FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to  authorize the production of industrial hemp.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
     Section  1.  Any person who has registered with the Department of Agriculture to do so may plant, harvest, possess, process, sell, or buy industrial hemp, cannabis sativa L., with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of 0.3 percent or less. Any person who harvests, possesses, or sells industrial hemp with a THC content of more than 0.3 percent is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. However, no violation of this section that involves a THC content of less than three percent may be prosecuted.
     Section  2.  The secretary of the Department of Agriculture shall design and implement a registry within the department by January 1, 2002.

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