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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 35. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry |
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Chapter 30. Consumer Protection |
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Subchapter 24. Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program |
SECTION 35:30-24-2. Definitions
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- The following words and terms, when used in this Subchapter, shall have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:"Building" means any single standing structure with walls and a roof but shall not include separate structures connected by corridors or breezeways."Contiguous field" means any contiguous tract of land used for the cultivation of industrial hemp and may include contiguous tracts of land occasionally intersected by roads, streams, or other natural features but shall not include a tract or tracts of land intersected by property owned by a third party or gaps in the cultivation of industrial hemp exceeding one quarter of a mile."Cultivation" means the act of planting, growing, or harvesting industrial hemp and any related agricultural activities."Cultivation site" means the contiguous field, building, storage area, or processing area in which one or more varieties of industrial hemp may be lawfully cultivated, stored, or processed."Department" means the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry, its employees, officers, and divisions."Growing area" means the portion of a contiguous field or building in which a single variety of industrial hemp is planted, grown, and harvested."Industrial hemp" means any part of the plant, Cannabis sativa L., with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis, whether growing or not, and the seeds thereof."Institution of higher education" means any public or private college or university located in Oklahoma that is part of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education."Institutional licensee" means any institution of higher education possessing a license to participate in the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program."License" means a valid license issued by the Department allowing an institutional licensee to cultivate industrial hemp from low THC seed in Oklahoma."Listed low THC seed" means low THC seed that has been approved by the Department and listed on the Department's Low THC Seed List."Low THC seed" means industrial hemp seed having no more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration on a dry-weight basis."Processing area" means any physical location in which entire harvested plants are altered by any manner of mechanical, chemical, or other processing techniques. The processing area need not be located on or near the contiguous field or building in which industrial hemp is cultivated but shall be considered as part of the cultivation site."Storage area" means any physical location in which harvested plants or plant parts are stored. The storage area need not be located on or near the contiguous field or building in which industrial hemp is cultivated but shall be considered as part of the cultivation site."Subcontractor" means a person or business entity that has contracted with an institutional licensee and provides supplies, labor, land, or expertise related to the institutional licensee's participation in the Oklahoma Industrial Hemp Agricultural Pilot Program.