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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 37

(d)  The Secretary may CERTIFY [issue a special certificate
or tag for] plants [that are certified by the Department]to be
apparently free of injurious viruses, and/or other diseases, or
plants that conform to established standards of strain purity. [A
fee shall be charged for each special certificate or tag issued.
This fee shall be one percent of the gross sales price of the
plants covered by each special certificate or tag. The department
shall give credit toward the one percent fee for funds
contributed or paid to another agency or institution, by plant
producers, in support of any phase of the virus indexing
program.] EACH PLANT PRODUCER SHALL PAY THE SECRETARY THE
FOLLOWING CERTIFICATION FEE FOR EACH ACRE, OR PART OF AN ACRE, IN
PLANT PRODUCTION: STRAWBERRY PLANTS, $50, GRAPE VINES, FRUIT
TREES, AND BRAMBLE PLANTS, $70. All fees collected shall be
placed in the Plant Protection Fund and used to defray partially
the cost of virus indexing, inspection, and analysis of plants
certified or tagged.

(e)  If dangerously injurious plant pests are found in any
nursery, orchard, or any premises where nursery stock is grown or
held for sale, the Secretary shall order it treated or destroyed
by the nurseryman or dealer. He shall release all other nursery
stock grown on the premises, and issue a certificate of
inspection to the owner. If the nurseryman or dealer fails to
comply with the order, the Secretary shall seize, destroy, and/or
treat the infested or infected nursery stock and the owner shall
pay the costs. -If the owner refuses to pay the cost, it shall be
collected as prescribed in § 5-307 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(F) A FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY IS EXEMPT FROM
THE LICENSE AND INSPECTION FEES REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1985.

Approved April 9, 1985.

CHAPTER 38

(House Bill 104)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Department of Agriculture - Weights and Measures

FOR the purpose of providing that certain deliveries of liquid
fuel made on the premises of the vendor are subject to
certain weight or measure requirements and certain posting
requirements.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,