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Maryland Code, Agriculture § 14-309

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) A person may not knowingly:

(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.

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