Bill Text: VA HB2649 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Industrial hemp; testing, destruction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB2649 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB2649-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §3.2-4116 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§3.2-4116. Registration conditions.
A. A person shall obtain a registration pursuant to subsection A of §3.2-4115 prior to growing or processing any industrial hemp in the Commonwealth.
B. A person issued a registration pursuant to subsection A of §3.2-4115 shall:
1. Maintain records that reflect compliance with this chapter and with all other state laws regulating the growing or processing of industrial hemp;
2. Retain all industrial hemp growing or processing records for at least three years;
3. Allow his production field or process site to be inspected by and at the discretion of the Commissioner or his designee, the Department of State Police, or the chief law-enforcement officer of the locality in which the production field or process site exists;
4. Allow the Commissioner or his designee to monitor and test the grower's or processor's industrial hemp for compliance with tetrahydrocannabinol levels and for other appropriate purposes established pursuant to §3.2-4114, at the cost of the grower or processor;
5. If the person is a participant in a higher education industrial hemp research program, maintain a current written agreement with an institution of higher education that states that the grower or processor is a participant in the higher education industrial hemp research program managed by that institution of higher education;
6. If required by the Commissioner, destroy, at the cost of
the grower or processor and in a manner approved of and verified by the
Commissioner, any Cannabis sativa that the grower grows or the processor
processes that has been tested and is found to have a concentration of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
that is greater than that allowed by
federal law 0.6 percent;
and
7. If the person is a participant in the Virginia industrial hemp research program, by October 1 of each year, submit a report to the Commissioner regarding his growing or processing activities for the previous year.
