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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 368

(g) The Comptroller may adopt rules or regulations
defining the circumstances in which a producer or refiner
temporarily may operate a previously dealer-operated
station.

(h) The Comptroller may permit reasonable exceptions
to the divestiture dates specified by this section after
considering all of the relevant facts and reaching
reasonable conclusions based upon those facts.

(I) FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C) OF THIS
SECTION, A RETAIL SERVICE STATION DEALER SHALL MAY NOT
INCLUDE FACILITIES OWNED OR OPERATED BY AN AGRICULTURAL
COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AS DEFINED IN CHAPTER 13(A) OF THE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT OF 1929 (49 STAT. 317, 12 U.S.C.
1141). WHICH ARE WERE BOTH OWNED AND OPERATED ON JANUARY 1,
1979 BY AN AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION WHICH A BANK
FOR COOPERATIVES CERTIFIES IS ELIGIBLE TO BORROW FROM IT
PURSUANT TO SUBCHARTER III OF THE FEDERAL FARM CREDIT ACT OF
1971 (12 U.S.C. §2121 ET SEQ. ) PROVIDED THAT:

(1)  THE CERTIFICATION IS FILED WITH THE
COMPTROLLER OF THE TREASURY IN CONNECTION WITH THE
REGISTRATION OF A RETAIL SERVICE STATION DEALER PURSUANT TO
THIS SUBTITLE;

(2)  THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
OWNED AND OPERATED ON JANUARY 1, 1979, A PLACE OR PLACES OF
BUSINESS WHERE MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL IS SOLD AND DELIVERED INTO
THE TANKS OF MOTOR VEHICLES; AND

(3)  THE FACILITIES ARE ON PREMISES OWNED AND
OPERATED BY THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AT
WHICH THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ALSO CARRIES
ON, AS A BONA FIDE PART OF ITS BUSINESS, THE SALE OR
FURNISHING OF FARM SUPPLIES, FARM BUSINESS SERVICES, OR THE
BULK DISTRIBUTION OF MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TO FARMERS ON FARMS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1979.

Approved May 14, 1979.

CHAPTER 369

(House Bill 1060)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property Assessments - Repairs and Maintenance

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the separate assessment of
certain repairs and maintenance for inclusion in the