2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 43.4 - Colorado Retail Marijuana Code
Part 3 - State and Local Licensing
§ 12-43.4-310. License renewal

(1) Ninety days prior to the expiration date of an existing license, the state licensing authority shall notify the licensee of the expiration date by first-class mail at the licensee's address of record with the state licensing authority. A licensee may apply for the renewal of an existing license to the state licensing authority not less than thirty days prior to the date of expiration. Upon receipt of an application for renewal of an existing license and any applicable fees, the state licensing authority shall submit, within seven days, a copy of the application to the local jurisdiction to determine whether the application complies with all local restrictions on renewal of licenses. The state licensing authority shall not accept an application for renewal of a license after the date of expiration, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. The state licensing authority may extend the expiration date of the license and accept a late application for renewal of a license if the applicant has filed a timely renewal application with the local licensing authority. The state or the local licensing authority, in its discretion, subject to the requirements of this subsection (1) and subsection (2) of this section and based upon reasonable grounds, may waive the thirty-day time requirements set forth in this subsection (1).

(1.5) The state licensing authority may require an additional fingerprint request when there is a demonstrated investigative need.

(2) (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a licensee whose license has been expired for not more than ninety days may file a late renewal application upon the payment of a nonrefundable late application fee of five hundred dollars to the state licensing authority. A licensee who files a late renewal application and pays the requisite fees may continue to operate until the state licensing authority takes final action to approve or deny the licensee's late renewal application unless the state licensing authority summarily suspends the license pursuant to article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., this article, and rules promulgated pursuant to this article.

(b) The state licensing authority may administratively continue the license and accept a later application for renewal of a license at the discretion of the state licensing authority.

(c) Notwithstanding the amount specified for the late application fee in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), the state licensing authority by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the amount of the fee if necessary pursuant to section 24-75-402 (3), C.R.S., by reducing the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of the fee is credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the state licensing authority, by rule or as otherwise provided by law, may increase the amount of the fee as provided in section 24-75-402 (4), C.R.S.