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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, Second Regular Session
prohibition; regulation; industrial hemp sites
Purpose
Prohibits a city, town or county from imposing any regulation or restriction on an industrial hemp site.
Background
Statute regulates the growth, harvest, transportation and use of industrial hemp in Arizona. A grower, harvester, transporter or processor of industrial hemp is required to obtain an industrial hemp license from the Arizona Department of Agriculture (AZDA) (A.R.S. § 3-314). The Director of AZDA must adopt rules to oversee the licensing, production and management of industrial hemp and hemp seed (A.R.S. § 3-313).
The Director of AZDA or a designee may physically inspect an industrial hemp site to ensure compliance with statutory requirements and AZDA Rules (A.R.S. § 3-316). An industrial hemp site is the location in which a grower, harvester, transporter or processor possesses a crop, harvested crop or hemp seed (A.R.S. § 3-311).
AZDA Rules hold an industrial hemp licensee responsible for maintaining compliance with all applicable city and county land use restrictions, zoning laws, building and fire codes and ordinances (A.A.C. R3-4-1003). Additionally, a licensed grower or processor cannot grow, process or store industrial hemp in any residential dwelling and must conspicuously post signage at the perimeter of the industrial hemp site that includes specified information (A.A.C. R3-4-1007).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Prohibits a city, town or county from imposing any regulation or restriction on an industrial hemp site.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 29, 2020
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