(1) No person shall use, and no person shall purchase or otherwise acquire for intended use, any tobacco stalks in any manner that could result in human consumption by smoking or other use of tobacco stalks. This section does not prohibit the use of tobacco stalks in new and innovative uses for tobacco.
(2) The Department of Agriculture shall enforce this section, and shall initiate prosecution whenever and wherever it has reasonable grounds to believe this section is being violated.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 248.610


Effective: July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 98, sec. 7, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended
1994 Ky. Acts ch. 146, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994. — Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch.
308, sec. 1.