Texas Agriculture Code

§ 122.051 — DEPARTMENT RULES AND PROCEDURES

AG § 122.051Title 5. PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND SALE OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS · Part F. HEMP · Ch. 122. CULTIVATION OF HEMP · Art. B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT

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(a)The department shall adopt rules and procedures necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this chapter.

(b)Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must:

(1)prescribe sampling, inspection, and testing procedures, including standards and procedures for the calibration of laboratory equipment, to ensure that the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of hemp plants cultivated in this state is not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis; and

(2)provide due process consistent with Chapter 2001, Government Code, including an appeals process, to protect license holders from the consequences of imperfect test results.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 764 (H.B. 1325), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.