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A09310 Summary:

A09310 Actions:

A09310 Committee Votes:

Committee:CODES   Chair:Lentol      
DATE:05/17/2016AYE/NAY:19/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Lentol
Aye
Graf
Aye
Schimminger
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
McKevitt
Excused
Brennan
Excused
Montesano
Aye
Wright
Aye
Ra
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Tenney
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Titus
Aye
O'Donnell
Excused
Lavine
Aye
Perry
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Mosley
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Farrell      
DATE:05/25/2016AYE/NAY:34/0  Action: Favorable         
Farrell
Aye
Oaks
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gantt
Aye
Fitzpatrick
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Saladino
Aye
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Duprey
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Corwin
Aye
Perry
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Colton
Aye
Walter
Aye
Cook
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Hooper
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Wright
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Markey
Aye
Moya
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye

A09310 Floor Votes:

A09310 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         9310--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 17, 2016
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO, GOTTFRIED, BRINDISI, BENEDETTO, STIRPE,
          SKARTADOS, BLAKE, CROUCH, WOERNER, WALTER, CAHILL, MAGEE,  RUSSELL  --
          Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GLICK, McLAUGHLIN, PALMESANO, ROBINSON,
          SIMON, STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Agriculture
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the agriculture and markets  law,  in  relation  to  the
          sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 506 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by
     2  chapter 524 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 506. Growth, sale, distribution, transportation  and  processing  of
     4  industrial  hemp and products derived from such hemp permitted. Notwith-
     5  standing any provision of law to the contrary, industrial hemp  [is  an]
     6  and  products derived from such hemp are agricultural [product] products
     7  which may be grown, produced and  possessed  in  the  state,  and  sold,
     8  distributed,  transported or processed either in or out of state as part
     9  of [an] agricultural pilot [program] programs pursuant to  authorization
    10  under federal law and the provisions of this article.
    11    Notwithstanding  any  provision of law to the contrary restricting the
    12  growing or cultivating, sale, distribution, transportation or processing
    13  of industrial hemp and products derived from such hemp, and  subject  to
    14  authorization  under federal law, the commissioner may authorize no more
    15  than [up to] ten sites for the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp
    16  as part of [an] agricultural pilot [program] programs conducted  by  the
    17  department and/or an institution of higher education to study the growth
    18  and  cultivation,  sale,  distribution, transportation and processing of
    19  such hemp and products derived from such hemp provided  that  the  sites
    20  and  programs used for growing or cultivating industrial hemp are certi-
    21  fied by, and registered with, the department.
    22    § 2. Section 507 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chap-
    23  ter 524 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13736-04-6
        A. 9310--A                          2
 
     1    § 507. Prohibitions. [The] Except as authorized by federal  and  state
     2  law,  and regulations promulgated pursuant to section five hundred eight
     3  of this article, the sale, distribution or  export  of  industrial  hemp
     4  grown or cultivated pursuant to this article is prohibited.
     5    § 3. Section 508 of the agriculture and markets law, as added by chap-
     6  ter 524 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
     7    § 508. Regulations. In cooperation with the commissioner of health and
     8  the  commissioner  of  criminal justice services, the commissioner shall
     9  develop regulations consistent with the provisions of this  article  for
    10  the  approval  of agricultural pilot programs for the growing and culti-
    11  vation, sale, distribution, transportation or processing  of  industrial
    12  hemp and products derived from such hemp, including, but not limited to:
    13    (a)  the  authorization  of  any  person who as part of such [program]
    14  programs may: acquire or possess industrial hemp plants or  hemp  seeds;
    15  grow  or  cultivate  industrial  hemp  plants;  and/or,  sell, purchase,
    16  distribute, transport or process such plants, seeds and products; and
    17    (b) the [disposition] disposal, if necessary, of industrial hemp after
    18  it has been grown or cultivated and studied.
    19    § 4. The agriculture and markets  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    20  section 509 to read as follows:
    21    §  509.  Industrial hemp reporting.   The commissioner, in cooperation
    22  with the commissioner of economic  development,  shall  file  a  written
    23  report  with  the  governor,  the  majority  and minority leaders of the
    24  senate and the speaker and minority leader of the  assembly  on  January
    25  first, two thousand eighteen concerning the status of agricultural pilot
    26  programs  developed pursuant to this article. Such report shall include,
    27  but not be limited to, the success  of  such  programs  in  cultivating,
    28  marketing,  processing  and selling industrial hemp and products derived
    29  from such hemp, and the opportunities and barriers  to  developing  hemp
    30  related businesses and jobs.
    31    §  5.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    32  have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
    33  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    34  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    35  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.