Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/a7680/amendment/a
Timestamp: 2020-07-04 22:10:16
Document Index: 614454020

Matched Legal Cases: ['§  6', '§ 9', '§  513', '§  522', '§ 533', '§  534', '§ 535', '§ 536', '§ 538', '§ 544', '§ 546', '§ 547', '§ 11']

NY State Assembly Bill A7680A
assembly Bill A7680A
Current Bill Status Via S6184 - Signed by Governor
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Jun 20, 2019 substituted by s6184a
rules report cal.692
Jun 10, 2019 print number 7680a
Jun 10, 2019 amend and recommit to codes
May 15, 2019 referred to agriculture
A7680 - Details
A7680 - Summary
A7680 - Bill Text download pdf
Introduced  by  M. of A. LUPARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES, GOTTFRIED -- read once
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A7680A (ACTIVE) - Details
A7680A (ACTIVE) - Summary
A7680A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
7680--A
Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, PEOPLES-STOKES, GOTTFRIED, ROMEO, BLAKE,
McDONALD,  CRUZ,  SIMON,  NORRIS,  BUTTENSCHON, ASHBY, SCHMITT, GLICK,
JAFFEE, LIFTON, STIRPE, SMULLEN, CROUCH, GIGLIO, B. MILLER  --  Multi-
Sponsored  by -- M.  of A. MANKTELOW, THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on  Agriculture  --  reported  and  referred  to  the
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such hemp and products derived from such hemp provided  that  the  sites
and  programs used for growing or cultivating industrial hemp are certi-
3. THE INDUSTRIAL HEMP USED FOR  RESEARCH  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION
SHALL  BE SOURCED FROM AUTHORIZED NEW YORK STATE INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUC-
ERS. THE RESEARCH PARTNER MAY OBTAIN AN  EXEMPTION  FOR  ONLY  GRAIN  OR
FIBER  FROM  THIS REQUIREMENT UPON A SATISFACTORY SHOWING TO THE DEPART-
IS NOT GROWN IN NEW YORK AND/OR THE USE OF NEW YORK SOURCED HEMP IS  NOT
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ER OF TEN PERCENT OF THE VOTING STOCK, OR ANY  OTHER  PERSON  EXERCISING
ANY  POSITION  OF MANAGEMENT OR CONTROL HAS FAILED TO COMPLY WITH ANY OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE  OR  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED
§  6. Section 510 of the agriculture and markets law is REPEALED and a
SALE, DISTRIBUTION, AND TRANSPORTATION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP GROWN  IN  THE
1.  THE  AUTHORIZATION  OR LICENSING OF ANY PERSON WHO MAY: ACQUIRE OR
POSSESS INDUSTRIAL HEMP PLANTS OR SEEDS; GROW  OR  CULTIVATE  INDUSTRIAL
HEMP  IS  PRODUCED  WITHIN THE STATE, INCLUDING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF
3. THE PROCEDURE FOR TESTING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP PRODUCED IN THE  STATE
FOR  DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL LEVELS, USING A REPRESENTATIVE NON-DE-
CARBOXYLATED SAMPLE OF FLOWERS AND LEAVES FROM THE WHOLE PLANT OR  OTHER
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AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCE AT CORNELL PURSUANT TO SECTION  FIFTY-SEVEN
HUNDRED  TWELVE  OF THE EDUCATION LAW AND THE CORNELL COOPERATIVE EXTEN-
SION PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THE  COUNTY  LAW  TO
PROMOTE  BEST FARMING PRACTICES FOR INDUSTRIAL HEMP WHICH ARE COMPATIBLE
§ 9. Sections 513 and 514 of  the  agriculture  and  markets  law  are
§  513. ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION THROUGH THE DIVISION OF
OR  AUTHORIZATION  TO UNDERTAKE A HEMP PILOT PROJECT. AT THE COMMISSION-
SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT HIS OR HER FINGERPRINTS IN SUCH FORM  AND
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TO DISTRIBUTE, DISPOSE OF, OR MOVE THAT COMMODITY  WITHOUT  THE  WRITTEN
PERMISSION  OF  THE COMMISSIONER. THE COMMISSIONER MAY ALSO QUARANTINE A
PRODUCT BY PLACING A TAG OR OTHER APPROPRIATE MARKING THEREON  OR  ADJA-
CENT  THERETO  THAT  PROVIDES AND REQUIRES THAT SUCH PRODUCT MUST NOT BE
DISTRIBUTED, DISPOSED OF, OR MOVED WITHOUT HIS OR  HER  WRITTEN  PERMIS-
