Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-32 - HEMP GROWERS AND PROCESSORS › Subject 40-32-2 - HEMP GROWERS › Rule 40-32-2-.10 - Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Licensee Recordkeeping and Reporting
(a) Licensees must maintain records of all
				hemp plants acquired, produced, handled, or disposed of or remediated as will
				substantiate any and all reports required by the Department.
(b) All records must be made available for
				inspection by the Department during reasonable business hours. Such records
				must include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Records regarding acquisition of
				hemp;
2. Records regarding all
				written agreements with Licensees and Permittees, or out of state processors,
				governing their business relationship;
3. Records regarding production and handling
				of hemp;
4. Records regarding hemp
				sampling and testing analyses;
5.
				Records regarding storage of hemp;
6. Records regarding the transfer,
				remediation, and disposal of hemp; and
7. Records regarding remediation or disposal
				of all cannabis plants exceeding the acceptable hemp THC level.
(c) Planting Report
1. Each Licensee must submit a planting
				report to the Department within 30 days of planting a lot of hemp. The planting
				report must be submitted through the Department's website used for
				administering licenses, and will include the following information for each lot
				of hemp planted:
(i) Street address and
				geospatial location of each lot, covered growing facility, or site where hemp
				will be produced;
(ii) Total
				acreage or square footage of hemp planted;
(iii) Varietal or cultivar of hemp
				planted;
(iv) Planting date;
(v) Intended end use of the hemp
				planted (i.e. - seed, fiber, floral, or cannabinoids);
(vi) Expected harvest date; and
(vii) Source of propagative material (i.e. -
				from where the Licensee obtained its seeds, cuttings, clones, or
				seedlings).
2. The
				Department may, but is not required to, aggregate Planting Report data and
				prepare a report of plantings on an anonymized basis. No Licensee may receive a
				copy of the Department's report unless that Licensee submitted a Planting
				Report for each of its lots planted.
(d) Annual Report
1. Each Licensee must submit an annual report
				to the Department. The report form must be submitted by November 30 of each
				year and contain the following information:
(i) Licensee's name;
(ii) Licensee's address;
(iii) Georgia Hemp Grower License
				Number;
(iv) Street address and
				geospatial location of each lot, covered growing facility, or site where hemp
				will be produced;
(v) Acreage
				dedicated to the production of hemp, or covered growing facility square footage
				dedicated to the production of hemp; and
(vi) Total acreage of hemp planted,
				harvested, remediated and disposed.
2. The Department will report all information
				collected in the Annual Report to AMS as required by USDA.
(e) Reporting to FSA Required
1. All Licensees must report hemp crop
				acreage with FSA and must provide, at minimum, the following information to
				FSA:
(i) Hemp crop acreage;
(ii) Total acreage of hemp planted,
				harvested, remediated and disposed;
(iii) Georgia Hemp Grower License
				Number;
(iv) Street
				address;
(v) Geospatial location of
				each lot, covered growing facility, or site where hemp will be produced. All
				locations where hemp is produced must be reported to FSA; and
(vi) Acreage of covered growing facility
				square footage dedicated to the production of hemp.
(f) All records and reports must
				be kept and maintained by the Licensee for not less than three calendar years
				and in a manner such that they can be readily provided to the Department upon
				request.