1. A. No person shall:

   1. 1. sell, offer for sale, expose, distribute or transport industrial hemp seed not produced in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter;
   2. 2. fail to comply with sample collection, and testing requirements prior to harvesting or destroying any industrial hemp plants or plant parts in accordance with this Chapter;
   3. 3. detach, alter, deface, or destroy any required documentation specified in this Chapter;
   4. 4. alter, substitute, or misrepresent seed in a manner inconsistent with this Chapter;
   5. 5. hinder or obstruct in any way any authorized agent(s) of LDAF in the performance of their duties;
   6. 6. fail to comply with all licensing and reporting requirements set forth in the Industrial Hemp Law (R.S. 3:1461 et seq.) or this Chapter;
   7. 7. fail to keep required records as set forth in this Chapter or to provide such records to LDAF for inspection upon request;
   8. 8. fail to monitor and/or destroy volunteer industrial hemp plants for three years following cultivation as set forth in this Chapter;
   9. 9. provide false, misleading, or incorrect information to LDAF pertaining to the licensee’s cultivation, processing, or transportation of industrial hemp including, but not limited to, information provided in any application, report, record, or inspection required or maintained in accordance with the Industrial Hemp Law (R.S. 3:1461 et seq.) and this Chapter;
   10. 10. plant, grow, store, transfer, or process industrial hemp on any site not listed in the licensing application or site modification request form as set forth in this Chapter;
   11. 11. sell or transfer, or permit the sale or transfer of living industrial hemp plants or plant parts to a person in the state who does not hold an industrial hemp license issued by LDAF;
   12. 12. commingle harvested industrial hemp plant parts from one plot with harvested industrial hemp plant parts from another plot prior to receipt of compliant THC concentration level test results from LDAF;
   13. 13. commingle different varieties of industrial hemp plants in a single plot; or
   14. 14. adulterate industrial hemp plants or plant parts in any manner that renders it non-compliant with this Chapter.
   15. 15. sell, offer for sale, expose, distribute, transport or plant industrial hemp seed which has been designated by LDAF as a prohibited variety;
   16. 16. produce industrial hemp with a total THC concentration level greater than 1.0 percent.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:1464, R.S. 3:1465, R.S. 3:1466, R.S. 3:1467, R.S. 3:1468, R.S. 3:1470, and R.S. 3:1471.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Chemistry and Seed Commission, LR 46:175 (February 2020), LR 47:440 (April 2021), amended LR 47:1836 (December 2021), LR 48:1744 (July 2022).