North Carolina § 106-568 - 51. Definitions.

§ 106-568. 51. Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Article: Repealed by Session Laws 2018-113, s. 4, effective June 27, 2018. Commercial use. - The use of industrial hemp as a raw ingredient in the production of hemp products. Commission. - The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission created by this Article. Department. - The North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Grower. - Any person licensed to grow industrial hemp by the Commission pursuant to this Article. Hemp products. - All products made from industrial hemp, including, but not limited to, cloth, cordage, fiber, food, fuel, paint, paper, particleboard, plastics, seed, seed meal and seed oil for consumption, and verified propagules for cultivation if the seeds originate from industrial hemp varieties. Industrial hemp. - All parts and varieties of the plant Cannabis sativa (L.), cultivated or possessed by a grower licensed by the Commission, whether growing or not, that contain a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis. Industrial hemp research program. - The research program established pursuant to G.S. 106-568.53(1). State land grant university. - North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University. Tetrahydrocannabinol or THC. - The natural or synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of, cannabis, or any synthetic substances, compounds, salts, or derivatives of the plant or chemicals and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity. Verified propagule. - A seed or clone from an industrial hemp plant from which THC concentration samples have been tested by a qualified laboratory and confirmed as having a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration less than that adopted by federal law in the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801, et seq. History (2015-299, s. 1; 2016-93, s. 1; 2018-113, s. 4.) Expiration of Article. - Session Laws 2015-299, s. 4, provides, in part: "This act shall expire on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission adopts and submits to the Governor and to the Revisor of Statutes a resolution that a State pilot program allowing farmers to lawfully grow industrial hemp is no longer necessary because (i) the United States Congress has enacted legislation that removes industrial hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act and (ii) the legislation has taken effect." Editor's Notes. - Session Laws 2015-299, s. 3, as amended by Session Laws 2016-93, s. 7, provides: "The North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission may adopt temporary rules to implement the provisions of this act. The temporary rules shall remain in effect until permanent rules that replace the temporary rules become effective." Sessions Laws 2018-113, s. 16(a), is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2016-93, s. 1, effective July 11, 2016, added subsections (7a) and (7b). Session Laws 2018-113, s. 4, effective June 27, 2018, deleted former subdivision (1), defining certified seed; substituted "verified propagules" for "certified seed" in subdivision (6); and added subdivision (9).