HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                      1565

BY repealing

Article — Agriculture

Section 11-308

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article — Agriculture

Section 11-308

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That Section(s) 11-308 of Article - Agriculture,
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That section(s)
of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed, amended, or
enacted to read as follows:

Article — Agriculture

11-308.

(A) (1) WHEN A COMMODITY IN BULK IS TRANSPORTED BY
VEHICLE TO A BUYER AND THE WEIGHT, MEASUREMENT, OR COUNT OF
THE COMMODITY SERVES AS THE BASIS FOR DETERMINATION OF THE
CHARGE OR COST OF THE COMMODITY, THE PERSON WHO WEIGHS,
MEASURES, OR COUNTS THE COMMODITY SHALL MAKE, IN INK OR
OTHER INDELIBLE MARKING MATERIAL, A DELIVERY TICKET OR
WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT INCLUDES:

(I)    THE DATE OF ISSUE;

(II)   THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE SELLER;

(III)  THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE BUYER;

(IV)   AN ACCURATE STATEMENT OF QUANTITY,
EXPRESSED AS FOLLOWS:

1.     FOR WEIGHT, THE NET WEIGHT IN
POUNDS OR TONS OR IN KILOGRAMS OR METRIC TONS OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT AND, IF NET WEIGHT IS
DERIVED FROM GROSS AND TARE WEIGHT DETERMINATIONS, THE GROSS
AND TARE WEIGHT IN THE SAME SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT, AS THE
NET WEIGHT; AND

2.     FOR OTHER MEASUREMENT TERMS,
THE APPROPRIATE TERM IN ACCORDANCE WITH §§ 11-301 AND 11-305
OF THIS SUBTITLE;