AMEND INDUSTRIAL HEMP DEFINITION.

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2015-2016 Session
Senate Bill 771 (Public) Filed Wednesday, April 27, 2016
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF ALLOWABLE RESEARCH PURPOSES FOR THE INDUSTRIAL HEMP PILOT PROGRAM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY AWARENESS STUDY COMMISSION.
Intro. by B. Jackson, Cook, Wade.
Status: Ref To Com On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources (Senate Action) (Apr 28 2016)

Bill History:

S 771

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill S 771 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Apr 27 2016 - View Summary

    Identical to H 992, filed 4/27/16.

    Amends GS 106-568.53, which establishes the power and duties of the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission (Commission) to clarify that the Commission may issue licenses to a person, firm, or corporation to cultivate industrial hemp under the industrial hemp cultivation pilot program for research purposes (was, commercial purposes) to the extent allowed by federal law.  Clarifies that research purposes include the growth, cultivation, and marketing of industrial hemp for purposes of Article 50E of GS Chapter 106 (Industrial Hemp).

    Agriculture
    GS 106
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