California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 8 - Industrial Hemp Cultivation
Article 2 - Regulations for Industrial Hemp Cultivation
Section 4946 - Final Disposition for Registered Industrial Hemp Crops
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) Registrants shall harvest the sampled crop only upon receipt of an electronic copy of a passing laboratory test report.
(b) Registrants shall not harvest the sampled crop that received a failed laboratory test report. Hemp crops that received a failed laboratory test report cannot be further handled or processed, except in accordance with Section 4950, and may not enter the stream of commerce.
(c) Registrants shall destroy a crop that receives a failed laboratory test report within the following timeframes:
(d) Registrant shall retain an original signed copy of the laboratory test report for two years from the date of sampling and make the original signed copy of the laboratory test report available to the Department, the commissioner, or law enforcement officials or their designees upon request.
1. New
section filed 6-10-2019 as an emergency; operative 6-10-2019 (Register 2019,
No. 24). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-9-2019 or
emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
2. New section refiled 12-10-2019 as an emergency; operative
12-10-2019 (Register 2019, No. 50). A Certificate of Compliance must be
transmitted to OAL by 3-9-2020 or emergency language will be repealed by
operation of law on the following day.
3. Repealed by operation of
Government Code section
11346.1(g)
(Register 2020, No. 13).
4. New section refiled 3-24-2020 as an
emergency; operative 3-24-2020 (Register 2020, No. 13). A Certificate of
Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-22-2020 or emergency language will
be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. New section
refiled 3-24-2020 as an emergency; operative 3-24-2020. Expiration date of
emergency extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60 days
(Executive Order N-66-20) (Register 2020, No. 27). A Certificate of Compliance
must be transmitted to OAL by 10-20-2020 or emergency language will be repealed
by operation of law on the following day.
6. Repealed by operation
of Government Code section
11346.1(g)
(Register 2021, No. 3).
7. New section filed 1-11-2021; operative
1-11-2021 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2021, No. 3).
8. Amendment of subsection (a)(3) filed
4-9-2021 as an emergency; operative 4-9-2021 (Register 2021, No. 15). Emergency
expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60
days (Executive Order N-71-20). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted
to OAL by 2-4-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law
on the following day.
9. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-9-2021
order transmitted to OAL 11-18-2021 and filed 12-30-2021 (Register 2021, No.
53).
10. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsection (a)(5),
amendment of subsections (b) and (c)(1)-(2) and new subsection (d) filed
7-11-2022 as an emergency; operative 7-11-2022 (Register 2022, No. 28). A
Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-9-2023 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
11. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsection (a)(5),
amendment of subsections (b) and (c)(1)-(2) and new subsection (d) refiled
1-3-2023 as an emergency; operative 1-3-2023 (Register 2023, No. 1). A
Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-3-2023 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
12. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-3-2023 order transmitted
to OAL 3-29-2023 and filed 5-11-2023 (Register 2023, No. 19).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 81006, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 81006, Food and Agricultural Code.