Open Letter to petitioners re #Measure48 Mississippi
Mississippi Measure 48 is a proposed constitutional amendment, posted at http://www.mississippiforcannabis.org/ . I have a question about its "locality tax," licenses, and fees. Answers and further discussion will be edited into this post. " ...Regulations will require an annual Mississippi Cannabis Sales license issued by any Mississippi County Circuit Clerk for a fee of no more than $1000.00 to all adult residents who apply, and a $25.00 annual city or county governing locality fee to farm 10 - 500 plants. Locality fees for cannabis farms with more than 500 plants will not exceed $1000.00...." At first this "locality fee" sounded like a flat yearly fee, but the last sentence above makes it clear that is wrong. Is it $25 per plant? If so, it should say "per plant" after "$25." But it couldn't be $25 per plant, because 500 plants times $25 is $12,500. 501 plants, however, would only be $1000. A fee of $25 plus $5 per p...