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PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 22-5879
(Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee 11/15/2022)
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
COOK COUNTY CANNABIS COMMISSION SUNSET AMENDMENT
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE VI BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, DIVISION 2. - COOK COUNTY CANNABIS COMMISSION, Sec. 2-501 - 2-505 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 2-501. Short title.
This division shall be known and may be cited as the "Cook County Cannabis Commission" (Cannabis Commission).
Sec. 2-502. Definitions.
Disproportionately Impacted Area means a census tract or comparable geographic area satisfying the following criteria as determined by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity:
(a) Meets at least one of the following criteria:
(1) Area has a poverty rate of at least 20 percent according to the latest federal decennial census; or
(2) Five percent or more of the children in the area participate in the federal free lunch program according to reported statistics from the State Board of Education; or
(3) At least 20 percent of the households in the area receive assistance under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; or
(4) The area has an average unemployment rate, as determined by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, more than 120 percent of the national unemployment average, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, for a period of at least two consecutive calendar years preceding the date of the application.
(b) Has high rates of arrest, conviction, and incarceration related to the sale, possession, use, cultivation, manufacture, or transport of cannabis.
Social Equity Applicant means an applicant who is an Illinois resident meeti...
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