(a) In addition to being subject to license suspension,
license revocation, and monetary civil penalty procedures established
in this chapter, a person who is found by the Department to have violated
any statute or administrative regulation governing that person's participation
in the hemp program with a culpable mental state greater than negligence
shall be subject to the reporting requirements established in this
section.
(b) The Department shall immediately report a person
who is found by the Department to have violated any statute or administrative
regulation governing that person's participation in the hemp program
with a culpable mental state greater than negligence to the following
law enforcement agencies:
(1) the Attorney General of the United States;
(2) the Texas Department of Public Safety;
(3) the Office of the Texas Attorney General; and
(4) other law enforcement authorities with jurisdiction
over the producer's acts or omissions that are the subject of the
report.
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