SB17-117 Recognize Industrial Hemp Agricultural Product For Agricultural Water Right
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SB17-117
Recognize Industrial Hemp Agricultural Product For Agricultural Water Right
Concerning confirmation that industrial hemp is a recognized agricultural product for which a person with a water right decreed for agricultural use may use the water subject to the water right for industrial hemp cultivation.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Subject: Water
In Colorado, water subject to a water right may be used for the purpose for which the water is decreed. The bill confirms that a person with an absolute or conditional water right decreed for agricultural use may use the water subject to the water right for the growth or cultivation of industrial hemp if the person is registered by the department of agriculture to grow industrial hemp for commercial or research and development purposes.