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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 353 By: Bergstrom
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to industrial hemp; amending Section
66	66	4, Chapter 64, O.S.L. 2018, as amended by Section 5,
67	67	Chapter 91, O.S.L. 2019 and Section 7, Chapter 64,
68	68	O.S.L. 2018, as amended by Section 7, Chapter 91,
69	69	O.S.L. 2019 (2 O.S. Supp. 2020, Sections 3-404 and 3-
70	70	407), which relate to licenses and inspection of
71	71	industrial hemp growth; modifying language; including
72	72	United States Department of Agriculture Farm Servic e
73	73	Agency; authorizing remediation of industrial hemp
74	74	under certain conditions; deleting language;
75	75	providing for codification; providing an effective
76	76	date; and declaring an emergency.
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE ST ATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY Section 4, Chapter 64, O.S.L.
83	83	2018, as amended by Section 5, Chapter 91, O.S.L. 2019 (2 O.S. Supp.
84	84	2020, Section 3-404), is amended to read as follows:
85	85	Section 3-404. A. A person intending to engage in industrial
86	86	hemp growth, cultivation, handling or processing authorized under
87	87	the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program shall apply to the Oklahoma
88	88	Department of Agricu lture, Food, and Forestry for a license prior to
89	89	planting, handling or processing t he industrial hemp.
90	90	1. The application shall include:
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142	142	a. the name and address of the applicant,
143	143	b. the legal description, global positioning system
144	144	location, and map of the land area on which the
145	145	applicant will engage in industrial hemp growth and
146	146	cultivation operations, handling operations or
147	147	processing operations, and
148	148	c. a statement of intended end use.
149	149	2. By submitting an application, the applicant acknowledges and
150	150	agrees that:
151	151	a. information provided to the Department may be provided
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153	153	b. the applicant shall allow and fully cooperate with any
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156	156	c. the applicant will submit all required reports by the
157	157	applicable due dates specified by the Department, and
158	158	d. the applicant has the legal right to cultivate, handle
159	159	or process industrial hemp on the registered land area
160	160	and shall grant the Department access for inspection
161	161	and sampling.
162	162	B. The Department shall collect a nonr efundable fee from the
163	163	applicant at the time of app lication. The Department shall set a
164	164	fee schedule based on the size and use of the land area on which the
165	165	licensee will conduct industrial hemp growing or cultivation
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217	217	operations and shall set the fee at a level sufficient to generate
218	218	the amount of monies necessary to cover the Department ’s direct
219	219	costs in implementing the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. Denied
220	220	applications for a license may be resubmitted within a twelve -month
221	221	period. The Department ma y waive the fee for resubmitted
222	222	applications.
223	223	C. A license issued pursuant to this section is valid for one
224	224	(1) year. In order to continue engaging in industrial hemp growth
225	225	and cultivation operations in Oklahoma, the lice nsee shall annually
226	226	apply for a license in accordance with subsection A of this sec tion.
227	227	The Department may set a separate fee schedule for renewal of
228	228	existing licenses in good standing.
229	229	D. All industrial hemp plant material shall be planted, grown
230	230	and harvested under a valid license. Any plant material that is not
231	231	harvested in the license period in which it was planted or volunteer
232	232	plants that are not destroyed must be declared for inclusion in a
233	233	subsequent license.
234	234	E. If the licensee wishes to alter t he land area on which the
235	235	licensee will conduct industrial hemp growth , cultivation, handling
236	236	or processing operations within thirty (30) days of any new license,
237	237	before altering the area, the licensee shall submit to the
238	238	Department and the United States Department of Agriculture Farm
239	239	Service Agency an updated legal descri ption, global positioning
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292	292	F. Each licensee shall report any changes to information
293	293	provided in the license application within ten (10) days of such
294	294	change to the Department and the United States Department of
295	295	Agriculture Farm Service Agency .
296	296	G. A licensee shall maintain all records pertaining to the
297	297	license and growing records for a minimum of three (3) years.
298	298	H. The Department shall p romulgate rules necessa ry to implement
299	299	the licensing program and to implem ent the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp
300	300	Program.
301	301	I. The Department shall promulgate rules to facilitate
302	302	transportation of industrial hemp.
303	303	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be co dified
304	304	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3-406.1 of Title 2, unless there
305	305	is created a duplication in numb ering, reads as follows:
306	306	An industrial hemp processor licensee may remediate any
307	307	industrial hemp legally grown pursuant to the Oklahoma Department of
308	308	Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and the United State Department of
309	309	Agriculture programs so long as all THC is removed and it is
310	310	processed as Cannabidiol (CBD).
311	311	SECTION 3. AMENDATORY Section 7, Chapter 64, O.S.L.
312	312	2018, as amended by Section 7, Chapter 91, O.S.L. 2019 (2 O.S. Supp.
313	313	2020, Section 3-407), is amended to read as follows:
314	314	Section 3-407. A. Any plants of the licensee are subject to at
315	315	least annual routine inspections and sampling to verify that the
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367	367	plant meets the defini tion of industrial hemp. The Department shall
368	368	notify each licensee of the scope of the inspection and the process
369	369	by which the inspection will be conducted. The Department shall
370	370	promulgate rules regarding the procedures of inspection and
371	371	sampling.
372	372	B. The Department may inspect and take samples from any
373	373	licensee’s plants during normal business hours.
374	374	C. Licenses for handli ng or processing shall be subject to at
375	375	least annual inspections in addition to compliance inspections.
376	376	D. The Department shall make a good-faith attempt to have the
377	377	licensee present at the time of inspection and sam pling. The
378	378	licensee or authorized repr esentative shall provide the Department ’s
379	379	inspector with complete and unrestricted access to all plants, parts
380	380	and seeds, whether grow ing or harvested, and all land, buildings and
381	381	other structures used for the growth, cultivation, harvesting ,
382	382	storage, handling or processing of industrial hemp, and all
383	383	documents and records pertaining to the licensee ’s industrial hemp-
384	384	growing, cultivation operation, handling and processing.
385	385	E. The licensee shall pay for any inspection and laboratory
386	386	analysis costs that the Department deems necessary within thirty
387	387	(30) days of the date of the receipt of an invoice for the costs.
388	388	The Department shall waive all inspection or sampling costs if no
389	389	inconsistencies or violations are identifie d during an inspection
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442	442	F. The Department shall promulgate rules to establish a process
443	443	by which a licensee may co ntest the procedures, protocols and
444	444	results or findings of the inspection.
445	445	SECTION 4. This act shall become effective July 1, 2021.
446	446	SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
447	447	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
448	448	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
449	449	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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