HF 2168
Hemp industry development and regulation provided, possession and
cultivation of industrial hemp defense provided, and definition of marijuana
modified.
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
Section 1: Definitions provided including
"associated rules".
Section 2: Duties of commissioner language is
provided.
Section 3: Civil liability - a person regulated by this chapter is
civilly liable for any violation of one of those statues or associated rules by
the person's employee or agent.
Section 4: Access and entry language is
modified.
Section 5: Purpose of entry language is modified.
Section 6: Notice
of inspection samples and analyses language is modified.
Section 7: Inspection
requests by others language is modified.
Section 8: Enforcement required
language is modified.
Section 9: Commissioner's discretion language is
modified.
Section 10: Agent for service of process language is
modified.
Section 11: False statement or record language is modified.
Section
12: Cancellation of registration, permit, license, or certification language is
modified.
Section 13: Service of order or notice language is modified.
Section 14: Unsatisfied judgments language is modified.
Section 15: Crediting
of penalties, fees, and costs language is modified to include industrial
hemp.
Section 16: General violation language is modified.
Section 17:
Controlled substance offenses language is added.
Section 18: Short title
modified to "Industrial Hemp Development Act".
Section 19: Purpose - to promote
the state economy and agriculture industry by permitting the development of a
regulated industrial hemp industry while maintaining strict control of
marijuana.
Section 20: Definitions are provided.
Subdivision 1.
Scope
Subdivision 2. Commissioner
Subdivision 3. Industrial hemp
Subdivision 4.
Marijuana
Section 21: Industrial hemp authorized as agricultural crop language
provided.
Section 22: Licensing language provided.
Section 23: Industrial hemp
production and notification language provided.
Section 24: Rulemaking - the
commissioner shall promulgate rules dealing with: supervising/inspecting
industrial hemp during its growth and harvest, testing industrial hemp during
growth to determine tetrahydrocannabinol levels, assessing fee, using results of
background check, etc.
Section 25: Fees - any fee collected under this chapter
must be credited to the industrial hemp account established in the agricultural
fund in the state treasury.
Section 26: Defense for possession of marijuana
language is provided.
Section 27: Marijuana language is amended to read,
"Marijuana does not include industrial hemp as defined in section
18K.03".
Section 28: Wild hemp language is amended to read, "Wild hemp does not
include industrial hemp grown by a person licensed under chapter 18K".
Section
29: Effective date provided.
SNA 2/26/08