SION,  OR  MAY  QUARANTINE A PRODUCT BY OTHERWISE INFORMING THE OWNER OR
4. THE COMMISSIONER MAY  SEIZE  INDUSTRIAL  HEMP  BY  TAKING  PHYSICAL
BELIEVE  THAT  SUCH  COMMODITY DOES NOT MEET THE DEFINITION THEREOF, SET
FORTH IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FIVE OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
OR  IS  OTHERWISE IN VIOLATION OF, OR DOES NOT MEET A STANDARD SET FORTH
5. SUBSEQUENT TO QUARANTINING OR SEIZING INDUSTRIAL HEMP,  AS  AUTHOR-
IZED  IN  SUBDIVISIONS  THREE AND FOUR OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL PROMPTLY GIVE THE OWNER OR CUSTODIAN THEREOF AN OPPORTUNITY TO  BE
HEARD  TO  SHOW  CAUSE  WHY  SUCH  INDUSTRIAL HEMP SHOULD NOT BE ORDERED
NATION MAY BE REVIEWED AS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT  OF  THE
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537. PROVISIONS  GOVERNING  THE   GROWING,   MANUFACTURING   AND
2.  "HEMP  EXTRACT"  MEANS ANY PRODUCT MADE OR DERIVED FROM INDUSTRIAL
NOT, WITH A DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL CONCENTRATION OF NOT MORE  THAN
AN  AMOUNT  OF  THE PLANT CANNABIS SATIVA L. AND ANY PART OF SUCH PLANT,
ISOMERS, ACIDS, SALTS, AND SALTS OF ISOMERS,  WHETHER  GROWING  OR  NOT,
WITH  A  DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL  CONCENTRATION OF NOT MORE THAN AN
AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN REGULATION, USED OR INTENDED  FOR
HUMAN  OR  ANIMAL  CONSUMPTION  OR  USE  FOR ITS CANNABINOID CONTENT, AS
DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  IN  REGULATION.  HEMP  EXTRACT  EXCLUDES
INDUSTRIAL  HEMP  USED OR INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE
AND THOSE FOOD AND/OR FOOD INGREDIENTS THAT ARE GENERALLY RECOGNIZED  AS
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MENTAL CONSERVATION AND THE NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND  DEVELOP-
MENT  AGENCY, SHALL PROMULGATE NECESSARY RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING
THE SAFE PRODUCTION OF HEMP EXTRACT, INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL AND  ENERGY
§  522.  CANNABINOID RELATED HEMP EXTRACT LICENSING.  1. PERSONS GROW-
BINOID  CONTENT  AND USED OR INTENDED FOR HUMAN OR ANIMAL CONSUMPTION OR
USE, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN THE FOLLOWING LICENSE OR LICENSES  FROM
2.  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS SECTION, THOSE PERSONS
GROWING, PROCESSING OR  MANUFACTURING  FOOD  OR  FOOD  INGREDIENTS  FROM
INDUSTRIAL  HEMP  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER, WHICH
FOOD OR FOOD INGREDIENTS ARE GENERALLY  RECOGNIZED  AS  SAFE,  SHALL  BE
LICENSED AS A MANUFACTURER OR EXTRACTOR  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ARTICLE  OR
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OTHERWISE  PERMITTED  PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO OF THIS
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JUSTICE SERVICES; INFORMATION ABOUT THE PREMISES TO BE LICENSED;  FINAN-
3.  ALL  LICENSE  APPLICATIONS SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT (IF AN
EACH PERSON SIGNING SUCH APPLICATION SHALL VERIFY IT AS TRUE  UNDER  THE
5.  IF THERE BE ANY CHANGE, AFTER THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION OR THE
GRANTING OF A LICENSE, IN ANY OF THE FACTS REQUIRED TO BE SET  FORTH  IN
FILED  WITH THE DEPARTMENT WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER SUCH CHANGE. FAILURE TO
DO SO SHALL, IF WILLFUL AND DELIBERATE, BE CAUSE FOR REVOCATION  OF  THE
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(B) THE APPLICANT AND ITS MANAGING OFFICERS ARE OF GOOD MORAL  CHARAC-
TER  AND  DO  NOT  HAVE  AN  OWNERSHIP  OR  CONTROLLING INTEREST IN MORE
IN THE STATE AND ARE ELIGIBLE OR  CURRENTLY  RECEIVING  AN  AGRICULTURAL
(D)  THE APPLICANT SATISFIES ANY OTHER CONDITIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE
2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO LIMIT, BY CANOPY,  PLANT
COUNT  OR  OTHER  MEANS, THE AMOUNT OF HEMP EXTRACT ALLOWED TO BE CULTI-
