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Ch. 681
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2000 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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may participate in the pilot program; providing for certain restrictions on the
license; requiring the Department of Agriculture to conduct a background and
criminal history records check on an individual who applies to participate in the
pilot program; requiring the Department of Agriculture to follow certain
procedures when submitting an application to the Criminal Justice Information
System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services for a criminal history records check; requiring the Criminal Justice
Information System Central Repository to provide certain criminal history
information to the Department of Agriculture; requiring an individual to
register with a certain federal agency before the Department may issue a license
to participate in the pilot program; requiring the Department to assist
individuals in the process of registering with a certain federal agency;
authorizing the Secretary to adopt certain regulations in consultation with
certain agencies; and generally relating to a pilot program to study the growth
and marketing of industrial hemp in the State.
BY adding to
Article - Agriculture
Section 9-801 through 9-806, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle "Subtitle 8.
Pilot Program to Study the Growth and Marketing of Industrial Hemp"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Agriculture
SUBTITLE 8. PILOT PROGRAM TO STUDY THE GROWTH AND MARKETING OF
INDUSTRIAL HEMP.
9-801.
(A) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(B) "HEMP PRODUCT" MEANS A PRODUCT GENERATED FROM THE PLANT
MATERIALS OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP.
(2) "HEMP PRODUCT" INCLUDES CLOTH, CORDAGE, FIBER, FOOD, FUEL,
OIL, PAINT, PAPER, PARTICLE BOARD, PLASTICS, AND SEED FOR CONSUMPTION OR
CULTIVATION.
(C) "INDUSTRIAL HEMP" MEANS ALL PARTS AND VARIETIES OF THE PLANT
CANNABIS SATIVA L. CONTAINING NO GREATER THAN 1% TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL
BY WEIGHT.
9-802.
(A) THERE IS A 4-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO STUDY THE GROWTH AND
MARKETING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN THE STATE.
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