1526                                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 403

Maryland Commercial Fertilizer Law

FOR the purpose of correcting a technical error relating to
the enforcement of the Maryland Commercial Fertilizer
Law.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Agriculture

Section 6-214(b) and 6-215

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article - Agriculture

6-214.

(b) The Secretary may petition the circuit court of
the county in which the commercial fertilizer or soil
conditioner is located, if the fertilizer is located there,
to seize any lot of commercial [feed] FERTILIZER OR SOIL
CONDITIONER not in compliance with this subtitle. If the
court finds the material to be in violation of the
provisions of this subtitle and orders condemnation of the
commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner, the material
shall be disposed of in any manner consistent with the
quality of the commercial fertilizer or soil conditioner and
the laws of the State. The court may not dispose of the
material without first giving the claimant an opportunity to
apply to the court for release of it or for permission to
process or relabel it so that it complies with the
provisions of this subtitle.

6-215,

In any prosecution under this subtitle relating to the
composition of a lot of commercial [feed] FERTILZER OR SOIL
CONDITIONER, a certified copy of the official analysis
signed by the Secretary or the State Chemist is prima facie
evidence of the composition.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 2, 1978.

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