2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 35 - Agricultural
Agricultural Products - Standards and Regulations - Continued
Article 61 - Industrial Hemp Regulatory Program
§ 35-61-101. Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Certified seed" means industrial hemp seed, including Colorado heritage cannabis seed, that has been certified by an organization recognized by the department as having no more than a three-tenths of one percent of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration on a dry-weight basis.

(2) "Colorado heritage cannabis seed" means seed from the plant cannabis sativa that possesses characteristics of a unique and specialized cannabis seed variety that is present in Colorado or has been recognized as produced in Colorado.

(3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.

(4) "Committee" means the industrial hemp committee established in section 35-61-103.

(5) "Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinols" has the same meaning as "tetrahydrocannabinols" as set forth in section 27-80-203 (24), C.R.S.

(6) "Department" means the department of agriculture.

(7) "Industrial hemp" means a plant of the genus cannabis and any part of the plant, whether growing or not, containing a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of no more than three-tenths of one percent on a dry weight basis.