For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different
meaning:
CRAFT GROWER
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
licensed by the Department of Agriculture to cultivate, dry, cure,
and package cannabis and perform other necessary activities to make
cannabis available for sale at a dispensing organization or use at
a processing organization.
CULTIVATION CENTER
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
licensed by the Department of Agriculture to cultivate, process, transport
(unless otherwise limited by the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act), and perform other necessary activities to provide cannabis
and cannabis-infused products to cannabis business establishments.
DISPENSING ORGANIZATION
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
to acquire cannabis from a cultivation center, craft grower, processing
organization, or another dispensary for the purpose of selling or
dispensing cannabis, cannabis-infused products, cannabis seeds, paraphernalia,
or related supplies under this Act to purchasers or to qualified registered
medical cannabis patients and caregivers. As used in this chapter,
dispensing organization shall include a registered medical cannabis
organization as defined in the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis
Pilot Program Act or its successor Act that has obtained an early approval
adult use dispensing organization license.
PROCESSING ORGANIZATION
A facility operated by an organization or business that is
licensed by the Department of Agriculture to either extract constituent
chemicals or compounds to produce cannabis concentrate or incorporate
cannabis or cannabis concentrate into a product formulation to produce
a cannabis product.
TRANSPORTING ORGANIZATION
An organization or business that is licensed by the Department
of Agriculture to transport cannabis on behalf of a cannabis business
establishment or a community college licensed under the Community
College Cannabis Vocational Training Pilot Program.
Pursuant to the authority reserved to the City of El Paso under
Section 55-25 of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, the City of El Paso does hereby prohibit all cannabis
business establishments within the City of El Paso. No cannabis business
establishment may operate within the City of El Paso at any time.
Failure to comply with any requirements of this chapter shall
constitute a violation; and any person, upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined no less than $250 but no more than $750 for each offense.
Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.