Ch. 70                                          1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1985 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement) .

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

Article - Agriculture

9-214.

(A) IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS
SUBTITLE, THE SECRETARY MAY IMPOSE A CIVIL PENALTY ON ANY PERSON WHO
VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE, OR ANY ORDER WHICH THE
SECRETARY HAS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS, NOT EXCEEDING $500 FOR
EACH SEED LOT IN VIOLATION AT EACH LOCATION WHERE THE VIOLATION
OCCURS.

(A)     INSTEAD OF ANY OTHER PENALTY UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE
SECRETARY MAY IMPOSE, ON ANY PERSON WHO VIOLATES AN ORDER ISSUED BY
THE SECRETARY UNDER THIS SUBTITLE, A CIVIL PENALTY FOR EACH SEED LOT IN
VIOLATION OF THE ORDER, AS FOLLOWS:

(1) FOR A FIRST VIOLATION FOR WHICH A CIVIL PENALTY IS IMPOSED,
NOT MORE THAN $100;

(2) FOR A SECOND VIOLATION FOR WHICH A CIVIL PENALTY IS
IMPOSED, NOT MORE THAN $250; OR

(3) FOR A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION FOR WHICH A CIVIL
PENALTY IS IMPOSED, NOT MORE THAN $500.

(B)     PENALTIES COLLECTED BY THE SECRETARY UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
BE PAID INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE.

(C)     THE SECRETARY SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved April 11, 1995.

CHAPTER 70
(House Bill 484)

AN ACT concerning

State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners

FOR the purpose of altering the types of drug convictions for which the State Board of
Veterinary Medical Examiners may sanction an applicant or licensee; and generally
relating to standards of conduct and ethics in the practice of veterinary medicine.

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