Bill > H4398

This bill amends the existing laws in Massachusetts to regulate host community agreements between municipalities and marijuana establishments or medical marijuana treatment centers. The key provisions include: 1. Requiring marijuana establishments and medical marijuana treatment centers to execute an agreement with the host community, which can include a community impact fee of up to 3% of the establishment's gross sales for a maximum term of 5 years. The community impact fee must be reasonably related to the costs imposed on the municipality by the operation of the establishment. 2. Granting the Cannabis Control Commission the authority to review, regulate, and enforce all host community agreements. 3. Requiring the Commission to promulgate regulations necessary to carry out the provisions related to host community agreements, including criteria for calculating community impact fees. The bill also includes several other provisions related to energy and environmental standards for marijuana cultivators and product manufacturers, as well as requirements for the use of commercially-manufactured food products in marijuana products.