Bill Text: VA HB248 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Industrial hemp products; signage, green cross emblem.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources [HB248 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB248-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 248 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled December 30, 2019 A BILL to amend and reenact §3.2-4114 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-926.5, relating to industrial hemp product; green cross symbol; signage. ---------- Patron-- Lindsey ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §3.2-4114 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 15.2 a section numbered 15.2-926.5 as follows:

§3.2-4114. Regulations.

A. The Board may adopt regulations pursuant to this chapter as necessary to register persons to grow, deal in, or process industrial hemp or implement the provisions of this chapter.

B. The Board may adopt regulations pursuant to this chapter to restrict the display on exterior signage of the symbol of a green cross with arms of equal length by any business that sells hemp products.

§15.2-926.5. Local regulation of signage displaying green cross symbol.

Any locality may by ordinance restrict the display on exterior signage of the symbol of a green cross with arms of equal length by any business that sells hemp products as defined in §3.2-4112.