N.Y. Cannabis Law § 80: Adult-use cultivators, processors or distributors not to be interested in retail dispensaries

§ 80. Adult-use cultivators, processors or distributors not to be

interested in retail dispensaries. 1. It shall be unlawful for any

person authorized to cultivate, process, or distribute under this

article to:

(a) be interested directly or indirectly in any premises where any

cannabis product is sold at retail, including for on-site consumption;

or in any business devoted wholly or partially to the sale or delivery

of any cannabis product at retail, including for on-site consumption, by

stock ownership, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien or any

personal or real property, or by any other means;

(b) make, or cause to be made, any loan to any person engaged in the

manufacture or sale of any cannabis product at wholesale or retail;

(c) make any gift or render any service of any kind whatsoever,

directly or indirectly, to any person licensed under this chapter which

in the judgment of the board may influence such licensee to purchase the

product of such cultivator or processor or distributor; or

(d) enter into any contract or agreement with any retail, on-site

consumption or delivery licensee whereby such licensee agrees to confine

his or her sales to cannabis products manufactured or sold by one or

more such cultivator or processors or distributors. Any such contract or

agreement shall be void and subject the licenses of all parties

concerned to revocation for cause and any applicable administrative

enforcement and penalties.

2. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit a registered

organization authorized pursuant to section thirty-nine or sixty-eight-a

of this chapter, or microbusiness authorized pursuant to section

seventy-three of this chapter, from cultivating, processing, or selling

adult-use cannabis under this article, at facilities wholly owned and

operated by such registered organization or microbusiness, subject to

any conditions, limitations or restrictions established by this chapter.

3. The board shall develop rules and regulations in regard to this

section.