A municipality may request that the department provide any information obtained by the department pursuant to the provisions of subchapter 2 or 3 that the municipality determines necessary for the administration of its local authorization process for marijuana establishments under this subchapter. Unless the information is confidential pursuant to law or rule, the department, in a timely manner, shall provide the information requested pursuant to this section. For the purposes of this section, "municipality" has the same meaning as in section 212.   [PL 2017, c. 409, Pt. A, §6 (NEW).]