(a) A person under the age of eighteen (18) years of age at the time the application is submitted to the Department is ineligible for a license.
(b) A person who has had a hemp license revoked by the Department, USDA, another state, Indian nation, or U.S. territory is ineligible to apply for participation in the Department hemp program for a period of five (5) years from the date of revocation. Upon application following the five-year exclusionary period, the Department may deny an application for any lawful reason, including previous conduct that occurred while licensed by the Department, USDA, another state, Indian nation, or U.S. territory.
(c) A person who is or has been convicted of a felony relating to a controlled substance under federal law or the law of any state may not, before the 10th anniversary of the date of the conviction, hold a license, or be a key participant of a license holder, or be a governing person of a business entity that holds a license unless the person was lawfully growing hemp under the 2014 Farm Bill before December 20, 2018, and whose conviction also occurred before December 20, 2018.
(d) A person who falsifies any information contained in a license application to the Department, or has previously submitted an application to the Department, USDA, another state, Indian nation, or U.S. territory with any materially false statements or misrepresentations is ineligible for a license.

Source Note: The provisions of this §24.9 adopted to be effective March 11, 2020, 45 TexReg 1655