Applications for all types of recreational cannabis business licenses are now open.
The last application became available Thursday for prospective entrepreneurs looking to open cannabis transporter companies, according to the Department of Consumer Protection.
According to the state’s legal cannabis law, a licensed transporter is a business that delivers cannabis and related products between establishments such as cultivators, packagers, manufacturers and retailers. Their 90-day license application window closes June 22.
Applications can be submitted online at https://elicense.ct.gov/.
This type of license is different from a delivery business, which is allowed to deliver cannabis products from certain cannabis establishments directly to customers, or qualifying patients and their caregivers.
Two general and two social equity transporter licenses will be doled out in this first lottery round.
Per the state, fees for transporter licensing are as follows: $250 for general applicants and $125 for social equity applicants to enter the lottery; $1,000 and $500 for such applicants to get provisional licensing; and $5,000 and $2,500 for the final license.
More lottery rounds for licensing will be announced and held in the future. As with most other license types, business owners can apply for transporter licensing outside of the lottery via social equity partnerships or equity joint ventures.