3. ALL LICENSES UNDER THIS ARTICLE SHALL EXPIRE TWO  YEARS  AFTER  THE
DATE  OF  ISSUE AND BE SUBJECT TO ANY RULES OR LIMITATIONS PRESCRIBED BY
CLE, MAY BE RENEWED UPON APPLICATION THEREFOR BY THE  LICENSEE  AND  THE
LICENSE,  BUT IN ANY EVENT THE SUBMISSION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE LICENSED
PREMISES SHALL BE  DISPENSED  WITH,  PROVIDED  THE  APPLICANT  FOR  SUCH
RENEWAL  SHALL  FILE  A STATEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO THE EFFECT THAT
3. THE DEPARTMENT MAY MAKE SUCH RULES AS MAY BE NECESSARY, NOT  INCON-
SISTENT  WITH  THIS  CHAPTER,  REGARDING  APPLICATIONS  FOR  RENEWALS OF
4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL  PROVIDE  AN  APPLICATION  FOR  RENEWAL  OF  A
PRESCRIBED  RENEWAL  APPLICATION  AND RENEWAL FEE FROM A LICENSEE IF, IN
ADDITION TO THE CRITERIA IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED  TWENTY-SEVEN  OF  THIS
6.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CHARGE APPLICANTS FOR
LICENSURE UNDER THIS ARTICLE A NON-REFUNDABLE APPLICATION FEE. SUCH  FEE
MAY  BE  BASED  ON  THE  TYPE  OF  LICENSURE  SOUGHT, CULTIVATION AND/OR
PRODUCTION VOLUME, OR ANY OTHER FACTORS DEEMED REASONABLE AND  APPROPRI-
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§ 533. AMENDMENTS TO LICENSE AND DUTY TO UPDATE INFORMATION  SUBMITTED
FOR  LICENSING.  1.  UPON APPLICATION OF A LICENSEE TO THE DEPARTMENT, A
LICENSE MAY BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THE  LICENSEE  TO  RELOCATE  WITHIN  THE
STATE,  TO  ADD OR DELETE LICENSED ACTIVITIES OR FACILITIES, OR TO AMEND
THE OWNERSHIP OR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF  THE  ENTITY  THAT  IS  THE
2.  IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT
CHANGES EITHER WHILE THE APPLICATION IS PENDING OR AFTER THE LICENSE  IS
GRANTED,  WITHIN  TEN DAYS OF ANY SUCH CHANGE, THE APPLICANT OR LICENSEE
SHALL SUBMIT TO THE DEPARTMENT A VERIFIED STATEMENT  SETTING  FORTH  THE
CHANGE  IN  CIRCUMSTANCES OF FACTS SET FORTH IN THE APPLICATION. FAILURE
TO DO SO SHALL, IF WILLFUL AND DELIBERATE, BE CAUSE  FOR  REVOCATION  OF
CORPORATE CHANGE OR LOCATION  WITHOUT  PRIOR  WRITTEN  APPROVAL  OF  THE
COMMISSIONER.   THE COMMISSIONER MAY PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ALLOWING FOR
4. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "SUBSTANTIAL CORPORATE CHANGE"  SHALL
CERS  AND/OR DIRECTORS, OR A TRANSFER OF EIGHTY PERCENT OR MORE OF STOCK
(B) FOR A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, A CHANGE  OF  EIGHTY  PERCENT  OR
MORE  OF  THE  MANAGING  MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY, OR A TRANSFER OF EIGHTY
PERCENT OR MORE OF OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN SAID COMPANY,  OR  AN  EXISTING
§  534.  RECORD  KEEPING  AND  TRACKING. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, BY
REGULATION, REQUIRE EACH LICENSEE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE TO ADOPT  AND
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS, RELATING TO ALL HEMP EXTRACT  AT  EVERY  STAGE  OF
ACQUIRING,  POSSESSION,  MANUFACTURE,  TRANSPORT,  SALE, OR DELIVERY, OR
DISTRIBUTION BY THE LICENSEE, SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS OF THE  COMMISSION-
2.  EVERY LICENSEE SHALL KEEP AND MAINTAIN UPON THE LICENSED PREMISES,
ADEQUATE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF ALL TRANSACTIONS  INVOLVING  THE  LICENSEE
AND  SALE  OF ITS PRODUCTS, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED
SHALL HAVE PRINTED THEREON THE NUMBER, THE NAME  OF  THE  LICENSEE,  THE
YEARS  AND SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION BY ANY AUTHORIZED REPRESEN-
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§ 535. INSPECTIONS AND ONGOING REQUIREMENTS. ALL  LICENSEES  SHALL  BE
THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  AND A PERSON WHO HOLDS A LICENSE MUST MAKE
HIMSELF OR HERSELF, OR AN AGENT THEREOF, AVAILABLE AND PRESENT  FOR  ANY
ABLE  ACCOMMODATIONS  SO  THAT  ORDINARY BUSINESS IS NOT INTERRUPTED AND
