Maryland Code, AGRICULTURE 14-309
Terms Used In Maryland Code, AGRICULTURE 14-309
- including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
- Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
- state: means :
(1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or
(2) the District of Columbia. See
(i) Fail to comply with the Department’s plan for monitoring and regulating the production of hemp established under § 14-305 of this subtitle;
(ii) Misrepresent or fail to provide the legal description of land on which hemp is produced;
(iii) Produce hemp without a valid license; or
(iv) Produce plants, or any part of a plant, that exceeds a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of 0.3% on a dry weight basis.
(2) The Department shall report a person that knowingly violates this subtitle to the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney.
(b) (1) If the Department determines that a person negligently violated this subtitle, the Department shall require the person to correct the violation, including requiring that:
(i) The violation be corrected by a reasonable date; and
(ii) The person report to the Department, at a frequency determined by the Department and for a period of not less than 2 calendar years, to verify compliance with this subtitle.
(2) If a person is found by the Department to have negligently violated this subtitle three times in a 4-year period, the person may not produce hemp in the State for a period of 5 years beginning on the date of the third violation.