2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-3-402. Definitions.

As used in the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program:

1. "Certified seed" means industrial hemp seed that has been certified by the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry as having no more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration on a dry-weight basis;

2. "Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry;

3. "Industrial hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of the plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis;

4. "Licensee" means a university or an institution of higher education located in Oklahoma which holds a valid Industrial Hemp License to grow industrial hemp under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program. Nothing in the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program shall prevent the licensee from adopting policies and procedures to subcontract with persons or other legal entities to carry out the purposes of the program; provided, that the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry shall ensure subcontractors comply with the program requirements; and

5. "Industrial Hemp License" or "License" means authorization by the Department for any university or an institution of higher education in Oklahoma to grow and cultivate industrial hemp on a registered land area for research and development purposes as part of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program.

Added by Laws 2018, c. 64, § 2, emerg. eff. April 23, 2018.