Ark. Code § 2-15-508

Current with legislation from 2024 effective through May 3, 2024.
Section 2-15-508 - Licenses required - Records
(a) A person shall obtain a grower license under this subchapter before planting or growing industrial hemp in this state.
(b) A grower shall:
(1) Maintain records that reflect compliance with this subchapter and all other state laws regulating the planting and cultivation of industrial hemp;
(2) Retain all industrial hemp production records for at least three (3) years;
(3) Allow industrial hemp crops, throughout sowing, growing, and harvesting, to be inspected by and at the discretion of the Department of Agriculture or its agents;
(4) File with the department documentation indicating that the industrial hemp seeds planted were of a type and variety certified to have no more tetrahydrocannabinol concentration than that adopted in 7 U.S.C. § 1639o, as it existed on January 1, 2021;
(5) Notify the department of the sale of industrial hemp grown under the license and the names and addresses of the persons to whom the industrial hemp was sold; and
(6) Upon request, provide the department with copies of each contract between the licensee and a person to whom industrial hemp was sold.
(c) A grower under this subchapter may import and resell industrial hemp seed that has been certified as having no more tetrahydrocannabinol concentration than that adopted in 7 U.S.C. § 1639o, as it existed on January 1, 2021.

Ark. Code § 2-15-508

Added by Act 2021, No. 565,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.