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Act No. 7868 — An Act amending The Virgin Islands Code title 7, chapter 13 to provide for the Department of Agriculture, the University of the Virgin Islan

Collection
Acts & Legislation
Entity
Legislature
Date
2016
Type
Act
Identifiers
Act 7868, Bill 31-0330

ACT NO, 7868 BILL NO. 31-0330 THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS Regular Session 2016 An Act amending The Virgin Islands Code title 7, chapter 13 to provide for the Department of Agriculture, the University of the Virgin Islands and other selected universities to cultivate industrial hemp for research purposes: amending title 19, chapter 29, section 593 to exclude industrial hemp from the definition of controlled substance, providing for the deferred authority for the commercial cultivation of industrial hemp contingent upon congressional authorization, making a $75,000 appropriation to the Department of Agriculture, and for other related purposes ex{No Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Virgin Islands: WHEREAS, hemp (Cannabis, subspecies-sativa) is the name of the soft, durable fiber that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus, cultivated for industrial and commercial non-drug use: and WHEREAS, hemp is the world’s strongest natural fiber and has been used to make: (1) Hemp foods, including milk, seeds, butter, oil, and cheese; (2) Hemp Textiles, including h …

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