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TITLE 4AGRICULTURE
PART 1TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 24HEMP PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER GENFORCEMENT
RULE §24.35License Suspension

(a) The Department may issue a notice of suspension to a license holder if the Department or its representative receives credible evidence establishing that a license holder has:

  (1) engaged in conduct, being either an act or omission, violating a provision of this chapter; or

  (2) failed to comply with a written order from the Department related to negligence as defined in this chapter.

(b) Any license holder whose license has been suspended shall not cultivate, handle or remove hemp or cannabis from any location where hemp or cannabis was located at the time when the Department issued its notice of suspension, without prior written authorization from the Department.

(c) Any person whose license has been suspended shall not produce or handle hemp during the period of suspension.

(d) A license holder whose license has been suspended may appeal that decision in accordance with this subchapter.

(e) A license holder whose license has been suspended and not restored on appeal may have their license restored after a waiting period of one year from the date of the suspension, subject to the terms of a five-year revocation.

(f) A license holder whose license has been suspended may be required to complete a corrective action plan to fully restore the license.


Source Note: The provisions of this §24.35 adopted to be effective March 11, 2020, 45 TexReg 1655

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