Section 15-35

(410 ILCS 705/15-35) Sec. 15-35. Qualifying Applicant Lottery for Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses. (a) In addition to any of the licenses issued under Section 15-15, Section 15-20, Section 15-25, Section 15-30.20, or Section 15-35.10 of this Act, within 10 business days after the resulting final scores for all scored applications pursuant to Sections 15-25 and 15-30 are released, the Department shall issue up to 55 Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization Licenses by lot, pursuant to the application process adopted under this Section. In order to be eligible to be awarded a Conditional Adult Use Dispensing Organization License by lot under this Section, a Dispensary Applicant must be a Qualifying Applicant. The licenses issued under this Section shall be awarded in each BLS Region in the following amounts: (1) Bloomington: 1. (2) Cape Girardeau: 1. (3) Carbondale-Marion: 1. (4) Champaign-Urbana: 1. (5) Chicago-Naperville-Elgin: 36. (6) Danville: 1. (7) Davenport-Moline-Rock Island: 1. (8) Decatur: 1. (9) Kankakee: 1. (10) Peoria: 2. (11) Rockford: 1. (12) St. Louis: 3. (13) Springfield: 1. (14) Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1. (15) West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1. (16) East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1. (17) South Illinois nonmetropolitan: 1. (a-5) Prior to issuing licenses under subsection (a), the Department may adopt rules through emergency rulemaking in accordance with subsection (kk) of Section 5-45 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act. The General Assembly finds that the adoption of rules to regulate cannabis use is deemed an emergency and necessary for the public interest, safety, and welfare. (b) The Department shall distribute the available licenses established under this Section subject to the following: (1) The drawing by lot for all available licenses issued under this Section shall