Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Each individual wanting to be a primary
licensee shall identify the following on the research license application:
(1) Each owner of all land, structures, and
buildings where any proposed research will be conducted;
(2) each owner of all motor vehicles that
will be used to distribute or transport industrial hemp plants, plant parts,
grain, or seeds;
(3) each
individual that will own 10 percent or more of the industrial hemp plants,
plant parts, grain, or seeds being cultivated, planted, or grown; and
(4) each individual that will otherwise be
involved in the research proposal, including those individuals that will be
engaged in the purchasing, researching, cultivating, planting, growing,
handling, harvesting, conditioning, storing, distributing, transporting,
processing, studying, analyzing, or selling of industrial hemp plants, plant
parts, grain, or seeds.
(b) Each research license application shall
include the following:
(1) A research proposal
submitted on a form provided by the department that includes the following, at
a minimum:
(A) A statement of the type of
research to be conducted;
(B) the
purpose of the research;
(C) the
data that will be collected;
(D)
the location where the research will occur;
(E) the number of acres or square feet that
will be used to conduct the research;
(F) the methods to be used in conducting the
research;
(G) the intended duration
of the research;
(H) the
anticipated results of the research; and
(I) any other relevant information that the
secretary requests;
(2)
legal descriptions and maps depicting each location where industrial hemp
plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds will be cultivated, planted, grown,
handled, harvested, conditioned, stored, distributed, transported, or
processed, including appropriate designations for field identifications and
boundaries and the global positioning system coordinates;
(3) a description of each vehicle that will
be used for transporting or distributing industrial hemp plants, plant parts,
grain, or seeds, including the make, model, license plate number, and color;
and
(4) a list of each individual
who will transport any industrial hemp plants, plant parts, grain, or seeds,
along with a copy of the individual's current driver's license.
(c) Each research license
application shall be submitted to the department on an annual basis, on a form
provided by the department. Each research license application shall be
submitted to the department no later than March 1 for the 2019 growing season
and no later than November 30 for each subsequent growing season.
(d) Incomplete or illegible research license
applications shall not be accepted, and the application fees shall not be
refunded.
(1) Any individual wanting to be a
primary licensee may complete or resubmit a previously incomplete or illegible
research license application no later than November 30.
(2) For the 2019 growing season, any
individual wanting to be a primary licensee may complete or resubmit a
previously incomplete or illegible research license application no later than
March 1.
(e) Any
individual may apply for multiple licenses in a single license category or
multiple license categories. Each individual shall provide the department with
all required information for each license being sought along with payment of
separate application fees and license fees.
(f) A research license application may be
denied and the application fees shall not be refunded if at least one of the
following conditions is met:
(1) The research
license application is not submitted by the established deadline.
(2) The research license application does not
include the application fees.
(3)
Any individual identified on the research license application fails to submit
to the state and national criminal history record check as required.
(4) Any criminal history records check
reveals that an individual identified on the license application has been
convicted of any crime specified in K.S.A. 2018 Supp.
2-3902,
and amendments thereto, or a violation of any law of another jurisdiction that
is in substantial conformity with the offenses listed in that
statute.
(5) The research license
application does not include a research proposal.
(6) The research license application includes
a home or residence as a location to cultivate, plant, grow, handle, harvest,
condition, store, distribute, transport, or process industrial hemp plants,
plant parts, grain, or seeds.