WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 414

Article - Environment

Section 2-303.3

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume)

(As enacted by Chapter 692 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1993)

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

Article - Agriculture

11-204.

(d) [(1)]The Secretary [may] SHALL conduct inspections AS PROVIDED IN A
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING on behalf of and in coordination with other
agencies when performing weights and measures inspections AT GASOLINE RETAILING
OPERATIONS [, in the interest of reducing duplication of efforts and reducing the overall
costs of administration of inspection programs to the State].

[(2) The Secretary shall develop, in cooperation with the Secretary of the
Environment and the Comptroller of the Treasury, a coordinated program for inspecting
gasoline stations for compliance with weights and measures under Title 11 of this article,
for compliance with ambient air quality standards adopted under Title 2 of the
Environment Article, and for compliance with gasoline motor fuel specifications under
Title 10 of the Business Regulation Article.]

Article - Business Regulation

10-203.

(a)     The Comptroller periodically shall collect or cause to be collected and cause
to be analyzed samples of all motor fuel that is:

(1)     subject to regulation under this title; and

(2)     stored and offered for sale in the State.

(b)     [Samples of motor fuel shall, to the extent practicable, be collected in
conjunction with weights and measures inspections conducted by the Department of
Agriculture, in accordance with § 11-204(d) of the Agriculture Article.] THE
COMPTROLLER SHALL CONDUCT INSPECTIONS AS PROVIDED IN A MEMORANDUM
OF UNDERSTANDING ON BEHALF OF AND IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER
AGENCIES WHEN COLLECTING MOTOR FUEL SAMPLES UNDER THIS SECTION.

Article - Environment

2-303.3.

[In administering the inspection of gasoline dispensing systems under the Stage II
Vapor Recovery Program required by § 182(b)(3)(A) of the federal Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, the Department shall cooperate with the Department of
Agriculture in creating a consolidated inspection program under § 11-204(d)(2) of the

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