Vol. 1, Ed. 87 — Sun Nov 8: Texas court resets hemp fee case for 2027

Texas's appeals court cancels December arguments over hemp rules and steep license-fee increases; DEA rescheduling briefs close; Illinois hemp THC drinks exit non-dispensary shelves November 12. For general information only — not legal advice.

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This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume One, Edition Eighty Seven, for Sunday, November Eighth.

Our top story: Texas's Fifteenth Court of Appeals has canceled oral arguments in the hemp industry's challenge to the state's hemp product rules, days after voters replaced all three of the court's Republican justices with Democrats, who take office in January. The arguments had been set for December eighth. The rules at issue, on hold under a court order since April, would require child resistant packaging, new labeling and testing, set the purchase age at twenty one, and raise license fees sharply: a manufacturer's license would go from two hundred fifty eight dollars to ten thousand dollars per facility, and a retail registration from one hundred fifty five dollars to five thousand dollars per location. Justice Scott Field said the court did not want to waste the lawyers' time if the incoming court might want to hear the arguments itself.

At the federal level, the Drug Enforcement Administration and opponents of marijuana rescheduling filed what are expected to be their final briefs in the Schedule Three hearing. The administrative law judge will now prepare a recommendation for the agency's administrator.

Around the states: In Illinois, hemp T H C drinks must be off non-dispensary shelves this Wednesday, November twelfth. Chicago venues including the United Center say they will comply, while a hemp trade group has asked a court for an emergency order blocking the law. Manufacturers staying in the category need a state agriculture department license, which carries a five thousand dollar fee and an on-site inspection. And in Wisconsin, incoming Democratic leaders said they plan to legalize marijuana within one to two years.

On the radar: the delayed federal hemp restrictions take effect December eleventh.

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