Section 69-25-219 - General provisions(1) Any person convicted of a felony relating to a controlled substance under state or federal law before, on or after the date of enactment of this article [June 29, 2020], shall be ineligible, during the ten-year period following the date of the conviction to participate in the program established under this article and to produce hemp under any regulations or guidelines issued under this article.(2) Any person who materially falsifies any information contained in an application to participate in the State Plan established under this article shall be ineligible to participate in the State Plan.(3) In addition to any inspection conducted, the department may inspect any hemp crop at any time and take a representative composite sample for analysis. It shall be the duty of the department to take such samples and deliver them to the State Chemist for examination and analysis. It shall be the duty of the State Chemist to cause as many analyses to be made of samples delivered to him or her by the department as may be necessary to properly implement the intent of this article. The State Chemist shall make a report of such analyses to the department.(4) The department shall charge growers and processors a fee or fees as determined by the department in a sufficient amount to cover the costs required to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.Added by Laws, 2020, ch. 413, SB 2725,§ 10, eff. 6/29/2020.