Sec. 13. (a) Subject to section 13.5 of this chapter, in addition to any other liability or penalty provided by law, the state seed commissioner may revoke or refuse to issue or renew a hemp license or an agricultural hemp seed production license and may impose a civil penalty for a violation of:
(1) a license requirement;
(2) license terms or conditions;
(3) a rule relating to growing or handling hemp; or
(4) section 19 of this chapter.
(b) The state seed commissioner may not impose a civil penalty under this section that exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(c) The state seed commissioner may revoke or refuse to issue or renew a hemp license or an agricultural hemp seed production license for a violation of any rule of the state seed commissioner that pertains to agricultural operations or activities other than hemp growing or handling.
(d) Any civil penalties collected under this section shall be transferred to the Indiana state department of agriculture and used for hemp marketing and research purposes.
(e) In addition to payment of any civil penalty imposed under this section, a person who commits a violation described in subsection (a) shall reimburse the state seed commissioner for any costs incurred by the state seed commissioner for laboratory testing of material pertaining to the violation.
As added by P.L.165-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.190-2019, SEC.14.