§ 2-15-503 — Definitions

Arkansas § 2-15-503

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 2

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As used in this subchapter: (1) "Certified seed" means industrial hemp seed that has been certified as having no more tetrahydrocannabinol concentration than that adopted by federal law under the Agricultural Marketing Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1639o , as it existed on January 1, 2021; (2) "Geospatial location" means a location designated through a global system of navigational satellites used to determine the precise ground position of a place or object; (3) "Grower" means a person licensed to grow and produce industrial hemp by the State Plant Board under this subchapter; (4) "Hemp product" means a product made from industrial hemp, including without limitation: (A) Certified seed for cultivation if the certified seed originates from industrial hemp varieties; (B) Cloth; (C) Cordage; (D) Fiber; (E) Food; (F) Fuel; (G) Paint; (H) Paper; (I) Particleboard; (J) Plastics; and (K) Seed, seed meal, and seed oil for consumption; (5) "Industrial hemp" means the plant Cannabis sativa and any part of the plant, including the seeds of the plant and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of no more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) of the hemp-derived cannabadiol on a dry weight basis, unless specifically controlled under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq.; (6) "Lot" means a contiguous field, greenhouse, or indoor growing structure containing the same variety or strain of Cannabis sativa throughout the area; (7) "Measurement of uncertainty" means the parameter associated with the result of a measurement that characterizes the dispersion of the values that could reasonably be attributed to the particular quantity subject to measurement; (8) "Produce" means to grow industrial hemp for market or for cultivation for market; (9) "Representative sample" means a portion of the submitted sample that is prepared for laboratory analysis in such a way that it accurately and completely reflects the composition of the originally submitted sample from which it was taken; (10) "Tetrahydrocannabinol" means the natural or synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of, Cannabis sativa, or any synthetic substances, compounds, salts, or derivatives of the plant or chemicals and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity; and (11) "Total available tetrahydrocannabinol" means the sum of concentrations of: (A) Tetrahydrocannabinol in the original sample submitted for analysis; and (B) Tetrahydrocannabinol derived from tetrahydrocannabinolic acid in the sample through the laboratory procedure of post-decarboxylation.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 629,§ 2, eff. 4/11/2023. Added by Act 2021, No. 565,§ 2, eff. 7/28/2021.