CANNABIS-AGENTS-LICENSES

Amends the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Program Act. Provides that an agent may begin employment at a cultivation center while the agent's identification card application is pending. Amends the Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act. Requires the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to award 75 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses before May 1, 2020 (currently, up to 75) and an additional 75 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses through a Qualifying Applicant Lottery. Removes language requiring the Department to inspect the physical space selected by a conditional licensee before the conditional licensee receives an authorization to build out the dispensing organization from the Department. Contains provisions concerning the Qualifying Applicant Lottery. Sets forth provisions regarding the method of distribution of licenses when tied applicants exist in a BLS Region. Provides that specified agents may begin employment at specified entities while the agents' identification card applications are pending. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that containers used to store cannabis in a motor vehicle upon a highway in this State must be secured and inaccessible and must be sealed or resealable (currently, only sealed). Makes other changes. Effective immediately.