* § 506. Growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp and products derived from such hemp permitted. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, industrial hemp and products derived from such hemp are agricultural products which may be grown, produced and possessed in the state, and sold, distributed, transported or processed either in or out of state as part of agricultural pilot programs pursuant to authorization under federal law and the provisions of this article. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary restricting the growing or cultivating, sale, distribution, transportation or processing of industrial hemp and products derived from such hemp, and subject to authorization under federal law, the commissioner may authorize the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp as part of agricultural pilot programs conducted by the department and/or an institution of higher education to study the growth and cultivation, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of such hemp and products derived from such hemp provided that the sites and programs used for growing or cultivating industrial hemp are certified by, and registered with, the department. * NB Effective until March 8, 2020 * § 506. Growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of industrial hemp and products derived from such hemp permitted. 1. Industrial hemp and products derived from such hemp are agricultural products which may be grown, produced, possessed, sold, distributed, transported and/or processed in state pursuant to authorization under federal law and/or the provisions of this article.

1. 2. The commissioner may authorize the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp as part of agricultural pilot programs conducted by the department and/or an institution of higher education to study the growth and cultivation, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of such hemp and products derived from such hemp provided that the sites and programs used for growing or cultivating industrial hemp are certified by, and registered with, the department.
2. 3. The industrial hemp used for research pursuant to this section shall be sourced from authorized New York state industrial hemp producers. The research partner may obtain an exemption for only grain or fiber from this requirement upon a satisfactory showing to the department that a suitable variety of industrial hemp for the research project is not grown in New York and/or the use of New York sourced hemp is not practicable for the project. Hemp for extracts can only be sourced from authorized New York state industrial hemp producers.
3. 4. Nothing in this section shall limit the jurisdiction of the department under any other article of this chapter. * NB Effective and Repealed March 8, 2020 * § 506. Growth, sale, distribution, transportation and processing of hemp and products derived from such hemp permitted. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, hemp and products derived from such hemp are agricultural products which may be grown, cultivated, produced, processed, manufactured, possessed in the state, and sold, distributed, or transported in the state, pursuant to authorization under federal law, the provisions of this article, article thirty-three-B of the public health law or any other state law.
4. 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary restricting the growing or cultivating, processing, manufacturing, sale, distribution or transportation of hemp and products derived from such hemp, and subject to authorization of the growth and cultivation of hemp under federal law, the commissioner may: (a) authorize the growing, cultivating, processing and manufacturing of hemp as part of agricultural pilot programs conducted by the department or an institution of higher education to study the growth and cultivation, sale, distribution, transportation, processing and manufacturing of such hemp and products derived from such hemp provided that the sites and programs used for growing or cultivating hemp are authorized by, and registered with, the department; and (b) license the growth and cultivation of hemp, including the processing of hemp in connection with its growing and cultivation, and the sale of hemp plants or hemp seed. * NB Effective March 8, 2020