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SF 1181

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to agriculture; providing for an industrial 
  1.3             hemp study. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [INDUSTRIAL HEMP STUDY.] 
  1.6      The director of the agricultural experiment station at the 
  1.7   University of Minnesota, in cooperation with the commissioner of 
  1.8   agriculture, and the Minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension, 
  1.9   may study the feasibility of industrial hemp production in 
  1.10  Minnesota, including field demonstration projects.  The study 
  1.11  may include an analysis of required soils, growing conditions, 
  1.12  herbicide and pesticide use, seed availability, harvest methods, 
  1.13  market economics, licensing, law and drug enforcement, and 
  1.14  environmental benefits.  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.15  sections 18.75 to 18.87, and chapter 152, the commissioner of 
  1.16  agriculture shall authorize field demonstration projects using 
  1.17  experimental plots as part of the study to develop optimal 
  1.18  agricultural practices for growing industrial hemp in 
  1.19  Minnesota.  The director and the commissioner may cooperate with 
  1.20  nongovernmental entities in conducting the field demonstration 
  1.21  projects.  The director shall report to the senate agriculture 
  1.22  and rural development committee and the house agriculture 
  1.23  committee on the study by January 15, 1999.