New York S 8496: Relates to industrial hemp development

Bill Text

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 ] commissioner shall consult andbelieves it to be necessary, the The
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 withuse, or may potentially use, industrial hemp in their products,
9 respect to the funding and support of research, and product and business
10 concerning hemp and businesses involved indevelopment and promotion,
11 growing, cultivating, and processing hemp for uses including, but not
12 food, fiber, cannabinoid content, constructionlimited to packaging, and
13 materials [ ].and other uses
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14600-02-2