Kan. Admin. Regs. § 4-34-6 - Research grower license
(a) In
addition to the requirements of K.A.R. 4-34-5, each individual who is issued a
research grower license by the department shall meet the following
requirements:
(1) Obtain industrial hemp
plants or certified seeds from a licensed research distributor or from legally
imported sources of industrial hemp;
(2) obtain and retain a copy of each seed
label for all certified seed planted, cultivated, or grown;
(3) obtain and retain a copy of the following
documents, if applicable:
(A) The research
grower license of the primary licensee that cultivated, planted, grew, handled,
harvested, conditioned, stored, distributed, or transported the industrial hemp
plants or seeds being received;
(B)
the research distributor license of the primary licensee that handled,
conditioned, stored, distributed, or transported the industrial hemp plants or
seeds being received; and
(C) the
harvest certificate pertaining to the industrial hemp plants or seeds being
received by the licensee or a bill of lading or other documentation identifying
the source of the industrial hemp plants or seeds being
received;
(4) ensure that
industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds are not interplanted with
any other crop in any research area;
(5) ensure that a copy of the harvest
certificate pertaining to the industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or
seeds that were harvested or a bill of lading or other documentation
identifying the source of the industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or
seeds accompanies the industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds
being transported;
(6) ensure that
industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds are not commingled with
any other commodity or other items being transported; and
(7) survey and monitor any unlicensed growing
areas, whether inactive or previously licensed as part of any research area, or
never been licensed, including any ditches, fence lines, and other unmanaged
land areas adjacent to the research areas, for volunteer plants and destroy any
volunteer plants during the current license year and for at least three years
after the last date of planting reported to the department.
(b) The primary licensee on each
research grower license shall have a primary residence in Kansas.
(c) Any licensed research grower may
cultivate, plant, grow, handle, harvest, condition, store, distribute, or
transport industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds pursuant to the
license issued by the department.
(d) A licensed research grower shall not
handle, harvest, condition, store, distribute, transport, or process industrial
hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds cultivated, planted, or grown by
another licensee without first obtaining any required license issued by the
department.
(e) A licensed research
grower shall not cultivate, plant, grow, handle, or harvest more than 80 acres
in a licensed research section under one license in calendar year 2019 and
shall not cultivate, plant, grow, handle, or harvest more than 320 acres in a
licensed research section under one license in calendar year 2020. Each primary
licensee on a research grower license who wants to cultivate, plant, grow,
handle, or harvest more than the authorized acres in a licensed research
section in any calendar year shall obtain an additional research grower license
and pay all required application fees and license fees for the additional
acreage.
(f) Each licensed research
grower that cultivates, plants, grows, handles, harvests, conditions, stores,
or transports industrial hemp plants or seeds that were obtained from outside
Kansas shall maintain a bill of lading or other documentation that identifies
the source of the industrial hemp plants or seeds to demonstrate that the
industrial hemp plants or seeds were legally imported into Kansas.
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