House
File
2105
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2105
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
eliminating
acreage
limitations
for
the
production
of
1
hemp,
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
204.2,
subsection
3,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
“Crop
site”
or
“site”
means
a
single
contiguous
parcel
3
of
agricultural
land
suitable
for
the
planting,
growing,
or
4
harvesting
of
hemp
,
if
the
parcel
does
not
exceed
forty
acres
.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
204.4,
subsection
6,
Code
2020,
is
amended
6
to
read
as
follows:
7
6.
A
person
may
hold
any
number
of
licenses
at
the
same
8
time.
However,
the
person
shall
not
hold
a
legal
or
equitable
9
interest
in
a
licensed
crop
site,
if
the
total
number
of
acres
10
of
all
licensed
crop
sites
in
which
the
person
holds
all
such
11
interests
equals
more
than
forty
acres.
12
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
13
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
HEMP
PRODUCTION
——
ACREAGE
LIMITATION.
This
bill
amends
18
Code
chapter
204,
the
Iowa
hemp
Act
(IHA)
(Code
section
204.1),
19
which
in
part
requires
the
department
of
agriculture
and
land
20
stewardship
(DALS)
to
regulate
the
production
of
hemp.
Hemp
is
21
defined
as
a
species
of
cannabis
(sativa
L.)
having
a
maximum
22
concentration
of
delta-9
tetrahydrocannabinol
that
does
not
23
exceed
three-tenths
of
1
percent
(Code
section
204.2).
DALS
24
is
required
to
establish
and
administer
a
process
to
issue
25
and
renew
one-year
hemp
licenses
to
qualified
producers
(Code
26
section
204.4).
DALS
may
issue
any
number
of
licenses
to
a
27
qualified
producer
so
long
as
all
licensed
crop
sites
do
not
28
exceed
a
total
of
40
acres.
The
bill
eliminates
the
40-acre
29
limitation.
30
BACKGROUND.
The
IHA
must
comply
with
the
relevant
31
provisions
of
the
federal
Agriculture
Improvement
Act
of
2018,
32
Pub.
L.
No.
115-334,
that
allows
states
and
tribes
to
assume
33
primary
regulatory
authority
over
the
production
of
hemp
by
34
submitting
a
plan
for
approval
by
the
United
States
department
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of
agriculture
(USDA).
DALS
is
required
to
prepare
the
state
1
plan,
any
amended
state
plan,
or
amendment
to
an
approved
2
state
plan,
by
adopting
rules
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
17A
3
(Code
section
204.3).
The
USDA
has
published
interim
rules
to
4
implement
the
federal
legislation
(7
C.F.R.
pt.
990).
The
USDA
5
has
neither
approved
nor
disapproved
Iowa’s
state
plan.
6
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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