Florida court maintains $1.3M medical marijuana license renewal fees

Thu, Mar 27

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Florida's First District Court of Appeal upheld a state formula requiring medical marijuana operators to pay around $1.3 million in biennial license renewal fees.
The court rejected arguments that the state should offset these costs with other cannabis-related revenue.
The ruling affirmed that the Florida Department of Health acted within its authority in imposing the license renewal fees.
The lawsuit challenged the fees as excessive and argued that they were not in line with the costs incurred by the Department of Health.

Florida’s First District Court of Appeal upheld a state formula requiring medical marijuana operators to pay around $1.3 million in biennial license renewal fees, rejecting arguments that the state should offset these costs with other cannabis-related revenue.

The unanimous ruling, issued Wednesday, affirmed that the Florida Department of Health acted within...

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