Kan. Admin. Regs. § 4-34-20

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 46, November 14, 2024

Section 4-34-20 - Reports

(a) Each report required by the department shall be submitted on a form provided by the department. Each licensee shall submit the complete, accurate, and legible reports on or before the date required.

(b) A primary licensee on a research grower license shall submit a field planting report to the department within 15 days after every planting, including replanting seeds or propagules or establishing plants. Each field planting report shall identify the following for each research area:

(1) The official name of the industrial hemp variety that was cultivated, planted, or grown;

(2) the global positioning system coordinates for each research area where industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds are being cultivated, planted, or grown; and

(3) a statement of intended end-use for all industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds being cultivated, planted, or grown in each research area.

(c) Each primary licensee on a research grower license shall submit a voluntary withdrawal report if either of the following conditions is met:

(1) Industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds are not cultivated, planted, or grown in a research area. The report shall be due no later than June 1.

(2) Industrial hemp plants being grown in a portion of any research area are voluntarily destroyed as specified in K.A.R. 4-34-16. The report shall be due no later than 15 days after the industrial hemp plants are destroyed.

(d) Each primary licensee on a research grower license shall submit a pre-harvest report to the department at least 30 days before every intended harvest date, for each licensed research section. The pre-harvest report shall include the following:

(1) The number of acres planted in each research area;

(2) the intended harvest date for each research area; and

(3) a statement of intended end-use for all industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds that will be harvested from each research area.

(e) Each primary licensee on a research grower license shall submit a production report to the department within 30 days after the last harvest date for every harvest. Each production report shall include the following, at a minimum:

(1) The amount of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds harvested from each research area, which shall be provided as follows:

(A) If the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of fiber, the number of bales and the size and shape of the bales;

(B) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of grain or seed, the quantity by weight;

(C) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of floral material, the quantity by weight; and

(D) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of more than one end-use, the information for each end-use as required by this regulation;

(2) the name, address, and, if applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the research distributor license or an out-of-state individual or business entity that is authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 5940, as amended, and the laws of the state that transported any industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds that were harvested; and

(3) the name, address, and, if applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the research processor license or an out-of-state individual or business entity that is authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 5940, as amended, and the laws of the state that received the industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or grain for processing.

(f) Each primary licensee on a research distributor license shall annually submit a completed distribution report to the department no later than November 30. Each distribution report shall include the following, at a minimum:

(1) The amount of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds distributed in each load, which shall be provided as follows:

(A) If the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of fiber and was distributed, the number of bales and the size and shape of the bales;

(B) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of grain or seed and was distributed, the quantity by weight;

(C) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of floral material and was distributed, the quantity by weight; and

(D) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of more than one end-use and was distributed, the information for each end-use as required by this regulation;

(2) the name, address, and, if applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the research grower license or an out-of-state individual or business entity that is authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 5940, as amended, and the laws of the state that cultivated, planted, grew, handled, harvested, conditioned, stored, distributed, or transported any industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds that the licensee distributed or transported;

(3) the name, address, and, if applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the research processor license or an out-of-state individual or business entity that is authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 5940, as amended, and the laws of the state that processed each load of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or grain that the licensee distributed or transported; and

(4) the amount of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds that was sold during the current license year.

(g) Each primary licensee on a research processor license shall annually submit a completed processing report no later than November 30. Each processing report shall include the following, at a minimum:

(1) The amount of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or grain processed by the licensee, which shall be provided as follows:

(A) If the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of fiber and was processed, the number of bales and the size and shape of the bales;

(B) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of grain or seed and was processed, the quantity by weight;

(C) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of floral material and was processed, the quantity by weight; and

(D) if the industrial hemp crop was cultivated, planted, or grown for the production of more than one end-use and was processed, the information for each end-use as required by this regulation;

(3) the name, address, and, if applicable, the license number of the primary licensee on the research distributor license or an out-of-state individual or business entity that is authorized by an institution of higher education or a state department of agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 5940, as amended, and the laws of the state that distributed or transported any of industrial hemp plants, plant parts, or grain that the licensee processed.

(h) On and after January 1, 2019, each primary licensee shall prepare and submit a research report to the department no later than November 30 each year. Each research report shall include the following, at a minimum:

(1) A summary of the research conducted;

(2) a description of the methods and materials used in conducting the research;

(3) the results of the research; and

(4) an analysis of the results.

(i) All research conducted and all reports submitted to the department as part of the pilot program shall become the property of the department, and no compensation shall be due from the department to any licensee.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 4-34-20

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 2-3902; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 38, No. 04; effective 2/8/2019.