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.

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