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HOUSE BILL NO. 1277 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources on January 28, 2015) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Yost) A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-801 and 54.1-3401 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 3.2 a chapter numbered 41.1, consisting of sections numbered 3.2-4112 through 3.2-4120, relating to industrial hemp production and manufacturing.
1. That §§ 3.2-801 and 54.1-3401 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Title 3.2 a chapter numbered 41.1, consisting of sections numbered 3.2-4112 through 3.2-4120, as follows:
§ 3.2-801. Powers and duties of Commissioner.
The Commissioner shall exercise or perform the powers and duties imposed upon him by this chapter. The Commissioner shall make surveys for noxious weeds and when the Commissioner determines that an infestation exists within the Commonwealth, he may request the Board to declare the weed to be noxious under this chapter and the Board shall proceed as specified in § 3.2-802.
The Commissioner in coordination with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries shall develop a plan for the identification and control of noxious weeds in the surface waters and lakes of the Commonwealth.
The Commissioner may cooperate with any person or any agency of the federal government in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
Expenses incurred on property owned or controlled by the federal government shall be reimbursed and refunded to the appropriation from which they were expended.
The Commissioner may, upon request, cooperate with federal, other state agencies, or political subdivisions in the enforcement of the narcotics laws to the extent of preventing the spread of and destroying marijuana or hemp, Cannabis species, or other plants that produce drugs that have been condemned for destruction under the narcotics laws, and the expenses incurred shall be reimbursed and shall be refunded to the appropriation from which they were expended. Such drug producing plants are hereby declared noxious and subject to all provisions of this chapter pertaining to eradication and spread subject to the above conditions.
"Grower" means any person licensed pursuant to § 3.2-4115 to grow industrial hemp as part of the industrial hemp research program.
A. It is lawful for a person licensed pursuant to § 3.2-4115 to cultivate, produce, or otherwise grow industrial hemp in the Commonwealth for the purpose of research as part of the industrial hemp research program. No person licensed pursuant to § 3.2-4115 shall be prosecuted under § 18.2-247, 18.2-248, 18.2-248.01, 18.2-248.1, 18.2-250, or 18.2-250.1 for (i) the possession or cultivation of industrial hemp plant material or seeds as part of the industrial hemp research program or (ii) the manufacture of industrial hemp products as part of the industrial hemp research program.
The Board may adopt regulations pursuant to this chapter as necessary to (i) license persons to grow industrial hemp or (ii) administer the industrial hemp research program.
A. The Commissioner shall establish a program of licensure to allow a person to grow industrial hemp in the Commonwealth in a controlled fashion solely and exclusively as part of the industrial hemp research program. This form of licensure shall only be allowed subject to a grant of necessary permissions, waivers, or other form of valid legal status by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration or other appropriate federal agency pursuant to applicable federal laws relating to industrial hemp.
5. Documentation of an agreement between a public institution of higher education and the applicant that states that the applicant, if licensed pursuant to this section, will be a participant in the industrial hemp research program managed by that public institution of higher education;
G. Each license shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance and may be renewed in successive years. Each annual renewal shall require the payment of a license renewal fee.
K. The Commissioner shall be responsible for monitoring the industrial hemp grown by any license holder and shall provide for random testing of the industrial hemp for compliance with THC levels and for other appropriate purposes established pursuant to § 3.2-4114 at the cost of the license holder.
A. A person shall obtain an industrial hemp grower license pursuant to § 3.2-4115 prior to planting or growing any industrial hemp in the Commonwealth.
B. A person granted an industrial hemp grower license pursuant to § 3.2-4115 shall:
4. Maintain a current written agreement with a public institution of higher education that states that the grower is a participant in the industrial hemp research program managed by that public institution of higher education.
A. The Board may adopt regulations as necessary to license persons to grow industrial hemp in the Commonwealth for any purpose.
B. The Commissioner may establish a program of licensure, including the establishment of any fees, to allow a person to grow industrial hemp in the Commonwealth for any purpose.
C. Subsections A and B shall only be allowed subject to the authorization of industrial hemp growth and production in the United States under applicable federal laws relating to industrial hemp.
§ 3.2-4118. Forfeiture of industrial hemp grower license.
A. The Commissioner shall deny the application, or suspend or revoke the license, of any industrial hemp grower if the grower violates any provision of this chapter. The Commissioner shall provide reasonable notice of an informal fact-finding conference pursuant to § 2.2-4019 to any industrial hemp grower in connection with the denial, suspension, or revocation of the grower's license.
Industrial hemp growers licensed under this chapter may be eligible to receive funds from the Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund established pursuant to § 3.2-3106.
§ 3.2-4120. Industrial hemp research program.
C. The research activities outlined in subsection B shall not:
D. The Commissioner shall pursue any permits or waivers from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration or appropriate federal agency that are necessary for the advancement of the industrial hemp research program.
E. The Commissioner shall notify the Superintendent of State Police and all local law-enforcement agencies of the duration, size, and location of all industrial hemp demonstration plots.
F. The Commissioner is permitted to cooperatively seek funds from public and private sources to implement the industrial hemp research program.
G. By November 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner shall report on the status and progress of the industrial hemp research program to the Governor and to the General Assembly.
"Compounding" means the combining of two or more ingredients to fabricate such ingredients into a single preparation and includes the mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug or device (i) by a pharmacist, or within a permitted pharmacy, pursuant to a valid prescription issued for a medicinal or therapeutic purpose in the context of a bona fide practitioner-patient-pharmacist relationship, or in expectation of receiving a valid prescription based on observed historical patterns of prescribing and dispensing; (ii) by a practitioner of medicine, osteopathy, podiatry, dentistry, or veterinary medicine as an incident to his administering or dispensing, if authorized to dispense, a controlled substance in the course of his professional practice; or (iii) for the purpose of, or as incident to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis and not for sale or for dispensing. The mixing, diluting, or reconstituting of a manufacturer's product drugs for the purpose of administration to a patient, when performed by a practitioner of medicine or osteopathy licensed under Chapter 29 (§ 54.1-2900 et seq.), a person supervised by such practitioner pursuant to subdivision A 6 or A 19 of § 54.1-2901, or a person supervised by such practitioner or a licensed nurse practitioner or physician assistant pursuant to subdivision A 4 of § 54.1-2901 shall not be considered compounding.
"Controlled substance" means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedules I through VI of this chapter. The term shall not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, or tobacco as those terms are defined or used in Title 3.2 or Title 4.1.
"Proprietary medicine" means a completely compounded nonprescription drug in its unbroken, original package which does not contain any controlled substance or marijuana as defined in this chapter and is not in itself poisonous, and which is sold, offered, promoted, or advertised directly to the general public by or under the authority of the manufacturer or primary distributor, under a trademark, trade name, or other trade symbol privately owned, and the labeling of which conforms to the requirements of this chapter and applicable federal law. However, this definition shall not include a drug that is only advertised or promoted professionally to licensed practitioners, a narcotic or drug containing a narcotic, a drug that may be dispensed only upon prescription or the label of which bears substantially the statement "Warning - may be habit-forming," or a drug intended for injection.