HB2453 H ANR AM #1
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The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources moved to amend the bill on page 1, section 5, line 17, by striking subsection (e) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection (e) to read as follows:
“(e) Notwithstanding any provision of this article, rule
or the provisions of chapter sixty-a of this code to the contrary, only
the Department of Agriculture and state institutions of higher learning
licensed and authorized by the commissioner to do so may lawfully grow or
cultivate industrial hemp in this state Commissioner of Agriculture may
license qualified persons and state institutions of higher learning to lawfully
grow or cultivate industrial hemp in this state, but state institutions of
higher learning may only lawfully grow industrial hemp for research and
educational purposes.”
Adopted
Rejected