(a) The Department of Food and Agriculture and the State Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of Cannabis Control, if necessary, shall develop a process to share license, registration, cultivar, and enforcement information to facilitate compliance and enforcement against unlicensed manufacturers or the sale of industrial hemp that does not meet the requirements of this part.

(b) Communications shared between state agencies and local and law enforcement officials regarding license, registration, cultivar, and enforcement information of manufacturers and retailers of industrial hemp products and raw extract shall not be subject to the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code) and shall be considered “official information” pursuant to § 1040 of the Evidence Code.

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Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 111928

  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 28, Sec. 103. (SB 1380) Effective January 1, 2023.)