Definition of true party of interest modified to exclude municipal cannabis stores.

This bill modifies Minnesota's definition of "true party of interest" to explicitly exclude municipal cannabis stores from being classified as such. The change affects the regulatory framework for cannabis businesses by clarifying that city or county operators of municipal stores do not fall under the ownership and control restrictions applied to other cannabis business entities. By removing municipal cannabis stores from this definition, the legislation ensures these publicly operated locations are not subject to the same financial and ownership disclosure requirements as private cannabis businesses. The bill amends existing state statutes to update the legal language governing who qualifies as a true party of interest in cannabis business operations.