{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-21a-420dd","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21a-420dd","heading":"Temporary cannabis operator license.","body":"(a) As used in this section:\n(1) “Court appointee” (A) means a person appointed or designated as part of a court supervised proceeding to exercise court oversight with respect to the property, assets, management or operations of a cannabis establishment, and (B) includes, but is not limited to, a receiver, custodian, guardian or trustee or the executor or administrator of an estate; and\n(2) “Court supervised proceeding” means a proceeding in which a court of competent jurisdiction appoints or designates a court appointee to exercise court oversight with respect to the property, assets, management or operations of a cannabis establishment.\n(b) (1) The Department of Consumer Protection may, upon receipt of a complete application and payment of the fee required under subsection (c) of this section, issue a temporary cannabis operator license to a court appointee to operate a cannabis establishment for a period (A) not to exceed sixty days, or (B) longer than sixty days, provided the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in the commissioner's sole discretion, deems such longer period reasonably necessary to allow for the orderly disposition of (i) the cannabis establishment in the court supervised proceeding, or (ii) any delinquencies or deficiencies identified by the court.\n(2) The department may recommend that a person be appointed or designated as the court appointee as part of any court supervised proceeding before any court of competent jurisdiction in this state.\n(3) Each court appointee who is licensed as a temporary cannabis operator under this section shall comply with all applicable provisions of the general statutes and all applicable regulations, policies and procedures adopted or promulgated thereunder.\n(c) (1) A court appointee shall submit to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, an application for a temporary cannabis operator license. Such application shall include, but need not be limited to:\n(A) The contact information for such court appointee;\n(B) Proof that such court appointee has been appointed or designated to exercise court oversight with respect to the property, assets, management or operations of the relevant cannabis establishment;\n(C) The requested duration of the temporary cannabis operator license; and\n(D) A summary of the circumstances necessitating such application.\n(2) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, no court appointee who applies for a temporary cannabis operator license pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be required to submit to or pass a criminal history records check or financial history check.\n(3) Each application submitted to the department pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in the amount of five hundred dollars. All application fees collected by the department under this subdivision shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the General Fund.\n(d) A court appointee may submit to the department, in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner, a request to extend the term of a temporary cannabis operator license issued pursuant to this section. The department may grant an extension request submitted pursuant to this subsection if the commissioner determines, in the commissioner's discretion, that such extension is reasonably necessary to allow for resolution of the court supervised proceeding. If such an extension is granted, it shall be so granted in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.\n(e) The commissioner may refuse to issue or extend, or may revoke, a temporary cannabis operator license issued pursuant to this section:\n(1) If the court appointee does not propose to begin operating the cannabis establishment immediately upon issuance of the temporary cannabis operator license, or does not begin operating the cannabis establishment immediately upon issuance of such license, unless the commissioner, in the commissioner's discretion and in writing, waives such requirement and extends the period during which the court appointee shall begin operating such cannabis establishment;\n(2) For sufficient cause, as set forth in subsection (b) of section 21a-421p;\n(3) If the court appointee operates the cannabis establishment in violation of any applicable provision of the general statutes or any regulation, policy or procedure adopted or promulgated thereunder; or\n(4) If the term of such temporary cannabis operator license has expired.","path":["TITLE 21a. CONSUMER PROTECTION","CHAPTER 420h. REGULATION OF ADULT-USE CANNABIS","PART I. LICENSING AND REGULATION OF CANNABIS ESTABLISHMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_420h.htm#sec_21a-420dd","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:24Z","sha256":"e2b21a435e58c4f28eb136e7bced5bf35435220aab7db2e11bbd40e0d6e15d69","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-21a-420cc","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-21a-421t"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}