MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                2847

7-425(c), (f), 7-430(a), (e), 7-445,
7-456 (a), (b), (d), (j), 7-457(f), 8-716(b),
8-1005 (a), 9-301 (a), 10-101(y) , 10-618(c),
10-7 05, 10-1005(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 3-109, 4-117(a), (b), 4-305 (b),
6-107(c), 6-208(a), 6-305 (b), 7-412 (a), 7-418,
9-207(a)(2), 9-208, 10-105(d), 10-116, 10-406(a), 10-407,
10-901(c), 11-313 (a), (c), 11-314, 11-316(b), of Article
— Agriculture, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974
Volume) be and they are hereby repealed and re—enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

Article — Agriculture
3-109.

The owner of any domestic animal that has died of a
contagious or infectious disease shall bury it at a depth
of at least [three] 3 feet or burn it within three hours
prior to sunset of the day following the discovery of the
animal.

4-117.

(a)    For the purposes of this section, a person is
responsibly connected with a business if he is a partner,
officer, director, holder or owner of at least [ten] 10
percent of its voting stock, or an employee in a
managerial or executive capacity in the business.

(b)    After an applicant for or recipient of
inspection services is accorded an opportunity for a
hearing, the Secretary may refuse or withdraw inspection
services for any period of time for any establishment, if
he determines that:

(1) The applicant or recipient is unfit to engage
in any business requiring inspection because

(i) The applicant or recipient, or in case the
applicant or recipient is a partnership, any general
partner; or in case the applicant or recipient is a
corporation, any officer, director, holder, or owner of
more than [ten] 10 percent of the voting stock, is or has
been responsibly connected with any business or person
who has committed any offense under this subtitle or has
been convicted in any federal, State, or local court of
any felony or of any violation of law designed to protect