A. A person intending to engage in industrial hemp growth, cultivation, handling or processing authorized under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program shall apply to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry for a license prior to planting, handling or processing the industrial hemp.

1. The application shall include:

a.the name and address of the applicant,

b.the legal description, global positioning system location, and map of the land area on which the applicant will engage in industrial hemp growth and cultivation operations, handling operations or processing operations, and

c.a statement of intended end use.

2. By submitting an application, the applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

a.information provided to the Department may be provided to law enforcement agencies,

b.the applicant shall allow and fully cooperate with any inspection and sampling that the Department deems necessary,

c.the applicant will submit all required reports by the applicable due dates specified by the Department, and

d.the applicant has the legal right to cultivate, handle or process industrial hemp on the registered land area and shall grant the Department access for inspection and sampling.

B. The Department shall collect a nonrefundable fee from the applicant at the time of application. The Department shall set a fee schedule based on the size and use of the land area on which the licensee will conduct industrial hemp growing or cultivation operations and shall set the fee at a level sufficient to generate the amount of monies necessary to cover the Department's direct costs in implementing the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program. Denied applications for a license may be resubmitted within a twelve-month period. The Department may waive the fee for resubmitted applications.

C. A license issued pursuant to this section is valid for one (1) year. In order to continue engaging in industrial hemp growth and cultivation operations in Oklahoma, the licensee shall annually apply for a license in accordance with subsection A of this section. The Department may set a separate fee schedule for renewal of existing licenses in good standing.

D. All industrial hemp plant material shall be planted, grown and harvested under a valid license. Any plant material that is not harvested in the license period in which it was planted or volunteer plants that are not destroyed must be declared for inclusion in a subsequent license.

E. If the licensee wishes to alter the land area on which the licensee will conduct industrial hemp growth, cultivation, handling or processing operations within thirty (30) days of any new license, before altering the area, the licensee shall submit to the Department an updated legal description, global positioning system location, and map specifying the proposed alterations.

F. Each licensee shall report any changes to information provided in the license application within ten (10) days of such change to the Department.

G. A licensee shall maintain all records pertaining to the license and growing records for a minimum of three (3) years.

H. The Department shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the licensing program and to implement the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program.

I. The Department shall promulgate rules to facilitate transportation of industrial hemp.

Added by Laws 2018, c. 64, § 4, emerg. eff. April 23, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 91, § 5, emerg. eff. April 18, 2019.