Bill Text: NY A09282 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to industrial hemp development by including representatives from the New York state hemp workgroup and representatives from industries that currently use or may use industrial hemp in their products.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-21 - signed chap.605 [A09282 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09282-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9282 IN ASSEMBLY February 11, 2022 ___________ 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 indus- trial hemp development The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 519 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by 2 chapter 1 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 519. Hemp economic development. [To the extent the commissioner4believes it to be necessary, the] The commissioner shall consult and 5 cooperate with the New York state urban development corporation, the New 6 York state hemp workgroup created pursuant to section one hundred eight 7 of the cannabis law, and representatives of industries that currently 8 use, or may potentially use, industrial hemp in their products, with 9 respect to the funding and support of research, and product and business 10 development and promotion, concerning hemp and businesses involved in 11 growing, cultivating, and processing hemp for uses including, but not 12 limited to food, fiber, packaging, cannabinoid content, and construction 13 materials [and other uses]. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14600-02-2
