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Ch. 289 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(a) Develop poultry feeds that reduce the amount of ammonia in chicken
excreta;
(b) Improve poultry litter use in no till cropping practices;
(c) Determine how much poultry litter is produced and how much can be
land applied in an environmentally sensitive manner; and
(d) Find alternative uses for excess poultry litter.
SECTION 11. 10. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any of the
programs under this Act receive an increase in funding in accordance with the
provisions of this Act, the affected agencies shall report to the House Appropriations
Committee, the House Environmental Matters Committee, the Senate Budget and
Taxation Committee, and the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs
Committee after 3 consecutive fiscal years of increased funding, in accordance with §
2-1246 of the State Government Article, on the impact of such increased funding on
the effectiveness of the programs.
SECTION 12. 11. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:
(a) There is an Incentives for Agriculture Task Force.
(b) The Task Force consists of the following members:
(1) one member of the House Ways and Means Committee, appointed by
the Speaker of the House;
(2) one member of the House Environmental Matters Committee,
appointed by the Speaker of the House;
(3) one member of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee,
appointed by the President of the Senate;
(4) one member of the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental
Affairs Committee, appointed by the President of the Senate; and
(5) one member of the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and
Natural Resources, appointed by the President of the University of Maryland. College
Park: and
(5) (6) the following seven ten members, appointed by the Governor
Secretary of Agriculture:
(i) one representative of the Department of Agriculture;
(ii) one representative of the Comptroller's Office;
(iii) one representative from the Rural Maryland Council;
(iv) one representative of the Maryland Farm Bureau;
(v) one representative from agri-business;
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