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260.850 Definitions for KRS 260.850 to 260.869.
As used in KRS 260.850 to 260.869, unless the context requires otherwise: <br>(1) "Commission" means the Industrial Hemp Commission created by KRS 260.857; <br>(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, or the
Commissioner's designee;
(3) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Agriculture; <br>(4) "Hemp products" means all products made from industrial hemp, including, but not
limited to, cloth, cordage, fiber, food, fuel, paint, paper, particleboard, plastics, <br>seed, seed meal and seed oil for consumption, and certified seed for cultivation if <br>the seeds originate from industrial hemp varieties;
(5) "Industrial hemp" means all parts and varieties of the plant cannabis sativa,
cultivated or possessed by a licensed grower, whether growing or not, that contain a <br>tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of one percent (1%) or less by weight, except <br>that the THC concentration limit of one percent (1%) may be exceeded for licensed <br>industrial hemp seed research. Industrial hemp, as defined and applied for the <br>purposes of KRS 260.850 to 260.869, shall be excluded from the definition of <br>marijuana, as defined in KRS 218A.010;
(6) "Seed research" means research conducted to develop or recreate better strains of
industrial hemp, particularly for the purposes of seed production. In conducting this <br>research, higher THC concentration varieties of industrial hemp may be grown to <br>provide breeding strains to revitalize the production of a Kentucky strain of <br>industrial hemp. However, in no case shall the THC levels exceed three percent <br>(3%); and
(7) "Tetrahydrocannabinol" or "THC" means the natural or synthetic equivalents of the
substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of, cannabis, or any <br>synthetic substances, compounds, salts, or derivatives of the plant or chemicals and <br>their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity.
Effective: June 21, 2001 <br>History: Created 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001.
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