§ 536. PACKAGING AND LABELING OF HEMP EXTRACT. 1. THE  DEPARTMENT,  IN
CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO
2. SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE  LIMITED  TO,  REQUIRING
ING  FROM THE CONSUMPTION OF HEMP EXTRACT PRODUCTS THAT SHALL BE AFFIXED
TO THOSE PRODUCTS WHEN SOLD, IF SUCH LABELS ARE DEEMED WARRANTED BY  THE
DEPARTMENT.  NO  LABEL  MAY  STATE  THAT HEMP EXTRACT CAN TREAT, CURE OR
3. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL ESTABLISH A QR CODE WHICH  MAY  BE
USED  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY FOR LABELS AND ESTABLISH
METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR  DETERMINING,  AMONG  OTHER  THINGS,  SERVING
SIZES  FOR  HEMP  EXTRACT PRODUCTS, ACTIVE CANNABINOID CONCENTRATION PER
SERVING SIZE, NUMBER OF SERVINGS PER CONTAINER, AND THE GROWING  REGION,
STATE  OR  COUNTRY  OF  ORIGIN IF NOT FROM THE UNITED STATES. SUCH REGU-
LATIONS SHALL ALSO REQUIRE A SUPPLEMENT  FACT  PANEL  THAT  INCORPORATES
2.  LICENSED CANNABINOID GROWERS SHALL BE PROHIBITED FROM USING PESTI-
MENT SHALL ISSUE GUIDANCE ON THE LABEL,  WARNING,  POINT  OF  SALE,  AND
5.  TERPENES  DERIVED  FROM THE HEMP PLANT ARE GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS
§ 538. LABORATORY  TESTING.  1.  EVERY  CANNABINOID  MANUFACTURER  AND
CANNABINOID  EXTRACTOR  SHALL CONTRACT WITH AN INDEPENDENT LABORATORY TO
TEST THE HEMP EXTRACT PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY THE LICENSED MANUFACTURER  OR
EXTRACTOR.  THE  COMMISSIONER,  IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
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HEALTH, SHALL APPROVE THE LABORATORY AND  REQUIRE  THAT  THE  LABORATORY
REPORT  TESTING  RESULTS IN A MANNER DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE
2. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DEVELOP AND CARRY OUT RESEARCH PROGRAMS  WHICH
MAY  INCLUDE  PROGRAMS  AT THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND
LIFE SCIENCES, PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTY-SEVEN  HUNDRED  TWELVE  OF  THE
EDUCATION  LAW  AND/OR  NEW  YORK STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
ISSUE CANNABINOID PERMITS TO RETAILERS,  WHOLESALERS,  AND  DISTRIBUTORS
AUTHORIZING  THEM  TO  SELL CANNABIS PRODUCTS DERIVED FROM HEMP EXTRACT.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SET FEES FOR  SUCH  PERMIT,
§ 544. PENALTIES AND VIOLATIONS OF THIS ARTICLE.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
PROVISION  OF  ANY  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, THE FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE,  THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  PROMULGATED
THEREUNDER,  MAY  BE  PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND
SECOND VIOLATION; AND NOT MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  A  THIRD
PRODUCERS, PROCESSORS, MANUFACTURERS AND  TRADE  ASSOCIATIONS,  TO  MAKE
AND  FEDERAL  POLICIES AND POLICY INITIATIVES, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE
PROMOTION AND MARKETING OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP AND HEMP EXTRACT AS  CONSIST-
ENT  WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS, WHICH WORKGROUP
§ 546. PROHIBITIONS. EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED IN THIS ARTICLE,  THE  MANU-
FACTURING  OF  HEMP  EXTRACT  FOR  HUMAN  OR  ANIMAL CONSUMPTION AND THE
DISTRIBUTION AND/OR SALE THEREOF IS PROHIBITED IN THIS STATE UNLESS  THE
MANUFACTURER  IS  LICENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE. HEMP EXTRACT AND PRODUCTS
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DERIVED THEREFROM FOR HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONSUMPTION PRODUCED OUTSIDE  THE
STATE  SHALL  NOT  BE DISTRIBUTED OR SOLD IN THIS STATE UNLESS THEY MEET
§ 547. SEVERABILITY. IF ANY PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR THE  APPLICA-
LIDITY SHALL NOT AFFECT OTHER PROVISIONS OR APPLICATIONS OF THE  ARTICLE
§ 11. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after  it  shall