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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 1012
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(e) "Unstamped cigarettes" means a package of cigarettes to which tax stamps
are not affixed in the amount and manner required in § 12-304 of this title.
(e-1) "Wholesale price" means the price for which a wholesaler buys other
tobacco products, exclusive of any discount, trade allowance, rebate, or other
reduction.
(f) "Wholesaler" means, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) a person who acts as a wholesaler as defined in § 16-201 of the
Business Regulation Article; or
(2) a person who:
(i) holds other tobacco products for sale to another person for
resale; or
(ii) sells other tobacco products to another person for resale.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 2002.
May 15, 2002
The Honorable Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
Speaker of the House
State House
Annapolis MD 21401
Dear Mr. Speaker:
In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the Maryland Constitution, I have today
vetoed House Bill 1012 - Agriculture - Crimes-Agricultural Research Protection Act.
House Bill 1012 establishes specific criminal penalties for persons maliciously
damaging or destroying an agricultural research operation or related farm product. A
violator is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to maximum penalties of a fine of
$5,000 and/or imprisonment for three years. In addition, a person convicted of
violating this prohibition must compensate the owner for the fair market value of the
damaged or destroyed agricultural research operation or farm product. The bill
defines "agricultural research operation" as land, buildings and equipment owned or
leased by a farmer, private research facility, university or any federal, State or local
government agency, used in the production of a farm product that is being used for
testing or research proposes.
Under Article 27 Section 111, the State's general prohibition against malicious
destruction establishes that any a person who willfully and maliciously destroys,
injures or defaces the real or personal property of another is guilty of a misdemeanor.
A violator would be subject to both monetary penalties, which were increased in 2000,
and/or imprisonment. These penalties would apply to persons maliciously damaging
or destroying agricultural research operations or related farm products. In addition, a
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