1. (a)

   1. (1) A person may not knowingly:

      1. (i) Fail to comply with the Department's plan for monitoring and regulating the production of hemp established under § 14-305 of this subtitle;
      2. (ii) Misrepresent or fail to provide the legal description of land on which hemp is produced;
      3. (iii) Produce hemp without a valid license; or
      4. (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. (2) The Department shall report a person that knowingly violates this subtitle to the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney.

2. (b)

   1. (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:

      1. (i) The violation be corrected by a reasonable date; and
      2. (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. (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.

Added by Acts 2019, c. 228, § 1, eff. June 1, 2019.