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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 152

11-408.

(b) When a producer's weighing or measuring device is
used to determine the quantity affecting payment for milk or
other fluid dairy products, the device and its use shall
conform to the specifications, tolerances, and other
technical requirements of the National Bureau of Standards
Handbook 44, as amended. THESE REQUIREMENTS SHALL REMAIN IN
EFFECT UNLESS THE SECRETARY MODIFIES OR RESCINDS THE
REQUIREMENTS, BY RULE OR REGULATION, A REQUIREMENT.

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

Approved May 1, 1979.

CHAPTER 153

(House Bill 361)

AN ACT concerning

Weed Control - Johnson Grass

FOR the purpose of extending to certain persons the duty to
prevent the spread of Johnson grass; enabling these
persons to enter into agreements with the Secretary of
Agriculture for prevention; specifying that compliance
with an agreement constitutes immunity from certain
penalties; and correcting a reference and certain
punctuation.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Agriculture
Section 9-404 and 9-405
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1978 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

9-404.

(a) No person may:

(1) Import or transport Johnson grass in the
State in any form capable of growth, except for research
purposes with the prior written approval of the Secretary;
OR