HB2453 H ANR AM #2

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The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources moved to amend the bill on page 1 by striking out the enacting section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“That §19-12E-4 and §19-12E-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:”

And,

            On page 1, following the article heading, by inserting the following section:

 “§19-12E-4. Industrial hemp authorized as agricultural crop.

Industrial hemp that has not more than one percent tetrahydrocannabinol is considered an agricultural crop in this state if grown for the purposes authorized by the provisions of this article. and notwithstanding section two-hundred-four, article two, chapter sixty-a of the code to the contrary, is not a schedule 1 drug. Upon meeting the requirements of section three of this article, an individual in this state may plant, grow, harvest, possess, process, sell or buy industrial hemp.”

Adopted

Rejected