HB2453 H ANR AM #2
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The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources moved to amend the bill on page 1 by striking out the enacting section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“That §19-12E-4 and §19-12E-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:”
And,
On page 1, following the article heading, by inserting the following section:
Ҥ19-12E-4. Industrial hemp authorized as agricultural crop.
Industrial hemp that has not more than one percent
tetrahydrocannabinol is considered an agricultural crop in this state if grown
for the purposes authorized by the provisions of this article. and
notwithstanding section two-hundred-four, article two, chapter sixty-a of the
code to the contrary, is not a schedule 1 drug. Upon meeting the
requirements of section three of this article, an individual in this state may
plant, grow, harvest, possess, process, sell or buy industrial hemp.”
Adopted
Rejected