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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="14-305" title_number="14" title_name="Hemp" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Hemp Production">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department, in consultation with the Governor and the Attorney General, shall establish a plan for monitoring and regulating the production of hemp in the State.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The plan required under subsection (a) of this section shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A practice to maintain, for a period of not less than 3 calendar years, relevant information regarding the land on which hemp is produced, including a legal description of the land;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A procedure for testing, using postdecarboxylation or another similarly reliable method, the delta–9–tetrahydrocannabinol concentration levels of hemp produced in the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A procedure for the effective disposal of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Plants, whether growing or not, that are produced in violation of this subtitle; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Products derived from plants that are produced in violation of this subtitle;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A procedure for the enforcement of this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A procedure for conducting annual inspections that include, at a minimum, a random sample of hemp producers to verify that hemp is being produced in accordance with this subtitle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>A procedure for submitting to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture within 30 days of receipt by the Department:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The contact information for each person licensed to produce hemp;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The legal description of the land on which hemp is produced; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>The status of each license and any changes to the status of a license; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A certification that the State has the resources and personnel to carry out the practices and procedures required under the plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The plan required under subsection (a) of this section may include any other practice or procedure that is consistent with federal law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall submit the plan required under subsection (a) of this section to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for approval.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture does not approve the plan submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Amend the plan; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Submit the amended plan to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
