Michigan communities opted-in to adult-use marijuana sales were paid out their share of more than $87 million in revenue for 2023.
A total of 99 cities, 30 villages, 69 townships and 71 counties in Michigan were paid as part of the Marihuana Regulation Fund. For the state of Michigan’s 2023 fiscal year, this means each eligible municipality and county will receive more than $59,000 for every licensed retail store and microbusiness located within its jurisdiction.
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Revenue was collected from 737 licensees among the state’s cities, villages and townships during the 2023 fiscal year. Some of these municipalities host more than one licensed retail store and microbusiness.
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Wayne, Washtenaw, Kent, Oakland and Bay counties earned the highest revenue distributions on the county level, while Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo earned the most on the city level.
The $87 million in shared revenue is up from the $59.5 million distributed for the 2022 fiscal year.
For the 2023 state fiscal year, there was more than $290.3 million available for distribution from the Marihuana Regulation Fund. State law outlines how much is distributed from the Marihuana Regulation Fund.
Aside from the more than $87 million in disbursements to municipalities and counties, $101.6 million was sent to the School Aid Fund for K-12 education and another $101.6 million to the Michigan Transportation Fund.
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