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Ch. 522 2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Section 8-704.1, 8-704.2, 8-803.1(a), (b), and (c), and 8-804(a)(2)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY repealing
Chapter 324 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1998
Section 7
BY repealing
Chapter 325 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1998
Section 7
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Agriculture
8-704.1.
(a) In this section, "Service" means the Manure Matching Service.
(b) The Department shall create a Manure Matching Service.
(c) The purpose of the Service is to develop transfer programs and marketing
techniques to promote and facilitate the transfer of poultry and livestock manure.
(d) The Service shall be implemented in conjunction with the Manure
Transportation [Pilot] Project set forth in § 8-704.2 of this subtitle.
(e) The Governor shall include in the annual budget bill sufficient funds to
carry out this section.
8-704.2.
(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "Commercial poultry producer" means any entity that contracts with
a farmer to raise poultry for the producer on property owned or leased by the farmer.
(3) "[Pilot] Project" means the Manure Transportation [Pilot] Project.
(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly that:
(1) [For a 4-year period the] THE State and the commercial poultry
producers shall facilitate the prompt transportation of poultry litter from farms in all
areas of the State that experience phosphorus overenrichment;
(2) The State shall facilitate the transfer of livestock manure from farms
in all parts of the State that experience phosphorus overenrichment.
(3) The [Pilot] Project shall encourage voluntary participation to
achieve the removal of poultry litter produced by at least 20% of the poultry in the
four lower Eastern Shore counties in Maryland; and
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