Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_127th/billtexts/HP000702.asp
Timestamp: 2019-12-06 17:49:14
Document Index: 543731217

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2231', '§2231', '§2231', '§2231', '§2231', '§2231', '§2231']

HP0007, LD 4, item 2, Document Text
C "A", Filing Number H-41, Sponsored by
Amend the bill in section 1 in §2231 in subsection 1 in the last line (page 1, line 7 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "chapter." the following: ' As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, "certified seed source" means a source of hemp seeds that are certified by a 3rd party as producing hemp having a delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol concentration that does not exceed 0.3% on a dry weight basis.'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §2231 in subsection 2 in the 4th and 5th lines (page 1, lines 11 and 12 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " an approved Canadian producer of hemp seeds" and inserting the following: ' a certified seed source'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §2231 in subsection 2 in the 6th line (page 1, line 13 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " producer in Canada" and inserting the following: ' certified seed source'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §2231 in subsection 2-A in the 2nd to 5th lines (page 1, lines 16 to 19 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " an approved Canadian producer of hemp seeds that ensures that the hemp cultivated by a grower has a concentration of no more than 0.3% delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol by dry weight." and inserting the following: ' a certified seed source.'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §2231 in subsection 6 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 10 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: " a license fee" the following: ' , per acre fees for monitoring, sampling and testing'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §2231 in subsection 6 in the last line (page 2, line 12 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "major substantive" and inserting the following: ' major substantive routine technical'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §2231 by striking out all of subsection 7 (page 2, lines 13 to 18 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘7. Fees. The commissioner shall establish through rulemaking under subsection 6 an application fee, a license fee and per acre fees for monitoring, sampling and testing that are reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of the department. The application fee must be no less than $50 and no more than $100, the license fee must be no less than $100 and no more than $500, and the fees for monitoring, sampling and testing must be no less than $1 per acre and no more than $100 per acre.
All fees received pursuant to this subsection must be paid to the Treasurer of State and credited to a separate, nonlapsing account in the department. Money received pursuant to this subsection must be used for the expenses of administering this chapter.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following.
This amendment provides that hemp seeds acquired for cultivation of hemp in the State may come from any certified seed source rather than only approved Canadian producers of hemp seeds.
This amendment provides that rules adopted by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7, section 2231 are routine technical rules.
This amendment includes the addition of per acre fees for monitoring, sampling and testing and establishes a range and cap for all fees established by the Commissioner of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry related to industrial hemp production.