Texas Files Hemp Brief “asking the Fifteenth Court of Appeals to uphold the consumable hemp rules DSHS and HHSC adopted March 31st and to vacate the injunction the Texas Hemp Business Council won in the trial court.”

Source: Policy Decoded

Texas filed a 39-page reply brief Thursday asking the Fifteenth Court of Appeals to uphold the consumable hemp rules DSHS and HHSC adopted March 31st and to vacate the injunction the Texas Hemp Business Council won in the trial court. The state says counting THCA toward total delta-9 is a testing method for the statutory 0.3 percent line rather than a new limit. It defends the $10,000 manufacturer and $5,000 retailer fees as inspection money, with DSHS growing its inspection staff from seven to 23 for more than 14,000 licensees. The brief also leans on the federal total-THC standard taking full effect December 11th. The same court declined in July to keep that injunction in force while the appeal runs, and the rules have been enforceable since. (The Marijuana Herald; Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals filing)