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Arkansas Code Title 2. Agriculture § 2-15-513. Ineligibility--Fingerprinting and release of information

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) An individual who has been convicted of a felony related to a controlled substance under federal or state law is ineligible, during the ten-year period following the date of the conviction, to participate in the industrial hemp production program under this subchapter.

(b) An individual who materially falsifies any information contained in an application to participate in the program is ineligible to participate in the program under this subchapter.

(c)(1)(A) All individuals desiring to participate in the program shall be fingerprinted, and the fingerprints shall be forwarded for a criminal background check through the Department of Public Safety.

(B) After the completion of the criminal background check through the department under subdivision (c)(1)(A) of this section, the fingerprints shall be forwarded by the department to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record check.

(2) The applicant shall sign a release that allows the department to disclose:

(A) An Arkansas noncriminal-justice background check to the State Plant Board as evidence in an administrative hearing conducted under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.; and

(B) A fingerprint card of the applicant to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow a federal fingerprint-based background check to be performed.

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