WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 57

Approved April 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 57

(House Bill 101)

AN ACT concerning

State Tobacco Authority - Tobacco Sales

FOR the purpose of altering certain reporting requirements for
certain persons engaged in the business of selling leaf
tobacco; and repealing a certain resale requirement for a
commission selling agency purchasing tobacco for its own
account.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Agriculture

Section 7-403 and 7-411

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Agriculture

7-403.

Any person engaged regularly in the business of selling leaf
tobacco in any leaf tobacco market in the State for the account
of another person or his own account, shall:

(1)  Keep a correct account, in a form prescribed by
the Authority, of the total pounds of leaf tobacco he sells
daily;

(2)  Report [monthly] DAILY the number of pounds of
Maryland-grown tobacco he sells and the number of pounds grown
outside the State he sells, and deliver this report verified by
oath to the" Authority [by the fifth day of the succeeding month]
AFTER EACH SALES DAY DURING THE AUCTION SEASON; and

(3)  Retain the records in good condition for three
years following the end of the year in which they were prepared.

7-411.

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