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260.857 Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission -- Membership.
The Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission is created and is attached to the Department <br>of Agriculture for administrative purposes. The membership of the commission shall <br>consist of at least seventeen (17) members as follows: <br>(1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or the Speaker's designee; <br>(2) The President of the Senate or the President's designee; <br>(3) The chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee; <br>(4) The chair of the House Agriculture and Small Business Committee; <br>(5) The Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture or the Commissioner's
designee;
(6) The commissioner of the Department of Kentucky State Police or the
commissioner's designee;
(7) The executive director of the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy or the
executive director's designee;
(8) The chairs of the agriculture departments at the Kentucky university or universities
where the industrial hemp research program is to be established;
(9) The president of the Kentucky Hemp Growers Cooperative Association; <br>(10) The president of the Kentucky Sheriffs' Association; <br>(11) The president of the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police; and <br>(12) Six (6) members, three (3) appointed by the Speaker of the House and three (3) by
the President of the Senate, representing the following interests: <br>(a) Kentucky farmers with an interest in growing industrial hemp; <br>(b) Retailers of industrial hemp products; <br>(c) Wholesalers of industrial hemp products; and <br>(d) Manufacturers of industrial hemp products.
Effective: June 25, 2009 <br>History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 32, sec. 3, effective June 25, 2009. -- Amended
2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 278, effective June 26, 2007. -- Created 2001 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 138, sec. 4, effective June 21, 2001.
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