2020 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 12 - Offenses Against Public Health and Morals
Article 9 - Access to Medical Cannabis
Part 2 - Role of Commission
§ 16-12-221. Contracts Awarded Through Bids or Proposals; Minimum Contract Terms and Renewals; Subcontracting; Giving or Receiving Things of Value Limited

Universal Citation: GA Code § 16-12-221 (2020)
  1. The commission shall grant licenses under this part pursuant to contracts awarded through competitive sealed bids or competitive sealed proposals as provided for in Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 50.
  2. Any contract for a license awarded pursuant to this subsection shall not be for less than five years and may contain provisions for automatic renewal.
  3. No licensee shall subcontract for services for the cultivation or processing in any way of marijuana if the subcontractor, or any of the service providers in the chain of subcontractors, is owned wholly or in excess of 5 percent by any state employee or member of a state employee's immediate family, including but not limited to any legislator, state-wide public official, or employee of a designated university.For purposes of this subsection, the term "immediate family member" means a spouse, child, sibling, or parent or the spouse of a child, sibling, or parent.
  4. No licensee shall give or receive anything of value in connection with any contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative endeavor agreement executed pursuant to this part except the value that is expressed in the contract, memorandum of understanding, or cooperative endeavor agreement.

(Code 1981, §16-12-221, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 43, § 4/HB 324.)

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