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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 15 - Offenses Against the Family
Part 4 - Children
§ 39-15-407. Definitions for §§ 39-15-407 — 39-15-413. [Effective on January 1, 2021. See Version Effective Until January 1, 2021.]
Universal Citation: TN Code § 39-15-407 (2020)
As used in §§39-15-407 —39-15-413:
- “Disseminate” means to sell, offer to sell, give or otherwise transfer;
- “Hemp” means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof, and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than three tenths of one percent (0.3 %) on a dry weight basis;
- “Minor” means any person under eighteen (18) years of age or, in the case of alcoholic beverages or smoking material, any person under twenty-one (21) years of age;
- “Purchase” means to buy, attempt to buy, or offer to buy;
- “Smoking material” means tobacco or hemp that is offered for sale to the public with the intention that it is consumed by smoking, as well as any noncombustible product containing nicotine or any other substance intended for use in a vapor product as defined in § 39-17-1503; and
- “Smoking paraphernalia” means a cigarette holder, cigarette papers, smoking pipe, water pipe, vapor product as defined in § 39-17-1503, or other item that is designated primarily to hold smoking material while the smoking material is being smoked.
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