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EXPLANATION: establish industrial hemp pilot research program
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 44,
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, page 372, after line 13, by adding an
appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/ (AGRI: Industrial Hemp Pilot Research Program) Of the
funds appropriated to and/or authorized for the Department of
Agriculture, the department shall utilize $50,000 to establish
an Industrial Hemp Pilot Research Program. The intent of the
program shall be to allow the Department of Agriculture to
issue licenses to grow Industrial Hemp in order to support the
economic development of Industrial Hemp cultivation, processing
and commerce in South Carolina which is in accordance with Act
216 which was signed into law on June 2nd, 2014 and is in
compliance with the Federal Farming Act of 2014, Section 7606.
The department shall establish, administer and promulgate
regulations for the South Carolina Industrial Hemp Pilot
Research Program. The Department of Agriculture is directed to
enact this program within the Fiscal Year 2016-17./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.