WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                   Ch. 383

Approved May 17, 1988.

CHAPTER 383

(House Bill 198)

AN ACT concerning

Agricultural Liming Materials and Gypsum Law -
Stop-Sale Orders

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to
issue and enforce a certain order when certain products or
materials violate the Agricultural Liming Materials and
Gypsum Law; and providing that the order prohibits the sale
and distribution of those products or materials until
certain conditions are met.

BY adding to

Article - Agriculture

Section 6-311

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1987 Supplement)

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

Article - Agriculture

6-311.

(A)  THE SECRETARY MAY ISSUE AND ENFORCE A WRITTEN OR
PRINTED STOP-SALE ORDER TO THE OWNER, CUSTODIAN, OR DISTRIBUTOR
OF ANY LOT OF AGRICULTURAL LIMING MATERIAL OR GYPSUM THAT THE
SECRETARY FINDS IS IN VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE
OR REGULATION UNDER THIS SUBTITLE.

(B)  THE ORDER PROHIBITS SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE LOT OF
AGRICULTURAL LIMING MATERIAL OR GYPSUM UNTIL THE SECRETARY HAS
EVIDENCE THAT THE LOT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW AND UNTIL THE
SECRETARY PROVIDES A WRITTEN RELEASE FROM THE STOP-SALE ORDER.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 17, 1988.

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