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A Municipality & New Industry’s dilemma, to Opt in or Opt out of the MRTMA & MMFLA
Since passage of the MRTMA (Adult Use and Commercial Recreational Marijuana usage) on November 6, 2018, Michigan communities have been racing at breakneck speed to opt-out of the MRTMA due to fears that Commercial Recreational Marijuana businesses will spring up similar to the Commercial Medical Marihuana businesses that sprang up between 2010 through 2014 in various cities. In addition, they are being educated that they must formally opt-out or they won’t be able to prevent the initiation of Commercial Recreational Marijuana businesses later. Some misinformation in the marketplace also includes the narrative that the MRTMA automatically opts communities into enabling Commercial Recreational Facilities. This has had negative repercussions among the 1,773 municipal governmental bodies across Michigan and is limiting the expansion opportunities for the Industry to grow and evolve.
As of March 31, 2019, Michigan Municipality Opt in and Opt Out status & their State of Michigan revenue sharing average (The tallies below don’t reflect the 17 municipalities that are holding 1st or 2nd readings to opt out as well):
140 communities have adopted MMFLA enabling ordinances and 1 community has adopted MRTMA Commercial Business enabling ordinance (7.90% of the 1,773 Michigan municipalities)
