<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035b000002 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000003 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=12:82:02:01"><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000000">12</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000000">82</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000000">02</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000000">:</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000000">01</span></a><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000001">.  Applications.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0"> </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">Except as provided in this section, a</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">ny person or legal business entity in South Dakota shall obtain a</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">n industrial hemp</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0"> license from the department to purchase, receive, or obtain industrial hemp for planting, storing, propagating, producing, or processing. </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">An industrial hemp license is not required:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    (1)  </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">For the possession or distribution of hemp seed</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    (2)  </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">To obtain industrial hemp product</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    (3)  </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">For employees of this state when performing official duties; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    (4)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">For laboratories testing industrial hemp seed to determine label information, in accordance with SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-12A-9"><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000003">38-12A-9</span></a><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0"> </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">47</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0"> SDR </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">75</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">, effective </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">December 28, 2020; 49 SDR 47, effective November 22, 2022</span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-35-11"><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000003">38-35-11</span></a><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">(1).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-35-2"><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000003">38-35-2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-12A-9"><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000003">38-12A-9</span></a><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035b000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0-000001">Example: </span><span class="s134eb7ad-89f3-4c5d-bef1-30f446d9035bC0">The term "industrial hemp" includes seedlings and clones.</span></p></div></body></html>