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Senator Chittenden’s amendment would lower outdoor cannabis cultivation fees; committee hears modest fiscal hit and CCB perspective
Summary
Senator Thomas Chittenden introduced an amendment to S278 to reduce outdoor cultivator fees based on a Cannabis Control Board report; sponsors estimated a roughly $100,000–$120,000 general fund impact, members discussed delaying the effective date and sending the proposal to Finance and Appropriations for fiscal review.
Senator Thomas Chittenden introduced an amendment to S278 that would reduce licensing fees for outdoor cannabis cultivators, citing a Cannabis Control Board (CCB) report that recommended widening the fee gap between indoor and outdoor producers.
Chittenden said outdoor growers in Vermont face a short season and lower yields and that fees charged to outdoor growers appeared “disproportionate” to their likely yields. He told the committee the amendment’s fee changes “would cost the general fund about $100,000 to…
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