STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8496

                    IN SENATE

                                      March 7, 2022
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        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee 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  commissioner
     4  believes  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.
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