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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 200
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CHAPTER 200
(House Bill 91)
AN ACT concerning
State Agricultural Mediation Program
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a federally
certified State agricultural mediation program for a certain purpose;
authorizing the Secretary to adopt certain regulations; authorizing the
Secretary to establish certain qualifications for certain persons, enter certain
contracts, and receive certain grants; making certain records confidential under
certain circumstances; defining certain terms; and generally relating to the
establishment of a federally certified State agricultural mediation program.
BY adding to
Article - Agriculture
Section 1-1A-01 through 1-1A-04, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle
"Subtitle 1A. Agricultural Mediation Program"
1 Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Agriculture
SUBTITLE 1A. AGRICULTURAL MEDIATION PROGRAM.
1-1A-01.
(A) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.
(B) "AGRICULTURAL MEDIATION" MEANS A VOLUNTARY PROCESS IN WHICH A
MEDIATOR HELPS PRIVATE PARTIES OR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESOLVE
AGRICULTURALLY RELATED DISPUTES IN A CONFIDENTIAL AND NONADVERSARIAL
SETTING.
(C) "MEDIATOR" MEANS AN IMPARTIAL PERSON WHO IS TRAINED TO HELP
PEOPLE FIND MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS TO SHARED PROBLEMS AND HAS
NO POWER TO IMPOSE A SOLUTION.
1-1A-02.
(A) THE SECRETARY MAY ESTABLISH A FEDERALLY CERTIFIED STATE
AGRICULTURAL MEDIATION PROGRAM IN THE DEPARTMENT.
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