Latest / NRBC Compliance Brief / Vol. 1, Ed. 16 — Sun Aug 30: Texas judge hears bid to pause THC rules
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- This is the New Realm Compliance Brief, Volume One, Edition Sixteen, for Sunday, August thirtieth. A quiet weekend for regulators, so today's update runs shorter than usual. Our top story: in Texas, a Travis County judge on Friday heard arguments from hemp businesses seeking a temporary restraining order against the state health department's new Total T-H-C rules. The rules took effect July thirty-first. They impose a zero point three percent total T-H-C limit on consumable hemp products and raise annual license fees from about two hundred fifty dollars to ten thousand dollars. Attorneys for the businesses said the legislature never defined what counts as a trace amount of T-H-C, leaving that question to regulators. Supporters of the rules said Texas is entitled to hold the line on intoxicating products. The judge could rule at any time. If the restraining order is granted, a temporary injunction hearing would follow on September seventeenth or October eighth. On the federal side, a bill to delay the new federal hemp restrictions has reached forty-one backers in the House. Two more representatives, one Republican and one Democrat, signed on Thursday. The bill would push the effective date of the restrictions, including the total T-H-C standard that would make most hemp-derived T-H-C beverages federally unlawful, from November twelfth of this year to November of twenty twenty-eight. Around the states: in New Mexico, seven cannabis businesses are asking a state court for an emergency order to keep the current BioTrack tracking system running while its replacement is tested. Testing labs stop receiving samples on Monday, and BioTrack shuts down September fourth. On the radar: Canadian retaliatory measures on U.S. alcohol, including Saskatchewan's fifty percent levy, begin September eighth. And the D-E-A's recommendation on cannabis rescheduling remains pending following release of the hearing transcript. Full details and source links are in today's email. This update is for general information only — it is not legal advice.