{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-260.852","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 260.852","heading":"Commonwealth's hemp policy.","body":"It is the declared policy of the Commonwealth that hemp is a viable agricultural crop in\nthe Commonwealth. The purposes of KRS 260.850 to 260.869 are to:\n(1) Promote the research and study methods of cultivating, processing, and marketing\nhemp;\n(2) Promote the expansion of the Commonwealth's hemp industry to the maximum\nextent permitted by federal law by allowing citizens of the Commonwealth to\ncultivate, handle, or process hemp and hemp products for commercial purposes; and\n(3) Move the Commonwealth and its citizens to the forefront of the hemp industry.","path":["KRS Chapter 260"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=49787","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:10Z","sha256":"4bafcc031f0f3467fd541f80d379e24e2049415b50c586bd74c404c4b49d0f30","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-260.851","next":"us-ky/krs-260.853"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}