This rulemaking is to implement Senate Bill 1020 as approved by the Florida Legislature, which, if signed by the Governor, would create Section 581.217, F.S., and require the Department to administer the state hemp program. If you would like to be ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES

Division of Agricultural Environmental Services

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

5E-4.006Seed Standards

5E-4.007Commercial Tests

5E-4.016Certified Seed

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This rulemaking is to implement Senate Bill 1020 as approved by the Florida Legislature, which, if signed by the Governor, would create Section 581.217, F.S., and require the Department to administer the state hemp program. If you would like to be added to the Department’s interested parties list to receive updates and draft rule text for this rulemaking, please visit https://www.FreshFromFlorida.com/Cannabis/Hemp-CBD-in-Florida

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: State Hemp Program and updating seed standards and commercial tests related to hemp pursuant to Chapter 581, F.S.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 570.07(23), 578.11(2) FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 578.09(2)(a), 578.11(2), 581.217, FS.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Patricia Lucas, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Agricultural Environmental Laboratories, 3125 Conner Boulevard, Bldg. 7, Tallahassee, FL 32399; [phone]; [e-mail]             

RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD AT THE DATES, TIMES AND PLACES SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: JUNE 20, 2019, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PLACE: BROWARD COLLEGE (SOUTH CAMPUS), PERFORMING CULTURAL ARTS THEATRE (PCAT), 7200 PINES BLVD., BUILDING 68 A ROOM 151, PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33024

DATE AND TIME: JUNE 21, 2019, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PLACE: FLORIDA STATE FAIRGROUNDS, FLORIDA CENTER, 4800 US HWY. 301 NORTH, TAMPA FL 33610

DATE AND TIME: JUNE 24, 2019, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

PLACE: R.A. GREY BUILDING AUDITORIUM, 500 S. BRONOUGH, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399

 

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME, BUT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE DEPARTMENT’S WEBSITE AND TO THE INTERESTED PARTIES LIST PRIOR TO THE WORKSHOPS.