Section 195.749

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 195

Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 3 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  195.749.  Registration and permit, revocation, refusal to issue, refusal to renew, when — penalty, amount. — 1.  The department may revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to renew an industrial hemp registration or agricultural hemp propagule and seed permit and may impose a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars or more than fifty thousand dollars for violation of:

  (1)  A registration or permit requirement, term, or condition;

  (2)  Department rules relating to the production of industrial hemp or an agricultural hemp propagule and seed permit;

  (3)  Any industrial hemp plant monitoring system requirement; or

  (4)  A final order of the department that is specifically directed to the producer or permit holder's industrial hemp operations or activities.

  2.  A registration or permit shall not be issued to a person who in the ten years immediately preceding the application date has been found guilty of, or pled guilty to, a felony offense under any state or federal law regarding the possession, distribution, manufacturing, cultivation, or use of a controlled substance.

  3.  The department may revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to renew an industrial hemp registration or agricultural hemp propagule and seed permit for failing to comply with any provision of this chapter, or for a violation of any department rule relating to agricultural operations or activities other than industrial hemp production.

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(L. 2018 H.B. 2034, A.L. 2019 S.B. 133)