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The department and the Department of Public Safety may inspect hemp-related land and plants, and a license holder must let the Department of Public Safety access the plot and property for that purpose.
The department may collect samples and perform testing, or hire a laboratory to do that work for it.
The department must create and issue a shipping certificate or cargo manifest for certain hemp shipments, and the document must include a unique shipment number and the department’s contact information. A person who forges, falsifies, or alters one with intent to deceive law enforcement commits an offense that is a thi
A person or the person's agent generally may not cultivate, handle, or transport hemp without a license, but there is an exception for manufacturing a consumable hemp product under the cited Health and Safety Code provision.
A person convicted of a controlled-substance felony cannot hold certain licenses or be a governing person for 10 years after conviction, and the department cannot issue a license to someone who materially falsifies an application.
A person may apply for a hemp license by filing the required form with the department. The application must include specified location details, consent for inspections, the fee, and any other required information.
A license lasts one year and may be renewed under this section.
The department must revoke a license if the license holder is convicted of a felony involving a controlled substance under federal law or state law.
Testing must be done by specified laboratories, and license holders have restrictions and payment duties tied to that testing.
The department must register eligible independent testing laboratories and keep an annual registry available to license holders. It may also charge a registration fee to recover administrative costs.
A license holder may not harvest hemp until a preharvest sample is collected and tested, and the sample/testing method must meet this section’s requirements.
A license holder must notify the department at least 20 days before expected plant harvest, a sample must be collected for preharvest testing, and the department may set sample-submission procedures by rule.
The department must allow a license holder to get one postharvest test if the preharvest test for the plot is above 0.3% THC, and it must set rules for representative samples and collection.
The department must issue documentation for authorized plant-sample collectors so they can transport test samples to the specified testing laboratory.
A person must not, with intent to deceive, forge, falsify, or alter the results of a laboratory test required or authorized under this chapter.
A license holder must harvest plants within 30 days after a preharvest sample is collected, unless field conditions delay harvesting or the department allows a delay.
A license holder may sell or use plants if testing shows THC is 0.3% or less; if testing shows more than 0.3%, the holder must destroy or dispose of the plants, unless the department finds the excess was solely due to negligence, in which case corrective options are available.
This subchapter does not apply to sterilized seeds that cannot begin germination.
The department or an authorized seed-certifying entity must certify hemp seed that is confirmed to produce hemp, and the department must share a list of certified or approved hemp seeds with license holders.
A person may not sell, offer for sale, distribute, or use hemp seed in this state unless the seed is certified or approved under Section 122.252.
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