MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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OYSTER PACKER OR DEALER AND NOTIFY HIM OF THE TAX DUE AND
OF THE AMOUNT OF THE DEFICIENCY ASSESSMENT. IF THE
OYSTER BUYER OR OYSTER PACKER OR DEALER FAILS TO PAY THE
TAX AND ASSESSMENT WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER RECEIVING NOTICE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL LEVY, IN
ADDITION TO THE TAX ASSESSMENT, A PENALTY NOT EXCEEDING
10 PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT DUE, PLUS ONE-HALF OF ONE
PERCENT FOR EACH MONTH THE TAX OR ADDITIONAL TAX REMAINS
UNPAID.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved April 13, 1976.

CHAPTER 178

(House Bill 592)

AN ACT concerning

Power Plant Siting Program

FOR the purpose of providing that the Secretaries of
Agriculture and State Planning participate in
implementation of the research program for power
plant siting and requiring the Public Service
Commission to notify the Department of Agriculture
of each application for a certificate of public
convenience and necessity for an electric generating
station and overhead transmission lines.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Natural Resources

Section 3—303 (a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1975 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 78 — Public Service Commission Law

Section 54B(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1975 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 3-303(a) of Article - Natural
Resources, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1974 volume
and 1975 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
reenacted, with amendments, to read as follows: