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       Senate Engrossed
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  State of Arizona
  Senate
  Forty-fifth
  Legislature
  Second Regular Session
  2002
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    SENATE BILL 1431
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AN ACT

RELATING TO A STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Industrial hemp study; report

A. Any state university under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents shall study the feasibility and desirability of industrial hemp production in this state if the university receives private funding to conduct the study. The study may include an analysis of all of the following:

1. Required soils and growing conditions.

2. Seed availability and varieties, including in the ground seed variety trials.

3. Harvest methods.

4. Market economies.

5. Environmental benefits.

B. If the study is conducted pursuant to subsection A, the university shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before December 1, 2003 and shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state and the director of the Arizona state library, archives and public records.

Sec. 2. Delayed repeal

Section 1 of this act is repealed from and after January 31, 2004.