IN HB1204

State seed commissioner must adopt emergency rules by November 1, 2017 to establish standards and specifications for commercial cultivation and production of industrial hemp.

All growers and handlers of industrial hemp must obtain an industrial hemp license from the state seed commissioner, and those producing agricultural hemp seed must also obtain an agricultural hemp seed production license.

License applications must include applicant name and address, property coordinates, field acreage, criminal history consent for background checks, and a statement that applicant has not been convicted of drug-related felonies or misdemeanors in the previous 10 years.

State police may conduct up to two physical inspections per year of licensed industrial hemp operations to ensure plants meet the legal definition of industrial hemp, unless a search warrant authorizes additional inspections.

Marijuana definition is amended to explicitly exclude industrial hemp and all compounds extracted, derived, manufactured, or prepared from any part of an industrial hemp plant, including fiber, seeds, resin, and oil.