<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 38-35-1 - Definitions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2078409Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078409SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078409CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078409Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078409DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078409StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2078409StatuteNumber1-000000 { margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2078409StatuteNumber2 { margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } a.s2078409000001 { text-decoration: none; } span.s2078409000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2078409NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2078409DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2078409SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 38-35-1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 38-35-1 - Definitions."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/38-35-1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-35-1" rel="noopener"><span class="s2078409SENU">38-35-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078409SENU">. </span><span class="s2078409CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409Statute"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Applicant," a person, including the state or any agency or institution thereof, any municipality, political subdivision, public or private corporation, individual, partnership, limited liability company, association, or trust; and includes any officer or governing or managing body of any municipality, political subdivision, or public or private corporation, or limited liability company, applying for an industrial hemp grower license, processor license, or both;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Department," the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Chemically derived cannabinoid," a chemical substance created by a chemical reaction that changes the molecular structure of any chemical substance derived from the cannabis plant. The term does not include:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1-000000"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Cannabinoids produced by decarboxylation from a naturally occurring cannabinoid acid without the use of a chemical catalyst;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Non-psychoactive cannabinoids; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Cannabinoids in a topical cream product;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Greenhouse," any indoor structure or enclosed building capable of continuous cultivation throughout the year, no less than two thousand eight hundred and eighty square feet, not part of a residential dwelling. Greenhouses may contain multiple lots that are separated and identified;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Hemp" or "industrial hemp," the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent on a dry weight basis;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Key participant," a sole proprietor, a partner in a partnership, a principal executive officer for a government entity, or a person with executive managerial control in a corporation or limited liability company;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Industrial hemp product," a finished manufactured product, or consumer product made from industrial hemp with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent, derived from or made by processing industrial hemp. This term does not include a product containing chemically derived cannabinoids, including:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-8-THC;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-10-THC;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Tetrahydrocannabinol acetate, also known as THC-O-acetate or THC-O;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    Hexahydrocannabinol, also known as HHC; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(e)    Tetrahydrocannabiphoral, also known as THCP;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Industrial hemp stalk bale," a bale that contains two main types of fiber, bast or long fiber found in the bark (skin) and hurd (shive), or short fiber located in the core of the stem, with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Lot," a contiguous area in a field or greenhouse containing the same variety or strain of hemp throughout the area. In addition, "lot" means the terms, "farm," "tract," "field," and "subfield" used by the United States Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency to mean "lot";</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(10)    "Measurement of uncertainty," the parameter associated with the result of a measurement, that characterizes the dispersion of the values that could reasonably be attributed to the particular quantity subject to measurement;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(11)    "Process" or "processing," to render raw industrial hemp plants or plant parts from their natural or original state to an initial processed form. Typical processing includes decortication, devitalization, crushing, or extraction;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(12)    "Processor," a person that converts raw hemp into an initial processed form;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(13)    "Produce" or "producing," to grow, germinate, dry, sort, grade, bale, grind, mill, pelletize, and harvest hemp plants in the field or in a greenhouse;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(14)    "Product in process," the product being processed by a state licensed hemp processor or the transfer of that product at no higher than one percent total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol between one or more licensed hemp processors during the process of processing state or federally approved, lab-tested biomass from a licensed grower into a finished industrial hemp product;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(15)    "Remediation," the process of rendering non-compliant cannabis compliant using methods accepted by the USDA;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(16)    "Secretary," the secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(17)    "Total delta-9 THC or total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol," the value determined after the process of decarboxylation, or the application of a conversion factor if the testing methodology does not include decarboxylation, that expresses the potential total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol content derived from the sum of the THC and THCA content and reported on a dry weight basis; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409StatuteNumber1"><a id="_pagenumber2" class="s2078409000001" rel="noopener"></a><span class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont">(18)    "Transporter," any person transporting, hauling, or delivering immature or mature hemp or product in process, but not industrial hemp product or sterilized seeds that are incapable of beginning germination.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078409000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2078409NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2078409DefaultParagraphFont-000003">Source: </span><span class="s2078409SCL">SL 2020, ch 176, § 1, eff. Mar. 27, 2020; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021; SL 2022, ch 155, § 1, eff. Mar. 18, 2022; SL 2024, ch 129, § 3; SL 2024, ch 168, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html> <html> <head> <style> p.effectiveDate {text-indent: 0; text-align: left; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 100%; margin-top: 2em; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 1em; font-weight: bold;} </style> </head> <body> <div> <p class="effectiveDate"> Effective January 1, 2027 </p> </div> </body> </html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 38-35-1 - Definitions.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2094405Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2094405SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2094405CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2094405Statute { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2094405DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2094405StatuteNumber1 { margin-left: 0.75in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2094405StatuteNumber2 { margin-left: 1.25in; text-indent: -0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } a.s2094405000000 { text-decoration: none; } span.s2094405000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2094405NoIndent { text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2094405DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2094405SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=38-35-1"><span class="s2094405SENU">38-35-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2094405SENU">. </span><span class="s2094405CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405Statute"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">Terms used in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Hemp" or "industrial hemp," the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent on a dry weight basis;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Industrial hemp product," a finished manufactured product, or consumer product made from industrial hemp with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent, derived from or made by processing industrial hemp. This term does not include a product containing any of the following chemically derived cannabinoids:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(a)    Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-8-THC;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(b)    Delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol, also known as delta-10-THC;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(c)    Tetrahydrocannabinol acetate, also known as THC-O-acetate or THC-O;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(d)    Hexahydrocannabinol, also known as HHC; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber2"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(e)    Tetrahydrocannabiphoral, also known as THCP;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Licensed hemp producer," a person licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture or a tribal program to produce hemp, as provided in 7 C.F.R. §§ 990.20 to 990.32, inclusive (January 1, 2026), and any authorized employee or agent of the person;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Process," to render raw industrial hemp plants or plant parts from their natural or original state to an initial processed form;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Processor," an entity that converts raw hemp into an initial processed form;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Produce," to grow, germinate, dry, sort, grade, bale, grind, mill, pelletize, and harvest hemp plants in the field or in a greenhouse;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Product in process," the industrial hemp being processed at no higher than one percent total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol by a hemp processor or the transfer of that product between one or more licensed hemp processors during the processing of state or federally approved, lab-tested biomass from a licensed grower into a finished industrial hemp product;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol," the value determined after the process of decarboxylation, or the application of a conversion factor if the testing methodology does not include decarboxylation, that expresses the potential total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol content derived from the sum of the THC and THCA content and reported on a dry weight basis; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405StatuteNumber1"><a id="_pagenumber2" class="s2094405000000"></a><span class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Transporter," any person transporting, hauling, or delivering immature or mature hemp or product in process, but not industrial hemp product or sterilized seeds that are incapable of beginning germination.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2094405000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2094405NoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2094405DefaultParagraphFont-000002">Source: </span><span class="s2094405SCL">SL 2020, ch 176, § 1, eff. Mar. 27, 2020; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021; SL 2022, ch 155, § 1, eff. Mar. 18, 2022; SL 2024, ch 129, § 3; SL 2024, ch 168, § 1; SL 2026, ch 167, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.</span></p></div></body></html>