Current through 2023-2024 Legislative Session Chapters 1-374, 376-386, 393, 394, 397, 398, 406-412, 414, 415, 421, 424, 427, 429, 430, 432-456, 460, 461, 471, 473, 475, 478, 480, 483, 484, 488, 490
The intent of this chapter is to:
(1) Promote exploration of the cultivation and processing of hemp and the potential to open up new commercial markets for farmers and businesses through the sale of hemp products;(2) Explore expansion of the state's hemp industry and allow farmers and businesses to begin to cultivate, handle, and process hemp and sell hemp products for commercial purposes;(3) Encourage and empower research into growing hemp and creating hemp products at universities and in the private sector;(4) Ultimately move the state and its citizens to the forefront of the hemp industry;(5) Balance the desire to explore the cultivation and processing of hemp with public health, safety, and welfare regarding the potential for unwanted and unlawful uses of chemical elements of hemp; and(6) Enable the department, licensees, and universities to promote the cultivation and processing of hemp and the commercial sale of hemp products.Added by 2019 Ga. Laws 314,§ 1, eff. 5/10/2019.