4-6-2: DEFINITIONS:
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
AGRICULTURAL PILOT PROGRAM: Means the industrial hemp program that is designed to research the growth, cultivation, and marketing of industrial hemp, hemp seeds and hemp products as authorized by Arizona Revised Statutes 3-311 et seq., and the rules and orders adopted by the Director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
DEPARTMENT: Means the Arizona Department of Agriculture.
GROWER: Means an individual partnership company or corporation that propagates industrial hemp pursuant to Arizona Revised Statutes 3-311 et seq., and the rules and orders adopted by the Director of the department.
HARVESTER: Means an individual partnership company or corporation that is licensed by the department to harvest industrial hemp for a licensed grower.
INDUSTRIAL HEMP: Means the plant cannabis sativa L., and any part of such a plant, whether growing or not with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths percent (3/10%) on a dry-weight basis.
INDUSTRIAL HEMP SITE: Means the location at which a grower, harvester, transporter or processor possesses industrial hemp.
LICENSE: Means the authorization that is granted by the department to propagate, harvest, transport, or process industrial hemp.
PROCESSOR: Means an individual partnership company or corporation that is licensed by the Arizona Department of Agriculture to receive industrial hemp for processing into hemp products and hemp seeds.
TRANSPORTER: Means an individual partnership company or corporation that is licensed by the Arizona Department of Agriculture to transport industrial hemp for a licensed grower to a processor. (Ord. 2018-01, 8-7-2018)