South Carolina § 46-55-30 - Application of chapter.
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§ 46-55-30. Application of chapter.
The provisions contained in this chapter do not apply to the possession, handling, transport, or sale of hemp products and extracts, including those containing hemp-derived cannabinoids, including CBD. Nothing in this chapter authorizes any person to violate any federal or state law or regulation.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 37 (H.3559), SECTION 1, eff May 10, 2017; 2019 Act No. 14 (H.3449), SECTION 1, eff March 28, 2019.
Editor's Note
Prior Laws: Former SECTION 46-55-30 was titled Industrial hemp excluded from Section 44-53-110, and had the following history: 2014 Act No. 216 (S.839), SECTION 2, eff June 2, 2014. See now, Code 1976 SECTION 46-55-50.
2019 Act No. 14, SECTION 3, provides as follows:
"SECTION 3. (A) The forty 2019 licenses issued pursuant to Chapter 55, Title 46 prior to the effective date of this act shall be valid for the term of the licenses, under the terms and conditions under which the licenses were issued, except that, upon the approval of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, each licensee may expand operations beyond the forty-acre limit and may cultivate hemp for commercial purposes.
"(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 46-55-20(B)(3), as amended by this act, as of the date licenses were issued for 2019, the South Carolina Department of Agriculture may issue additional licenses for 2019 to any applicant that met the licensing criteria but was denied solely because the department had already issued the legally permitted number of licenses for the year. Licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall be for the same term, and under the same terms and conditions, under which the forty licenses identified in subsection (A) were issued. Licensees pursuant to this subsection also may expand operations beyond the forty-acre limit and may cultivate hemp for commercial purposes upon the approval of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.
"(C) The law under which licenses are issued shall be in full force and effect for those licenses during the term of the licenses."
Effect of Amendment
2019 Act No. 14, SECTION 1, rewrote the section, which related to hemp growers' propagation methods and persons not subject to civil or criminal actions under state law.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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