Section 1200.20  General Provisions

a)         No person shall cultivate industrial hemp in the State without first receiving an Industrial Hemp Cultivation License from the Department.

b)         No person shall process or handle industrial hemp in the State without first receiving a processor/handler registration from the Department.

c)         All licensees in the State must provide reports as outlined in Section 1200.40(a) and (b).

d)         Licensed industrial hemp cultivators are solely responsible for procuring seeds, clones, transplants or propagules for planting. 

e)         All seeds, clones, transplants and propagules used to cultivate industrial hemp in Illinois shall be certified under the Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies (AOSCA) standards and guidelines for industrial hemp or shall be accompanied by a certificate of analysis from an accredited certified laboratory from a state with a regulated industrial hemp program that certifies the industrial hemp grown will not contain in excess of 0.3% THC.

f)         No land area may contain cannabis plants or parts of cannabis plants that the licensee knows or has reason to know are of a variety that will produce a plant that, when tested, will produce more than 0.3% THC concentration on a dry weight basis.  No licensee shall use any such variety for any purpose associated with the cultivation of industrial hemp.

g)         The minimum land area for industrial hemp cultivation shall be a contiguous land area of one quarter of an acre for outdoor cultivation and 500 square feet for indoor cultivation.

h)         Licensee information may be shared with law enforcement without notice to the licensee.

i)          Any violations of the Act, this Part, or any Illinois or Federal Criminal Code may subject the licensee or registrant to administrative penalties as set forth in Sections 1200.120 and 1200.130 and may also subject the licensee or registrant to criminal prosecution.