A group seeking to legalize recreational marijuana in Michigan has cleared a fund-raising hurdle and is preparing to submit roughly 360,000 signatures to the state for a potential 2018 ballot proposal.

The Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol plans to file petitions Monday.

“We have been working hard all summer to collect the more than 250,000 signatures needed to ask voters to approve ending cannabis prohibition in Michigan, and on Monday that phase of the campaign will be complete,” spokesman Josh Hovey said in a statement.

The ballot committee has paid off the $30,000 in debt it owed to National Petition Management, paving the way for the firm to release the final batch of signatures collected by paid circulators. As The Detroit News reported Tuesday, the fund-raising shortfall delayed plans to submit signatures this week.

The National Cannabis Industry Association has joined the coalition and is contributing to the effort, organizers said Thursday. The trade association represents companies involved in the legal marijuana industry. Voters in eight states have approved legalization measures.

“We’ve been getting online donations and others, but them stepping up has really pushed us over the edge,” Hovey told The News.

Michigan is the country’s second largest medical marijuana market and full legalization could spur job and economic growth, NCIA Executive Director Aaron Smith said in a statement. [Read more at The Detroit News]