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Related: About this forumTennessee Legalizes Hemp
http://www.activistpost.com/2014/05/tennessee-governor-signs-law-to.html
Yesterday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam signed a bill which some supporters consider the strongest pro-hemp legislation in the country. House Bill 2445 (HB2445), introduced by Rep. Jeremy Faison (R-Cosby), would mandate that the state authorize the growing and production of industrial hemp within Tennessee, effectively nullifying the unconstitutional federal ban on the same.
The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 28-0 and the House by a vote of 88-5. It reads, in part:
The department shall issue licenses to persons who apply to the department for a license to grow industrial hemp.
Mike Maharrey, communications director for the Tenth Amendment Center, noted that one word strengthened the bill considerably. By including the word shall in this legislation, it has a great deal of impact, he said. This means that rather than keeping it open-ended like other states have done, hemp farming will be able to move forward in Tennessee whether the regulatory bureaucrats there want it to or not.
Shall is a legal term which creates a specific requirement far stronger than a word like will. The former is more closely interchangeable with the word must, while the latter allows leeway for the object of the term to delay. In this case, the bill states that the Tennessee department of agriculture will have a mandate to license farmers for growing hemp.
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Tennessee Legalizes Hemp (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
OP
I believe the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution are made out of it.
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
#4
joshdawg
(2,713 posts)1. So now it is legal to grow the material used to make
rope. How nice.
Cha
(305,428 posts)2. And, all kinds of things.. funny ol America, ain't it?
Uncle Joe
(60,148 posts)4. I believe the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution are made out of it.
Kind of ironic isn't it?
Cha
(305,428 posts)3. This should really help the economy. Good for them.. we have to buy
hemp products from Canada now.
thanks Uncle Joe
Uncle Joe
(60,148 posts)5. Thank you, Cha.