Agenda - Council Work Session - 04/11/2023

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HF100 NINTH ENGROSSMENT REVISOR BD 1-10100-9 59.1 Sec. 25. [342.25] CULTIVATION OF CANNABIS; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. 59.2 Subdivision 1. Applicability. Every cannabis business with a license or endorsement 59.3 authorizing the cultivation of cannabis must comply with the requirements of this section. 59.4 Subd. 2. Cultivation records. A business licensed or authorized to cultivate cannabis 59.5 must prepare a cultivation record for each batch of cannabis plants and cannabis flower in 59.6 the form required by the office and must maintain each record for at least five years. The 59.E cultivation record must include the quantity and timing, where applicable, of each pesticide, 59.8 fertilizer, soil amendment, or plant amendment used to cultivate the batch, as well as any 59.9 other information required by the office in rule. The cannabis business must present 59.10 cultivation records to the office, the commissioner of agriculture, or the commissioner of 59.11 health upon request. 59.12 Subd. 3. Agricultural chemicals and other inputs. A business licensed or authorized 59.13 to cultivate cannabis is subject to rules promulgated by the office governing the use of 59.14 pesticides, fertilizers, soil amendments, plant amendments, and other inputs to cultivate 59.15 cannabis. 59.16 Subd. 4. Cultivation plan. A business licensed or authorized to cultivate cannabis must 59.17 prepare, maintain, and execute an operating plan and a cultivation plan as directed by the 59.18 office in rule, which must include but is not limited to: 59.19 (1) water usage; 59.20 (2) recycling; 59.21 (3) solid waste disposal; and 59.22 (4) a pest management protocol that incorporates integrated pest management principles 59.23 to control or prevent the introduction of bests to the cultivation site. 59.24 Subd. 5. Pesticides; pollinator protection. (a) A business licensed or authorized to 59.25 cultivate cannabis must comply with chapters 18B, 18D, 18E, and any other pesticide laws 59.26 and rules enforced by the commissioner of agriculture. 59.27 (b) A business licensed or authorized to cultivate cannabis must not apply pesticides 59.28 when pollinators are present or allow pesticides to drift to flowering plants that are attractive 59.29 to pollinators. 59.30 Subd. 6. Adulteration prohibited. A business licensed or authorized to cultivate cannabis 59.31 must not treat or otherwise adulterate cannabis plants or cannabis flower with any substance Article 1 Sec. 25. 59