WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 542

4-308.

No person may sell OR DELIVER SHELL eggs to a [distributor] DISTRIBUTOR,
RETAILER, OR FOOD SERVICE FACILITY unless at the time of delivery [he] THE
PERSON furnishes to the distributor an invoice delivery ticket accurately detailing the sale
of the shell eggs pursuant to this section. Every invoice delivery ticket shall contain upon
its face the following information:

(1)      Delivery date;

(2)      Name and address of the seller;

(3)      Name and address of the purchaser;

(4)      THE REGISTRATION NUMBER, IF ANY, OF THE PURCHASER;
[(4)](5) The quantity; and

[(5)](6) The grade and size of the shell eggs delivered; AND
(7] THE INSPECTION FEE. IF APPLICABLE.
4-311.2.

(a)      Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an applicant for
registration shall:

(1)      Submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary
provides; and

(2)      Pay to the Secretary the appropriate registration fee established in
subsection (c) of this section.

(b)      A packer OR DISTRIBUTOR who keeps 3,000 OR fewer [than 50] chickens and
who sells, offers, or exposes for sale shell eggs only from those chickens shall register with
the Secretary, but is exempt from paying [a registration] ANY fee REQUIRED BY THIS
SUBTITLE.

(c)      The following persons shall pay to the Secretary the registration fee indicated:

(1)      Packer .................................................................................[$15] $30; and

(2)      Distributor .................................................................................[$15] $30.

4-311.6.

(A) A PACKER OR DISTRIBUTOR WHO IS REQUIRED TO PAY A FEE UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE SHALL SUBMIT TO THE SECRETARY:

(1) A QUARTERLY REPORT SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CASES DOZENS
OF SHELL EGGS SOLD OR DELIVERED IN MARYLAND TO ANY RETAILER, FOOD
SERVICE FACILITY, OR CONSUMER; AND

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