WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         S.B. 291

No person may sell, advertise, offer, or in any manner represent for sale shell eggs
to any [distributor or consumer] PERSON unless the shell eggs meet [a standard]
STANDARDS of quality, [a] grade, AND size [or weight] classification as provided in
this subtitle.

4-305.

The State standards for quality of individual OR GRADES OF shell eggs shall be the
same as those of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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) 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.

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