§ 15-15-13-8 — Processing applications; criminal history; issuance of license; renewal

Indiana § 15-15-13-8

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 15: HORTICULTURE PRODUCTS
• Ch. 13: Industrial Hemp

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(a) Each license application received under
this chapter must be processed as follows:
(1) Upon receipt of a license application, the state seed
commissioner shall do one (1) of the following:
(A) Forward a copy of the application to the state police
department. The state police department shall do the following:
(i) Perform a state or national criminal history background
check of the applicant.
(ii) Determine if the requirements under section 7(c)(5) of
this chapter concerning prior criminal convictions have been
met.
(iii) Return the application to the state seed commissioner
along with the state police department's determinations and
a copy of the state or national criminal history background
check.
(B) Do the following:
(i) Perform a state or national criminal history background
check of the applicant under the same standards as the state
police department would perform.
(ii) Determine if the requirements under section 7(c)(5) of
this chapter concerning prior criminal convictions have been
met.
(2) The state seed commissioner shall review the license
application and the criminal history background check.
(b) If the state seed commissioner determines that all the
requirements under this chapter have been met and that a license
should be granted to the applicant, the state seed commissioner shall
approve the application for issuance of a license.
(c) A hemp license or agricultural hemp seed production license
expires on December 31 of the year for which the license was issued,
unless revoked. A hemp license or agricultural hemp seed production
license may be renewed in accordance with rules adopted by the state
seed commissioner and is nontransferable.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.165-2014, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.190-2019, SEC.9; P.L.156-2020, SEC.62.