Assembly Bill A9310

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9310 - Details

Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §507, Ag & Mkts L

2015-A9310 - Summary

Authorizes the sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp.

2015-A9310 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  9310

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 17, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Agriculture

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
  sale,  distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp;
  and repealing certain provisions of such law relating thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 507 of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED
and a new section 507 is added to read as follows:
  S 507. SALE, DISTRIBUTION, TRANSPORTATION AND PROCESSING.   THE  SALE,
DISTRIBUTION,  TRANSPORTATION  OR PROCESSING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP GROWN OR
CULTIVATED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE  WITHIN  OR  OUTSIDE  THE  STATE  IS
PERMITTED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13736-03-6


              

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2015-A9310A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Agriculture and Markets Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld & add §507, Ag & Mkts L

2015-A9310A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp.

2015-A9310A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 9310--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 17, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO, GOTTFRIED, BRINDISI, BENEDETTO, STIRPE,
  SKARTADOS, BLAKE, CROUCH, WOERNER, WALTER, CAHILL, MAGEE,  RUSSELL  --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO, ROBINSON,
  SIMON, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
  sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 506 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by
chapter 524 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  S 506. Growth, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, TRANSPORTATION  AND  PROCESSING  of
industrial  hemp AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM SUCH HEMP permitted. Notwith-
standing any provision of law to the contrary, industrial hemp  [is  an]
AND  PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM SUCH HEMP ARE agricultural [product] PRODUCTS
which may be grown, produced and  possessed  in  the  state,  AND  SOLD,
DISTRIBUTED,  TRANSPORTED OR PROCESSED EITHER IN OR OUT OF STATE as part
of [an] agricultural pilot [program] PROGRAMS pursuant to  authorization
under federal law and the provisions of this article.
  Notwithstanding  any  provision of law to the contrary restricting the
growing or cultivating, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, TRANSPORTATION OR PROCESSING
of industrial hemp AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM SUCH HEMP, and  subject  to
authorization  under federal law, the commissioner may authorize no more
than [up to] ten sites for the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp
as part of [an] agricultural pilot [program] PROGRAMS conducted  by  the
department and/or an institution of higher education to study the growth
and  cultivation,  SALE,  DISTRIBUTION, TRANSPORTATION AND PROCESSING of
such hemp AND PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM SUCH HEMP provided  that  the  sites
AND  PROGRAMS used for growing or cultivating industrial hemp are certi-
fied by, and registered with, the department.
  S 2. Section 507 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chap-
ter 524 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13736-04-6
              

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