2018 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-3-404. License application – Rules and requirements.

A. A university or an institution of higher education located in Oklahoma wishing to engage in industrial hemp growth and cultivation authorized under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program shall apply to the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry for a license prior to planting the industrial hemp.

1. The application shall include:

a.the name and address of the university or an institution of higher education,

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

c.a statement of intended end use, and

d.a statement that the licensee intends to plant only certified seeds.

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

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

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

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

d.the licensee has the legal right to cultivate industrial hemp from certified seeds 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 licensee 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 Agricultural Pilot 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 must 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 and cultivation 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. The Department shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the licensing program and to implement the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program.

Added by Laws 2018, c. 64, § 4, emerg. eff. April 23, 2018.