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  • From: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
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  • Subject: [permaculture] Hemp Manufacturing Legalized in the Commonwealth | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | WSET
  • Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 12:11:11 -0500

Hemp Manufacturing Legalized in the Commonwealth | News, Weather, Sports,
Breaking News | WSET
http://wset.com/news/local/hemp-manufacturing-legalized-in-the-commonwealth
Hemp Manufacturing Legalized in the Commonwealth
By Ashley Ann Sunday, March 6th 2016
Bill Passes to Authorize Hemp Farming in the Commonwealth (Photo: MGN)

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) -- The Manufacturing of Industrial Hemp for commercial
purposes was approved according to Virginia's Legislation Information System
<https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB691ER>.

Governor Terry McAuliffe signed the bill after it passed the General
Assembly 138 - 0.

This bill will allow farmers to legally manufacture industrial hemp
products. The law will go into effect July 1, 2016 according to the Virginia
Industrial Hemp Coalition
<http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Virginia-Governor-Signs-Hemp-Legalization-Bill-into-Law-.html?soid=1119136550741&aid=Tr3DlwCABBc>
(VIHC).

House Bill 699 <https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB699>
and Senate Bill 691
<https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB691> allows "a
person with a license to manufacture industrial hemp products or engage in
scientific, agricultural, or other research" involving the uses of
industrial hemp.

Virginia will now join several other states <http://norml.org/legal/hemp-2>
that allow cultivation, production, and/or manufacturing of hemp products.

The new bill redefines industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity and
allows licensed growers to cultivate the plant:
"Production of industrial hemp. Clarifies that it is lawful for a person
with a license to manufacture industrial hemp products or engage in
scientific, agricultural, or other research involving the applications of
industrial hemp and that no person shall be prosecuted for the possession,
cultivation, or manufacture of industrial hemp plant material or products.
The current law authorizes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services
to adopt regulations necessary to license persons to grow industrial hemp
or administer a research program. The bill requires the Commissioner of
Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish a licensure program, with a
maximum license fee of $250"



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