Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel offered similar praise Friday, saying in a statement Whitmer’s order will result in faster processing of marijuana applications, which supports medical marijuana patients “and the developing industry.”

The order will take effect April 30, if the Legislature does not first act to reject it. Lawmakers have 60 days to reject a governor’s executive order; both the House and Senate would have to vote to do so. That looks unlikely to happen.

A spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, said he supports the order “and appreciates the Governor’s willingness to discuss the issue beforehand.”

Whitmer also sought input from House Speaker Lee Chatfield, R-Levering, before issuing Friday’s order. Chatfield spokesman Gideon D’Assandro told Bridge that House Republicans will review it before Chatfield publicly offers an opinion, but “he very much appreciates the governor reaching out ahead of time, sharing her concerns and working with the Legislature on these changes.”

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That could signal the marijuana order will have a smoother road than the governor’s first of two executive orders to reorganize the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The Republican-led House and Senate voted to block that one in large part because the measure also eliminated a pair of business-friendly review boards that Republicans adopted last year. (Whitmer then issued a second order that left the controversial boards intact, at least for now.)

Under the marijuana executive order issued Friday:

The Marijuana Regulatory Agency is created within LARA, and will assume all the responsibilities held today by three separate entities — the Medical Marihuana Licensing Board; the Marihuana Advisory Panel, which makes recommendations about the medical marijuana regulatory laws; and the Bureau of Marijuana Regulation, which implemented the law and provides oversight.

The new regulatory agency will be led by an executive director, appointed by the governor and subject to the advice and consent of the state Senate. Whitmer’s announcement did not name a new director, though spokeswoman Tiffany Brown said a director will be named before the order takes effect in April.

The agency’s director can’t have any interest in a marijuana business, nor can he or she take any interest, job or contract with a marijuana business, licensee or applicant for four years after leaving the director post. The director also must provide financial disclosures for themself and their spouse.

The agency will hold at least four public meetings annually, and will be the entity to make marijuana licensing decisions going forward.

Rulemaking related to industrial hemp will be transferred to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

“We’re fully supportive of the Governor’s decision,” Robin Schneider, executive director of the Michigan Cannabis Industry Association, a newly formed group that advocates for marijuana businesses statewide, said in a statement. “This will streamline the licensing process and ensure it is fair.”

Michigan voters legalized medical marijuana in 2008, followed by recreational pot a decade later. Former Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, signed into law a new regulatory structure for medical marijuana in 2016 in an effort to bring more uniformity to the process of licensing growers, marijuana dispensaries, testing labs and other businesses.

But the licensing board has drawn its share of critics, who contend that it has been slow to grant licenses. As of Friday, LARA has issued 105 medical marijuana licenses out of a total 121 that are approved. Nearly 600 license applications have been submitted.

The board’s chairman, Rick Johnson, is a former state House speaker and registered lobbyist whose initial appointment raised conflict-of-interest concerns.

Johnson told Bridge on Friday that while he hasn’t reviewed the full text of Whitmer’s order, “the reality is, something like that was always going to have to be the next step.”