Plan for Regulation; Approval

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  5. Plan for Regulation; Approval

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  1. Within 60 days of May 10, 2019, the Commissioner, in consultation with the Governor and Attorney General, shall submit to the secretary of agriculture of the United States a plan under which the department intends to regulate hemp production and which shall include:
    1. A practice to maintain relevant information regarding land on which hemp is produced in this state, including a legal description of the land, for a period of not less than three calendar years;
    2. A procedure to test delta-9-THC concentration levels, by using post-decarboxylation or other similarly reliable methods, for hemp produced in this state;
    3. A procedure to effectively dispose of products that are produced in violation of this chapter; and
    4. A procedure to comply with the enforcement procedures outlined in Code Section 2-23-10.
  2. If the secretary of agriculture of the United States disapproves the plan, the Commissioner, in consultation with the Governor and Attorney General, shall submit to the secretary of agriculture of the United States an amended plan.

(Code 1981, §2-23-11, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 1030, § 1/HB 213.)

Code Commission notes.

- Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2019, "May 10, 2019" was substituted for "the effective date of this chapter" in the first sentence of subsection (a) and "Commissioner" was substituted for "commissioner" in subsections (a) and (b).


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