MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1775

THREATENED VIOLATIONS OF THIS SUBTITLE FROM AFFECTED
PRODUCERS OF RAW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS OR THE
COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ASSOCIATION OF
WHICH THE PRODUCERS ARE MEMBERS, OR WITH WHOM THEY
HAVE A MARKETING CONTRACT. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
IMMEDIATELY SHALL MAKE ALL NECESSARY INVESTIGATIONS,
EXAMINATIONS, OR INSPECTIONS OF ANY VIOLATION OR
THREATENED VIOLATION SPECIFIED IN THE SWORN COMPLAINT
FILED WITH HIM.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66C, §60A(b) of the Code. The only
changes made are in style.

SEC. 10-203. HEARING; ACTION TO ENJOIN VIOLATIONS;
SUMMONS; CONSOLIDATION OF ACTIONS.

AFTER RECEIVING A SWORN COMPLAINT AND HOLDING AN
INFORMAL HEARING ON THE CHARGES MADE IN THE COMPLAINT,
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IMMEDIATELY SHALL BRING AN ACTION
TO ENJOIN THE VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS
SUBTITLE AS SET FORTH IN THE COMPLAINT IN THE CIRCUIT
COURT OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE VIOLATION OCCURRED. A
SUMMONS IN THE ACTION AGAINST ANY DEFENDANT SHALL BE
ISSUED AS IN OTHER CIVIL ACTIONS. ACTIONS AGAINST
DIFFERENT DEFENDANTS MAY BE CONSOLIDATED, IN THE
DISCRETION OF THE COURT, IF THE ALLEGED VIOLATIONS ARE
OF THE SAME PROVISION, HAVE OCCURRED IN THE SAME OR AN
ADJOINING COUNTY, RELATE TO THE SAME PRODUCTION
SEASON, AND CONSOLIDATION CAN BE MADE WITHOUT
PREJUDICE TO A SUBSTANTIAL RIGHT OF ANY DEFENDANT.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66C, §60A(c) of the Code. The present
provision requiring the summons to be issued
to the sheriff of the county in which the
defendant resides is proposed for deletion.
Since this section also provides that the
summons be served as in other civil actions,
the general provisions of the Code are
operative here. The only other changes made
are in style.

SEC. 10-204. APPLICABILITY OF SUBTITLE.

THIS SUBTITLE DOES NOT AFFECT THE RIGHTS OF A
PRODUCER OF RAW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, WHO HAS NOT
SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH A COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL
MARKETING ASSOCIATION, TO BARGAIN FOR HIS CHOP
INDIVIDUALLY WITH ANY BUYER. A BUYER MAY BARGAIN FOR
ANY OF HIS RAW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT REQUIREMENTS WITH