204.16 Waivers or variances.
If the department determines there is a conflict with a regulation or order promulgated by a federal agency and a provision of this chapter, the department may grant a variance or waiver from the provision of this chapter to the extent such variance or waiver is allowed under the federal hemp law and the United States department of agriculture. The waiver or variance shall expire not later than July 1 of the succeeding legislative session.
2019 Acts, ch 130, §16, 18, 19
Section implemented effective April 8, 2020; the secretary of agriculture published an advisory notice that the state plan for the production of hemp was certified by the United States department of agriculture in IAB Vol. XLII, No. 21 (4/8/20), p. 2630; 2019 Acts, ch 130, §18, 19