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260.863 Recommendations and annual report of commission.
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The commission shall develop recommendations on industrial hemp legislation by
December 15, 2001, and annually thereafter shall report on the recommendations to
the Governor, the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture, the Interim Joint
Committee on Natural Resources and Environment, and to the Legislative Research
Commission with respect to industrial hemp policies and practices that will result in
the proper legal growing, management, use, and marketing of the state's potential
industrial hemp industry. These policies and practices shall, at a minimum, address
the following:
(a) Federal laws and regulatory constraints;
(b) The economic and financial feasibility of an industrial hemp market in
Kentucky;
(c) Kentucky businesses that utilize industrial hemp;
(d) Examination of research on industrial hemp production and utilization;
(e) The potential for globally marketing Kentucky industrial hemp;
(f) Feasibility study of private funding for the Kentucky industrial hemp research
program;
(g) Law enforcement concerns;
(h) Statutory and regulatory schemes for growing of industrial hemp by private
producers; and
(i) Technical support and education about industrial hemp.
The commission shall also continue to monitor the research and development of
industrial hemp in the United States and the Kentucky industrial hemp research
program.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 135, sec. 9, effective July 15, 2010. -- Created
2001 Ky. Acts ch. 138, sec. 7, effective June 21, 2001.
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