New York § 506 - 506Growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of hemp and products derived from such hemp permitted

§ 506. 506Growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of hemp and products derived from such hemp permitted

§ 506. Growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of hemp and products derived from such hemp permitted. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, hemp and products derived from such hemp are agricultural products which may be grown, cultivated, produced, processed, manufactured, possessed in the state, and sold, distributed, or transported in the state, pursuant to authorization under federal law, the provisions of this article, article thirty-three-B of the public health law or any other state law. 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary restricting the growing or cultivating, processing, manufacturing, sale, distribution or transportation of hemp and products derived from such hemp, and subject to authorization of the growth and cultivation of hemp under federal law, the commissioner may: (a) authorize the growing, cultivating, processing and manufacturing of hemp as part of agricultural pilot programs conducted by the department or an institution of higher education to study the growth and cultivation, sale, distribution, transportation, processing and manufacturing of such hemp and products derived from such hemp provided that the sites and programs used for growing or cultivating hemp are authorized by, and registered with, the department; and (b) license the growth and cultivation of hemp, including the processing of hemp in connection with its growing and cultivation, and the sale of hemp plants or hemp seed.