111927.2. (a) In addition to the inspection authority provided elsewhere in this part, the department may inspect financial data, sales data, and personnel data, as needed to enforce this chapter.
(b) State, local, or law enforcement officials may review paperwork from those handling or transporting industrial hemp plant material, raw extract, intermediary industrial hemp product, or final finished product and take samples at any point along the supply chain to test that sample for verification.
(c) Upon inspection, if the industrial hemp plant material, raw extract, intermediary industrial hemp product, or final finished product does not meet the definition of industrial hemp, the state, local, or law enforcement official shall notify the department.
(d) (1) State, local, and law enforcement officials shall immediately notify the department of an arrest made for a violation over which the department has jurisdiction that involves a person authorized pursuant to this chapter.
(2) The department shall promptly investigate whether grounds exist for suspension or revocation of the authorization or if other actions are warranted under this part.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 576, Sec. 10. (AB 45) Effective October 6, 2021.)