2019 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-3-403. Licensee authorization – Exemption from criminal liability.
A. A licensee is authorized to:
1. Engage in the growth and cultivation of industrial hemp for agricultural plant research purposes; and
2. Upon approval by the United States Department of Agriculture of the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program, engage in the growth, cultivation, handling or processing of industrial hemp.
B. The activities performed under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program shall not subject the persons participating in the program to criminal liability under the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act. The exemption from criminal liability provided for in this subsection is a limited exemption that shall be strictly construed and shall not apply to an activity that is not expressly permitted under the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Program.
Added by Laws 2018, c. 64, § 3, emerg. eff. April 23, 2018. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 91, § 4, emerg. eff. April 18, 2019; Laws 2019, c. 478, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 2019.
