The state's inspector general has found that the Cannabis Control Commission experienced an "egregious operational breakdown" when they failed to collect over half-a-million dollars in licensing fees over a two year span.
According to a letter sent by Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro to acting commission Chair Bruce Stebbins and Executive Director Travis Ahern, the CCC failed to collect $550,000 in "prorated licensing fees" and up to $1.2 million in "provisional license fees" between August of 2022 and August of 2024.
"I recognize that neither of you held leadership positions at the CCC during that two-year period, but as the CCC's current leaders you must definitively act on the recommendations in this letter," Shapiro wrote.
Shapiro is calling on the commission to conduct an audit of their licenses to make sure all fees have been paid in accordance with state law.
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