KRS 260.850: Definitions for KRS 260.850 to 260.869.

As used in KRS 260.850 to 260.869:

(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of

Agriculture;

(2) "Cultivating" means planting, growing, and harvesting a plant or crop;

(3) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Agriculture;

(4) "Handling" means possessing or st oring hemp for any period of time on premises

owned, operated, or controlled by a person licensed to cultivate or process hemp.

"Handling" also includes possessing or storing hemp in a vehicle for any period of

time other than during its actual transport f rom the premises of a licensed person to

cultivate or process hemp to the premises of another licensed person;

(5) "Hemp" or "industrial hemp":

(a) Means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the

seeds thereof and all derivativ es, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts,

and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta -9

tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three -tenths of one

percent (0.3%) on a dry weight basis; and

(b) Does not include medicinal cannabis as defined in KRS 218B.010;

(6) "Hemp products" or "industrial hemp products":

(a) Means products derived from, or made by, processing hemp plants or plant

parts; and

(b) Does not include medicinal cannabis products as defined in KRS 218B.010;

(7) "Licensee" means an individual or business entity possessing a license issued by the

department under the authority of this chapter to grow, handle, cultivate, process, or

market hemp or hemp products;

(8) "Marketing" means promoting or selling a product within the Commonwealth, in

another state, or outside of the United States. "Marketing" includes efforts to

advertise and gather information about the needs or preferences of poten tial

consumers or suppliers;

(9) "Processing" means converting an agricultural commodity into a marketable form;

and

(10) "University" means an accredited institution of higher education located in the

Commonwealth.