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31	28		STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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33	30		1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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35	32		HOUSE BILL 1142 By: Fetgatter
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41	38		AS INTRODUCED
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43	40		An Act relating to agriculture; creating the Oklahoma
44	41		Industrial Hemp Remediation Program; defining terms;
45	42		declaring certain concentra tion to be deemed a
46	43		compliant hemp product; requiring certain hemp
47	44		products be destroyed; requiring certain
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49	46		providing an effective date.
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55	52		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
56	53		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
57	54		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3 -601 of Title 2, unless there
58	55		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
59	56		A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklaho ma
60	57		Industrial Hemp Remediation Program".
61	58		B. As used in the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Remediation Program,
62	59		the following words and terms, and any derivative of such words or
63	60		terms, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
64	61		indicates otherwise:
	62	+	1. "Cannabis" means a genus of flowering plants in the family
	63	+	Cannabaceae of which Cannabis sativa is a species, and Cannabis
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92		-	1. "Cannabis" means a genus of flowering plants in the family
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94	90		indica and Cannabis ruderalis are subspecies thereof. Cannabis
95	91		refers to any form of the plant in which the delta -9
96	92		tetrahydrocannabinol concentration on a dry -weight basis has not yet
97	93		been determined;
98	94		2. "Certified laboratory" means the laboratory operated by the
99	95		Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food , and Forestry or a
100	96		laboratory located in Oklahoma that is certified by the Department;
101	97		3. "Commercial sale" means the sale of a product in the stream
102	98		of commerce at retail, at wholesale or on the Internet ;
103	99		4. "CSA" means the federal Controlled Substances Act ;
104	100		5. "DEA" means the United States Drug Enforcement
105	101		Administration;
106	102		6. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture,
107	103		Food, and Forestry;
108	104		7. "Hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of
109	105		such plant including, but not limited to, the seeds and all
110	106		derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, ac ids, salts and salts
111	107		of isomers, whether growing or not, and grown from a certified seed
112	108		with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than
113	109		three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry -weight basis. Hemp and
114	110		hemp-derived cannabinoids, inclu ding cannabidiol, shall be
	111	+	considered an agricultural commodity and not a controlled substance
	112	+	due to the presence of hemp or hemp -derived cannabinoids ;
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144	139		8. "Hemp Program" means the Oklahoma Hemp Industrial Reform
145	140		Program and any final ruling from the USDA ;
146	141		9. "Law enforcement" means any federal, state or local agencies
147	142		responsible for maintaining public order and enforcing the law ;
148	143		10. "License" means the written authorization by the Department
149	144		for any person to grow, process, handle or transport certifi ed seeds
150	145		or hemp in this state ;
151	146		11. "Person" means any natural person or any corporation,
152	147		general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability
153	148		partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, charitable
154	149		organization, joint stock company, join t venture, association or any
155	150		other business or similar organization recognized by the state ;
156	151		12. "Processor" means any person who is licensed by the
157	152		Department to process hemp in this state ;
158	153		13. "State" means the State of Oklahoma ;
159	154		14. "THC" means delt a-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, which is a
160	155		psychoactive component in cannabis plants ;
161	156		15. "Tracking software" means software that is approved by the
162	157		Department and is capable of transparently tracking hemp in any
163	158		state or form whatsoever including, but not limi ted to, a certified
164	159		seed, any stage of growth, processing or handling, and any hemp
165	160		product; and
	161	+	16. "USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture .
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193		-	16. "USDA" means the United States Department of Agriculture .
194	188		C. In the event that any hemp produced under the Hemp Program
195	189		is determined by testing results to be noncompliant with the Hemp
196	190		Program, the person holding the license for the noncompliant hemp
197	191		may request approval from the Department to remediate the
198	192		noncompliant hemp.
199	193		D. If the Department approves the remediation of the
200	194		noncompliant hemp, the per son holding the license shall promptly
201	195		have the noncompliant hemp extracted by a licensed processor into
202	196		concentrated form and the hemp concentrate shall be sampled by a
203	197		certified laboratory for compliance with USDA levels for THC in
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205	199		E. If the samples of the hemp concentrate are below USDA levels
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207	201		with the Hemp Program and may be used in commercial sales.
208	202		F. If the samples of the hemp concentrate are above the USDA
209	203		levels for THC, the hemp concentrate shall be noncompliant with the
210	204		Hemp Program and shall be destroyed in accordance with the CSA and
211	205		DEA regulations found at 21 CFR 1317.15 as enforced by federal,
212	206		state and local law enforcement. The person holding the licens e for
213	207		the noncompliant hemp concentrate shall promptly notify the
214	208		Department and USDA of its intent to destroy the noncompliant hemp
215	209		concentrate and verify destruction by submitting required
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244	237		SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 202 1.
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246		-	~~COMMITTEE REPORT BY:~~ ~~COMMITTEE ON ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND CONTROLLED~~
247		-	~~SUBSTANCES, dated 02/22/2021 - DO PASS.~~
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