Ch. 235                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  603

AMOUNTS OF THE BILLS NOT PAID WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM
THE DATE OF DETERMINATION UPON THE HEARINGS, OR, IF NONE
IS DEMANDED, ON THE DATE UPON WHICH THE PAYMENT IS DUE,
SHALL BEAR INTEREST AT A RATE TO BE PRESCRIBED BY
REGULATION OF THE COMMISSION, AT A RATE NOT LESS THAN
SIX PER CENTUM PER ANNUM.

(E) IN ADDITION TO THE FEES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION,
THE COMMISSION MAY CHARGE REASONABLE FEES FOR
CERTIFIED COPIES OF COMMISSION PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS.
THE COMMISSION MAY ALSO CHARGE AND COLLECT A FEE OF
$1.00 FOR THE ISSUANCE AND RENEWAL OF A TAXICAB DRIVER
LICENSE, AND A FEE OF $2.00 FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A DUPLICATE
TAXICAB DRIVER LICENSE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 7, 1973.

CHAPTER 235
(Senate Bill 663)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 59 (a) and (c) of
Article 48 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume),
title "Inspections," subtitle "State Tobacco Authority," to provide for the
collection and review of all records concerning the sale of leaf tobacco to
tobacco merchants, so as to protect the rightful owner against conversion of his
property.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 59 (a) and (c) of Article 48 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Inspections," subtitle "State
Tobacco Authority," be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

59.

(a) The Authority [may in its discretion] SHALL make studies and
investigations covering [[any]] EACH phase of the production and marketing of
tobacco in Maryland, and collaborate with other groups or agencies, including but
not limited to, the University of Maryland and the State Board of Agriculture. It
may provide information to tobacco growers and to the general public as to the
relation between prices received by the producers of tobacco and the general
commodity price level. It may conduct surveys among tobacco growers to
determine their needs for better and more efficient production, handling, and
marketing of tobacco. It may act to promote the more extensive use of tobacco
grown in Maryland in both domestic and foreign markets.

(c) It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation engaged in the
business of selling leaf tobacco on or through any established tobacco market in
Maryland, to include with every check and/or account of every sale of tobacco for
or on the account of the grower or person for whom sale was made, a statement
showing the weight, price per pound and number of hogshead or basket or other