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For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall
apply:
All parts of the plant Cannabis sativa L., whether growing
or not, the seeds thereof, and every compound, manufacture, salt,
derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant or its seeds, except
those containing resin extracted from the plant, which are cultivated
and, when applicable, manufactured in accordance with P.L. 2016, c.
16[1] for use in cannabis products as set forth in this act,
but shall not include the weight of any other ingredient combined
with cannabis to prepare topical or oral administrations, food, drink,
or other product. "Cannabis" does not include medical cannabis dispensed
to registered qualifying patients pursuant to the "Jake Honig Compassionate
Use Medical Cannabis Act," P.L. 2009, c. 307 (N.J.S.A. 24:61-1 et
al.) and P.L. 2015, c. 158 (N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.22 et al.); marijuana
as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:35-2 and applied to any offense set forth
in Chapters 35, 35A, and 36 of title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes,
or P.L. 2001, c. 114 (N.J.S.A. 35B-1 et seq.), or marijuana as defined
in section 2 of P.L. 1970, c. 226 (N.J.S.A. 24:21-2) and applied to
any offense set forth in the "New Jersey Controlled Dangerous Substances
Act," P.L. 1970, c. 226 (N.J.S.A. 24:21-1 et al); or hemp or a hemp
product cultivated, handled, processed, transported, or sold pursuant
to the "New Jersey Hemp Farming Act," P.L. 2019, c. 238 (N.J.S.A.
4:28-6 et al).
Any licensed person or entity that grows, cultivates, or
produces cannabis in this state, and sells, and may transport, this
cannabis to other cannabis cultivators, or usable cannabis to cannabis
manufacturers, cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not
to consumers.
Any licensed person or entity that provides courier services
for consumer purchases of cannabis items and related supplies fulfilled
by a cannabis retailer in order to make deliveries of the cannabis
items and related supplies to that consumer, and which services include
the ability of a consumer to purchase the cannabis items directly
through the cannabis delivery service, which after presenting the
purchase order to the cannabis retailer for fulfillment, is delivered
to that consumer.
Any licensed person or entity that transports cannabis in
bulk intrastate from one licensed cannabis cultivator to another licensed
cannabis cultivator, or transports cannabis items in bulk intrastate
from any one class of licensed cannabis establishment to another class
of licensed cannabis establishment and may engage in the temporary
storage of cannabis or cannabis items as necessary to carry out transportation
activities.
A cannabis cultivator, a cannabis manufacturer, a cannabis
wholesaler, or a cannabis retailer.
Any licensed person or entity that processes cannabis items
in this state by purchasing or otherwise obtaining usable cannabis,
manufacturing, preparing, and packaging cannabis items, and selling,
and optionally transporting, these items to other cannabis manufacturers,
cannabis wholesalers, or cannabis retailers, but not to consumers.
Any licensed person or entity that purchases or otherwise
obtains usable cannabis from cannabis cultivators and cannabis items
from cannabis manufacturers or cannabis wholesalers, and sells these
to consumers from a retail store, and may use a cannabis delivery
service or a certified cannabis handler for the off-premises delivery
of cannabis items and related supplies to consumers. A cannabis retailer
shall also accept consumer purchases to be fulfilled from its retail
store that are presented by a cannabis delivery service which will
be delivered by the cannabis delivery service to that consumer.
Any licensed person or entity that purchases or otherwise
obtains, stores, sells or otherwise transfers, and may transport,
cannabis items for the purpose of resale or other transfer to either
another cannabis wholesaler or to a cannabis retailer, but not to
consumers.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 24:6I-31 et seq.
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Pursuant to section 31b of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory,
Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act (P.L. 2021,
c. 16), all cannabis establishments, cannabis distributors or cannabis
delivery services are hereby prohibited from operating anywhere in
the Borough of Ship Bottom, except for the delivery of cannabis items
and related supplies by a licensed cannabis delivery service based
and initiated from a cannabis delivery service licensed location outside
of the Borough of Ship Bottom.
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A.
The Police Department, Code Enforcement, and the Zoning Officer,
as applicable, are charged with enforcing this chapter.
