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As authorized by the Governor of Kentucky
BRERETON C JONES
GOVERNOR
EXECUTIVE ORDER
94 - 1211
November 23, 1994
Secretary of State
Frankfort
Kentucky
HEMP AND RELATED FIBER CROPS TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, the agriculture industry within the State of Kentucky is a $3.2 billion business which must be protected so as to preserve its unique character and long-term economic viability; and
WHEREAS, the Kentucky agricultural industry provides jobs for 250,000 and generates as much as $20 billion in related sales and servi.ces annually; and
WHEREAS, Kentucky tobacco farmers are now earning less and less from the State's leading cash crop with the prospect of even more severe and substantial economic losses; and WHEREAS, Kentucky farmers have the potential to produce supplemental fiber crops which are already used in other countries for making paper, fuel, cooking oil, fabric and bedding for livestock; and
WHEREAS, there is a need to now critically examine and study in a more positive and constructive way the possibilities of developing viable, economically sound, and environmentally desirable supplemental crops for Kentucky agriculture; and
WHEREAS, hemp and related fiber crops are indigenous to Kentucky but, because it has been illegal to grow since 1937, no significant research or development has been undertaken concerning the many legal uses of fiber crops and their potential for being a supplement to growing tobacco by Kentucky tobacco farmers:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Brereton C. Jones, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, pursuant to the authority vested in me by KRS 12.029F do hereby order and direct the follo wing:
1. The Hemp and Related Fiber Crops Task Force is hereby created and established. The Task Force shall report directly to the Governor.
2. The mission of the Task Force will be: (a) to identify and report on the current legal use and potential legal use of hemp and related fiber crops for commercial enterprise purposes; (b) to provide an overview of the historical uses of hemp and related fiber crops prior to 1937, as well as its contemporaneous legal use in other countries and corresponding programs for monitorization; ( c ) to identify methods of selective breeding of hemp plants and related fiber crops for the purpose of removing or producing low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol; (d) to identify and report on companies in the United States which are currently using in their manufacturing process hemp based and related fiber crops; (e) to determine the marketability and economic competitiveness of products which are produced from hemp and related fiber crops and identify the technology needed for growing and processing the plants; (t) to work with the executive and legislative branches on legislation, policies, and programs for promoting a concerted effort to seriously look at and examine hemp and related fiber crops production as a supplemental crop to tobacco And develop recommendations for research programs and budget request for the continued study and examination of the potential developmental uses for hemp and related fiber crops.
3. The Task Force shall complete its work and deliver its recommendations to the Governor and Department of Agriculture by October 30, 1995.
4. The Task Force shall be attached to the Office of the Governor for administrative and staff purposes.
5. Members of the Task Force shall be reimbursed for actual expenses, if anyt incurred while attending meetings.
6 The Governor's Office shall take all actions necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Order. 7. The chairperson shall be appointed by the Governor from the membership of the Task Force.
8 The Task Force shall consist of the following individuals:
Ed Logsdon
Commissioner
Department of Agriculture
Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Billy Joe Miles
2700 Keller Road
Owensboro, Kentucky 42301
Theodore Ray-Broida
290 South Ashland Avenue
Lexington, Kentucky 40502
Joe Wright
Star Route
Harned, Kentucky 40144
Jerry Lovitt
Commisisoner
Department of Kentucky State Police
91,9 Versailles Road
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
William R. Sprague
President
Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation
Post Office Box 20700
Louisville, Kentucky 40250-0700
Dr. Luther B. Hughes, Jr.
Professor
Department of Agriculture
Western Kentucky University
Bowling:G.Leeii, Kentucky 42101-3576
Dr. C. Oran Little
Dean, College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
S-123 Agriculture Science Center
Lexington, Kentucky 40546-0091
James E. Claycomb
Office of the Governor
Capitol
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Mark Farrow
State Representative
2785 Stamping Ground Road
Stamping Ground, Kentucky 40379
Dr. Danny Britt
Chairman
Department of Agriculture
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky 40475
Dr. Eldon Heathcott
Chairman
Department of Agriculture
Murray State University
Murray, Kentucky 42071
Harold Ronell Benson, Ph.D.
Land-Grant Programs
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Dr. Lane Cowsert
Chairman
Department of Agriculture
Morehead, Kentucky 40351
Gale Glenn
2612 Basin Springs Road
Winchester, Kentucky 40391
Jake Graves
301 East Main Street
Lexington, Kentucky 40507
Hal Hamilton
Director
Community Farm Alliance
200 S@
Berea, Kentucky 40403
Further, I hereby designate Billy Joe Miles, Owensboro, to serve as Chairman of the Task Force.
Please issue to them commissions.
BRERETON C. JONES,
Commonwealth of Kentucky
BOB BABBAGE
Secretary of State
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