§ 506 — Growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of hemp and products derived from such hemp permitted

§ 506. Growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of\nhemp and products derived from such hemp permitted. 1. Notwithstanding\nany provision of law to the contrary, hemp and products derived from\nsuch hemp are agricultural products which may be grown, cultivated,\nproduced, processed, manufactured, possessed in the state, and sold,\ndistributed, or transported in the state, pursuant to authorization\nunder federal law, the provisions of this article, article\nthirty-three-B of the public health law or any other state law.\n 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary restricting\nthe growing or cultivating, processing, manufacturing, sale,\ndistribution or transportation of hemp and products derived from such\nhemp, and subject to authorization of the growth and cultivation of hemp\nunder federal law, the commissioner may: (a) authorize the growing,\ncultivating, processing and manufacturing of hemp as part of\nagricultural pilot programs conducted by the department or an\ninstitution of higher education to study the growth and cultivation,\nsale, distribution, transportation, processing and manufacturing of such\nhemp and products derived from such hemp provided that the sites and\nprograms used for growing or cultivating hemp are authorized by, and\nregistered with, the department; and (b) license the growth and\ncultivation of hemp, including the processing of hemp in connection with\nits growing and cultivation, and the sale of hemp plants or hemp seed.\n