521 – Severability.
§ 521. Severability. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this article are declared […]
517 – Penalties.
§ 517. Penalties. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, except section five hundred sixteen of this article, the failure to comply with a requirement of this article, a rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or the research agreements entered into by those conducting department authorized research may be punishable by a civil penalty […]
518 – Remedies.
§ 518. Remedies. The commissioner may institute such action at law or in equity as may be necessary to enforce compliance with any provision of this article or of any rule or regulation applicable thereto or promulgated thereunder in a manner consistent with this chapter and/or the civil practice law and rules.
519 – Hemp Economic Development.
§ 519. Hemp economic development. The commissioner shall consult and cooperate with the New York state urban development corporation, the New York state hemp workgroup created pursuant to section one hundred eight of the cannabis law, and representatives of industries that currently use, or may potentially use, industrial hemp in their products, with respect to […]
520 – Hemp Data Collection and Best Farming Practices.
§ 520. Hemp data collection and best farming practices. 1. The commissioner shall have the power to collect and publish data and research concerning, among other things, the growth, cultivation, production and processing methods of hemp and products derived from hemp and work with the New York state college of agriculture and life sciences at […]
511 – Proceedings to Review.
§ 511. Proceedings to review. The action of the commissioner in refusing to grant or renew a license, or in revoking or suspending a license, or in conditioning or limiting the granting or renewal of a license, may be reviewed in the manner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules, and […]
512 – Transferability; Change in Ownership or Control.
§ 512. Transferability; change in ownership or control. 1. Licenses issued under this article are not transferable, absent written consent of the commissioner. 2. A license shall become void by a change in ownership, substantial corporate change or change of location or acreage grown without prior written approval of the commissioner. The commissioner may promulgate […]
513 – Access to Criminal History Information Through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
§ 513. Access to criminal history information through the division of criminal justice services. In connection with the administration of this article, the commissioner is authorized to request, receive and review criminal history information through the division of criminal justice services, referred to as “the division” for the purposes of this section, with respect to […]
514 – Records.
§ 514. Records. Every licensee shall keep, in such form as the commissioner may direct, such records as may be required pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this article.
515 – AIDS to Enforcement.
§ 515. Aids to enforcement. 1. All licensees shall be subject to reasonable inspection by the department and a person who holds a license must make himself or herself, or an agent thereof, available and present for any inspection required by the department. The department shall make reasonable accommodations so that ordinary business is not […]