Download Provides the authority, procedures, and licensing requirements related to the production of industrial hemp as an agricultural product. Requires the department of agriculture to promote industrial hemp research and development of markets for industrial hemp. Requires the possession, use, sale, or transfer of industrial hemp for research and development purposes to not constitute certain offenses involving a detrimental drug.

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Increases tax per cigarette to 9 cents after 1/1/2007, 11 cents after 1/1/2008, and 13 cents after 1/1/2009. Earmarks 50% of tax to Cancer Research Center, 25% to DOH health promotion and disease prevention programs, and 25% to the Hawaii tobacco prevention and control trust fund.

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Requires a permit from the department of agriculture to import, introduce, or develop a new species of genetically engineered organism. Allows the department after a public hearing to determine whether to grant a permit and under what conditions, if any, based on the department's determination of the level of risk presented to agriculture, horticulture, the environment, animal, or public health.

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Factory of the oil seeds processing (hemp, flax)