HB 12-1099 Summary

• Creates an Industrial Hemp Remediation Pilot Program under a seven-member committee jointly appointed by the chairs of the House and Senate agriculture committees to study soil and water remediation through hemp growth.

• Permits growing and possessing industrial hemp (cannabis sativa containing no more than 0.3% tetrahydrocannabinols) for pilot program purposes without civil or criminal liability if in compliance with the program.

• Committee must conduct research at a secure indoor growing site and submit a report within six months of conclusion studying contamination uptake rates, carbon fixation, contaminant locations in plant tissues, disposal methods, and other remediation data.

• Creates a Hemp Remediation Pilot Program Cash Fund to receive private and public gifts, grants, and donations, with moneys appropriated annually to the Department of Public Health and Environment for program implementation.

• Appropriates $25,000 from the cash fund for fiscal year 2012-2013 to the department's hazardous materials and solid waste management division for committee expenses.

• The entire article automatically repeals effective July 1, 2022.