MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                      1735

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66C, §64G of the Code. The present
reference to the effective date is proposed
for deletion as obsolete.

SUBTITLE 2. REGULATION OF SALE AND TRANSPORTATION OF

SEED.

SEC. 9-201. DEFINITIONS.

(A)   IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language
used as the standard introductory sentence to
a definition section.

(B)    "ADVERTISEMENT" MEANS EVERY REPRESENTATION,
OTHER THAN THAT ON THE LABEL, RELATING TO SEED,
SUBJECT TO THIS SUBTITLE AND DISSEMINATED IN ANY
MANNER OR BY ANY MEANS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Art. 48, §148(1) of the Code. The only
changes made are in style.

(C)   "AGRICULTURAL SEED" INCLUDES THE SEED OF ANY
GRASS, FORAGE, CEREAL, OR FIBER CROP AND ANY OTHER
KIND OF SEED COMMONLY RECOGNIZED IN THE STATE AS
AGRICULTURAL, FIELD, OR LAWN SEED, AND MIXTURES OF
THESE SEEDS, AND NOXIOUS WEED SEED WHEN THE SECRETARY
DETERMINES THAT THE SEED IS BEING USED AS AGRICULTURAL
SEED.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Art. 48, §148(e) of the Code. The only
changes made are in style.

(D)      THE TERMS "APPROVED", "CERTIFIED",
"REGISTERED", "FOUNDATION", OR "BREEDER" OR ANY OTHER
TERM CONVEYING SIMILAR MEANING WHEN REFERRING TO ANY
SEED MEANS SEED WHICH IS PRODUCED OR COLLECTED,
PROCESSED AND LABELED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
PROCEDURES AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF AN
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION AGENCY.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection presently appears
as Art. 48, §148(v) of the Code. The
reference to "breeder" is added because this
term is used in this subtitle without
definition. The last sentence is proposed