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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 48 0

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 27 - Crimes and Punishments

60A.

(A)      WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF
AGRICULTURE, A PERSON MAY NOT GIVE AWAY ANY LIVE ANIMAL,
EQUINE, OR BIRD AS:

(1)    A PRIZE FOR, OR AS AN INDUCEMENT TO ENTER
ANY CONTEST, GAME, OR OTHER COMPETITION; OR

(2)    AN INDUCEMENT TO ENTER A PLACE OF
AMUSEMENT; OR

(3)    AS AN INCENTIVE TO ENTER INTO ANY BUSINESS
AGREEMENT WHERE THE OFFER WAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ATTRACTING
TRADE.

(B)    ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND IS SUBJECT TO A FINE
OF NOT MORE THAN $500.

(C)    THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO A
PERSON OR ORGANIZATION WHO GIVES AWAY AN ANIMAL:

(1)    AT AS AN AGRICULTURALLY RELATED FUNCTION

AGRICULTURAL PROJECT; OR

(2)    FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES; OR

(3) WHICH MAY BE USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION IS
INTENDED FOR SLAUGHTER.

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

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 481

(Senate Bill 643)

AN ACT concerning

Witness in Court Proceeding — Psychologists

FOR the purpose of permitting certain psychologists under
certain circumstances to testify in court and
administrative proceedings on certain issues.