1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state seed commissioner may not grant any license until the state seed commissioner has secured any necessary permissions, waivers, or other form of legal status by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency or other appropriate federal agency concerning industrial hemp.
2. (b) The state seed commissioner shall apply for any necessary permissions, waivers, or other forms of legal status by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency or other appropriate federal agency that are necessary to implement this chapter before January 1, 2015.
3. (c) The state seed commissioner may not implement a waiver under this section until the state seed commissioner files an affidavit with the governor attesting that the federal permission or waiver applied for under this section is in effect. The state seed commissioner shall file the affidavit under this subsection not later than five (5) days after the state seed commissioner is notified that the waiver is approved.
4. (d) If the state seed commissioner receives a waiver permission under this section from all the appropriate federal agencies and the governor receives the affidavit filed under subsection (c), the state seed commissioner shall implement this chapter, subject to the terms and conditions of the permission or waiver received, not more than sixty
5. (60) days after the governor receives the affidavit.

As added by P.L.165-2014, SEC.1.