board shall not consider or approve any application lacking such attes- 14 tation of municipal compliance. 15 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 76 of the cannabis law is amended to 16 read as follows: 17 4. When a city, town, or village, and in New York city a community 18 board, expresses an opinion for or against the granting of such regis- 19 tration, license or permit application, any such opinion shall be deemed 20 part of the record upon which the office makes its recommendation to the 21 board to grant or deny the application and the board shall respond in
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14151-03-6
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1 writing to such city, town, village or community board with an explana- 2 tion of how such opinion was considered in the granting or denial of an 3 application ; provided where a city, town, village or community board 4 request the board for an extension of time to submit an opinion due to 5 the applicant's notification not being addressed directly to the clerk 6 of the city, town, village or community board in accordance with subdi- 7 vision two of this section, the board shall grant the city, town, 8 village or community board one extension of thirty days to submit an 9 opinion for or against the granting of such registration, license or 10 permit application . 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 12 have become a law.
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