Utah Department of Agriculture and Food discusses guidelines for industrial hemp research

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As officials at the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF) lay out proposed ground rules for how Utah State University researchers and other institutions could work with industrial hemp, some lawmakers say the rules in the current form go too far.

Among the litany of guidelines, law enforcement officials would have “complete and unrestricted access” to industrial hemp plants and anything else at the growing sites used in the research. Law enforcement would be allowed on the growing areas “at any time” to make sure higher education institutions are following the law.

In addition, institutions growing the hemp would be subject to “random sampling” to make sure the THC concentration does not exceed 0.3 percent. Violations would lead to revocation of the research certificate.
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Utah lawmaker disapproves of proposed rules regarding new hemp law

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Police would have "complete and unrestricted access" to industrial hemp seeds and plants grown on Utah university campuses for research purposes under proposed rules to implement a new state law.

The administrative rules, which would regulate the implementation of the Industrial Hemp Research Act, "have gone beyond any legislative intent beyond the language, the ink on the paper" of HB105, said Sen. Mark Madsen, R-Saratoga Springs.

"I don’t think there's any provision for that kind of law enforcement involvement in this in the language of the bill," Madsen told the Utah Legislature's Administrative Rules Review Committee on Wednesday.
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