Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-3-404
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License application – Rules and requirements
Official statutory text
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,
c. a statement of intended end use, and
d. a criminal history record check for all key
participants submitted with the initial or renewal
application.
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
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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 and the United States Department of Agriculture Farm
Service Agency 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 and the United States Department of
Agriculture Farm Service Agency.
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.
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,
c. a statement of intended end use, and
d. a criminal history record check for all key
participants submitted with the initial or renewal
application.
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
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 2. Agriculture Page 157
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 and the United States Department of Agriculture Farm
Service Agency 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 and the United States Department of
Agriculture Farm Service Agency.
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.
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