Section 19-24.1-24 - Compassion centers - Cannabis plants1. A manufacturing facility shall grow an amount of marijuana sufficient to meet the qualifying patient population demands. For every five hundred plants in excess of one thousand plants a manufacturing facility possesses, the manufacturing facility shall pay the department an additional certification fee not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars. This fee is due at the time of increase and again at renewal of the compassion center registration certificate under section 19-24.1-16.2. A dispensary may not possess more than three thousand five hundred ounces [99.22 kilograms] of usable marijuana at any time, regardless of formulation.3. The department shall adopt rules to allow a manufacturing facility to possess no more than an additional fifty plants for the exclusive purpose of department-authorized research and development related to production and processing. These plants are not counted in a manufacturing facility possession amount and are not subject to an additional fee.Amended by S.L. 2023, ch. 215 (SB 2201),§ 5, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by S.L. 2021 , ch. 352( HB 1247 ), § 96, eff. 9/1/2022.Amended by S.L. 2019 , ch. 194( SB 2210 ), § 2, eff. 3/29/2019.Added by S.L. 2017 , ch. 171( SB 2344 ), § 1, eff. 4/18/2017.