LAWS OF DELAWARE

VOLUME 81

CHAPTER 382

149th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 266

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 3 RELATING TO THE CULTIVATION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Three-fifths of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend § 101, Title 3 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 101. Powers.

The Department of Agriculture may:

(11) Adopt any policies and regulations necessary to permit the cultivation of industrial hemp when federal law permits the cultivation of industrial hemp beyond agricultural or academic research.

Section 2. Amend § 1601, Title 3 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 1601. Definitions.

As used in this chapter:

(3) "Grain" means includes, but is not limited to, corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, flaxseed, sorghum, soybeans, mixed grain and any other food grains, feed grains, hemp, and oilseeds which standards have been established in the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U.S.C. Chapter 3 [7 U.S.C. §§ 71-87k].

Approved August 28, 2018