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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
COOK COUNTY CANNABIS COMMISSION
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Chapter 2 Administration, Article VI Boards, Commissions, and Committees, Division 2 - Cook County Cannabis Commission, Section 2-502 - Section 2- 505 of the Cook County Code, is hereby enacted as follows:
Sec. 2-501 - Short title.
This Ordinance 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% according to the latest federal decennial census; or
(2) 5% 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% 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% of the national unemployment average, as determined by the United States Department of Labor, for a period of at least 2 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 meeting one of the following criteria:
(a) An applicant with at least 51% ownership and control by one or more individuals who have resided for at least 5 of the preceding 10 years in a disproportionately impacted area; or
(b) An applicant with at least 51% ownership and control by one or more individuals who; or
(1) hav...
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