Michigan Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules  
611 W. Ottawa Street  
Lansing, MI 48909  
Phone: 517-335-8658 Fax: 517-335-9512  
AGENCY REPORT TO THE  
JOINT COMMITEE ON ADMNINISTRATIVE RULES (JCAR)  
1. Agency Information  
Agency name:  
Licensing and Regulatory Affairs  
Division/Bureau/Office:  
Marijuana Regulatory Agency  
Name of person completing this form:  
JESSICA FOX  
Phone number of person completing this form:  
517-284-9294  
E-mail of person completing this form:  
Name of Department Regulatory Affairs Officer reviewing this form:  
Elizabeth Arasim  
2. Rule Set Information  
MOAHR assigned rule set number:  
2020-123 LR  
Title of proposed rule set:  
Marihuana Sale or Transfer  
3. Purpose for the proposed rules and background:  
To update the existing rules as required by amendments to the Medical Marihuana Facilities  
Licensing Act (MMFLA) and Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act (MRTMA).  
4. Summary of proposed rules:  
The rule changes are designed to create greater consistency in the marketing and sale of marihuana  
products and include provisions required by updates to the MMFLA and MRTMA. The rule changes  
are also designed to update requirements for trade samples, internal samples, and to participate in  
approved research and development programs.  
5. List names of newspapers in which the notice of public hearing was published and  
publication dates:  
The Flint Journal – September 7, 2021  
The Grand Rapids Press – September 7, 2021  
The Mining Journal – September 7, 2021  
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6. Date of publication of rules and notice of public hearing in Michigan Register:  
9/1/2021  
7. Date, time, and location of public hearing:  
9/27/2021 09:30 AM at Williams Building, 1st Floor Auditorium , 525 West Ottawa Street, Lansing,  
Michigan  
8. Provide the link the agency used to post the regulatory impact statement and cost-benefit  
analysis on its website:  
9. List of the name and title of agency representative(s) attending public hearing:  
Andrew Brisbo – Executive Director  
Jessica S. Fox – Departmental Analyst, Scientific & Legal Section  
Kelly Kronner – Departmental Analyst, PR Section  
10. Persons submitting comments of support:  
MICIA  
NORML  
42 Degrees  
Cardiex  
Cannabis Law Section – Special Committee on Rules  
Terrapin  
11. Persons submitting comments of opposition:  
MCMA  
NORML  
Shryne  
Carbidex  
Matthew Abel  
Cannabis Law Section – Special Committee on Rules  
42 Degrees  
Benjamin D. Joffe  
Bob Hendricks  
12. Identify any changes made to the proposed rules based on comments received during the  
public comment period:  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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Name &  
Comments made at Written  
Agency Rationale Rule number  
Organization public hearing  
Comments  
for change  
& citation  
changed  
1
2
Carbidex  
There needs to be The agency agrees R 420.501(1)  
clarification of  
whether or not  
products must be  
in consumer  
packaging when  
tested.  
with this  
comment.  
(g)  
MICIA  
Clarify that  
certain product  
The agency agrees R 420.501(1)  
with this (g)  
types do not need comment.  
additional testing  
based upon this  
definition.  
3
4
Benjamin D.  
Joffe  
As written,  
“material  
information” is a comment.  
legal term of art.  
This needs to be The agency agrees R 420.502(4)  
The agency agrees R 420.502(2)  
with this  
Carbidex  
consistent with  
the rules in the  
operations section  
for expired  
with this  
comment.  
product.  
5
Terrapin  
A marihuana  
The agency agrees R 420.502(4)  
business shall not with this  
sell or a transfer comment.  
marihuana  
product after the  
printed expiration  
date on the  
package. An  
expired  
marihuana  
product must be  
destroyed, either  
by the retailer or  
by being returned  
to the marihuana  
processor for  
destruction,  
consistent with  
the provisions in  
R420.502(2)(4).  
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6
7
MICIA  
Allow a transfer The agency agrees R 420.502(4)  
from a retailer to with this  
a processor for  
destruction.  
comment.  
Pleasantrees  
Only the package The agency agrees R 420.504(1)  
tag should be  
required on the  
label. Source tag  
should not be  
required.  
with this  
comment.  
(a)  
8
Cannabis Law  
Section –  
Special  
Committee on  
Rules  
There should be Based upon this  
R 420.504(1)  
(a)  
clarification of  
responsibilities  
between  
comment, the  
agency added  
“cultivators” to  
this rule provision  
to better clarify  
responsibilities  
between  
cultivators,  
producers, and  
sales locations.  
businesses.  
9
MCMA  
Limits are in  
ounces and  
The agency agrees R 420.504(1)  
with this (e)  
pounds, and are comment. This  
customary to the language is  
industry and  
customers.  
currently in R  
420.504(1)(e) but  
was in R 420.504  
(1)(f) when the  
rule set was  
provided for  
public comment.  
10  
Bob Hendricks  
The specific  
The agency agrees R 420.504(4)  
information that with this  
must be included comment.  
should be in the  
rule so that MRA  
cannot change it  
and require new  
packaging.  
11  
12  
MCMA  
The requirements The agency agrees R 420.504(4)  
for the pamphlet with this  
should be in the comment.  
rules.  
42 Degrees  
There is a  
The agency agrees R 420.505(1)  
with this  
typographical  
error (a word is comment.  
misspelled).  
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13  
14  
15  
Pleasantrees  
Pleasantrees  
Pleasantrees  
The limits should The agency agrees R 420.509(5)  
be increased.  
with this  
comment.  
The limits should The agency agrees R 420.509(6)  
be increased.  
with this  
comment.  
The limits should The agency  
be increased. modified the limits  
R 420.508(8)  
in this rule to  
comport with  
changes to R  
420.509(5) and  
(6).  
13.Date report completed:  
12/16/2021  
MCL 24.242 and 24.245  
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