Bill Text: MN HF2315 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Industrial hemp research authorized in accordance with federal law, rulemaking authorized, and report required.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-24 - Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means [HF2315 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF2315-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to agriculture; authorizing industrial hemp research in accordance with
1.3federal law; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report;proposing coding for
1.4new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18K.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [18K.01] DEFINITIONS.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
1.8 Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
1.9 Subd. 3. Industrial hemp. "Industrial hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L.
1.10and any part of the plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol
1.11concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.
1.12 Sec. 2. [18K.03] PILOT PROGRAM; OTHER RESEARCH AUTHORIZED.
1.13 Subdivision 1. Authorized activity. The commissioner may grow or cultivate
1.14industrial hemp pursuant to a pilot program administered by the commissioner to study
1.15the growth, cultivation, or marketing of industrial hemp. The commissioner may
1.16authorize institutions of higher education to grow or cultivate industrial hemp as part
1.17of the commissioner's pilot program or as is necessary to perform other agricultural or
1.18academic research.
1.19 Subd. 2. Site registration. Before growing or cultivating industrial hemp, each site
1.20must be certified by and registered with the commissioner. A person must register each
1.21site in the form prescribed by the commissioner.
1.22 Subd. 3. Rulemaking. The commissioner may adopt rules that govern the pilot
1.23program in accordance with this section and Public Law 113-79.
2.1 Sec. 3. REPORT REQUIRED.
2.2No later than January 15, 2015, the commissioner of agriculture must report to the
2.3legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance proposed legislation
2.4to implement sections 1 and 2, including a fee structure that complies with Minnesota
2.5Statutes, section 16A.1285, and is sufficient to cover the commissioner's costs. The
2.6commissioner must use funds previously appropriated to the commissioner for fiscal
2.7year 2014 or 2015 to carry out this section.
2.8 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.9Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2015.
1.3federal law; authorizing rulemaking; requiring a report;proposing coding for
1.4new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18K.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [18K.01] DEFINITIONS.
1.7 Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
1.8 Subd. 2. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture.
1.9 Subd. 3. Industrial hemp. "Industrial hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa L.
1.10and any part of the plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol
1.11concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.
1.12 Sec. 2. [18K.03] PILOT PROGRAM; OTHER RESEARCH AUTHORIZED.
1.13 Subdivision 1. Authorized activity. The commissioner may grow or cultivate
1.14industrial hemp pursuant to a pilot program administered by the commissioner to study
1.15the growth, cultivation, or marketing of industrial hemp. The commissioner may
1.16authorize institutions of higher education to grow or cultivate industrial hemp as part
1.17of the commissioner's pilot program or as is necessary to perform other agricultural or
1.18academic research.
1.19 Subd. 2. Site registration. Before growing or cultivating industrial hemp, each site
1.20must be certified by and registered with the commissioner. A person must register each
1.21site in the form prescribed by the commissioner.
1.22 Subd. 3. Rulemaking. The commissioner may adopt rules that govern the pilot
1.23program in accordance with this section and Public Law 113-79.
2.1 Sec. 3. REPORT REQUIRED.
2.2No later than January 15, 2015, the commissioner of agriculture must report to the
2.3legislative committees with jurisdiction over agriculture finance proposed legislation
2.4to implement sections 1 and 2, including a fee structure that complies with Minnesota
2.5Statutes, section 16A.1285, and is sufficient to cover the commissioner's costs. The
2.6commissioner must use funds previously appropriated to the commissioner for fiscal
2.7year 2014 or 2015 to carry out this section.
2.8 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
2.9Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2015.
