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Subtitle 1 - Organization, Powers and Authority of Department -- in General
Section 2-101 - Department Established - There is a Department of Agriculture, established as a principal...
Section 2-102 - Secretary of Agriculture; Deputy Secretary; Assistants, Consultants and Employees - (a) The head of the Department is the Secretary of...
Section 2-103 - General Powers and Duties of Secretary - (a) The Secretary is responsible for the budget of his...
Section 2-103.1 - Farm Quarantine - (a) The Secretary may establish a farm quarantine and issue...
Section 2-103.2 - Administrative Search Warrant - (a) The Secretary or a designee of the Secretary may...
Section 2-104 - Secretary to Enforce Article; Assistance of Law Enforcement Officers; Interference With Secretary Prohibited - (a) The Secretary shall carry out and enforce the provisions...
Section 2-105 - Counsel to Department - The Attorney General is the legal advisor and counsel to...
Section 2-106 - Positions and Units Within Department - (a) The following positions and units are included within the...
Section 2-107 - Continuation and Change of Rules, Forms, Orders, etc., of Abolished Units; References to Abolished Units; Duties and Powers Transferred to Secretary - Every rule, regulation, form, order, and directive adopted by or...
Subtitle 2 - Maryland Agricultural Commission
Section 2-201 - Legislative Intent - It is the intent of the General Assembly in the...
Section 2-202 - Maryland Agricultural Commission Established in Department; Duty - There is a Maryland Agricultural Commission in the Department. It...
Section 2-203 - Composition of Commission; Appointment and Terms of Members - (a) The Commission has 30 members. One member is ex...
Section 2-204 - Officers; Meetings; Executive Secretary; Compensation - (a) The Commission may elect from among its appointed members...
Section 2-205 - Commission Recommendations - The Commission shall submit its recommendations in writing, to the...
Subtitle 3 - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
Section 2-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 2-302 - State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners - (a) There is a State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners...
Section 2-302.1 - Veterinary Review Committee - (a) In this section, “veterinary review committee” means a committee...
Section 2-303 - Establishment of Fund; Fees; Disposition of Funds Collected - (a) There is a State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners...
Section 2-304 - Powers and Duties of Board Generally - (a) The Board may: (1) Adopt rules and regulations to...
Section 2-304.1 - Veterinary Hospital License - (a) As used in this subtitle, “veterinary hospital” means any...
Section 2-305 - License to Administer Drugs by Animal Control Facility - (a) In this section, “animal control facility” means a humane...
Section 2-306 - Regulation of Veterinary Education - (a) (1) The Board has the exclusive power to establish...
Section 2-307 - Examinations; Issuance of License - (a) The Board shall prescribe the subject, character, manner, time,...
Section 2-307.1 - Mental or Physical Examination - (a) In reviewing an application for licensure of a veterinarian...
Section 2-308 - Registration of Licensee - (a) In order to enforce this subtitle and aid in...
Section 2-309 - Registration of Veterinary Technicians - (a) A person may register with the Board as a...
Section 2-310 - Standards of Conduct and Ethics; Grounds for Refusal, Suspension or Revocation of License - The Board may refuse, suspend, or revoke any application or...
Section 2-310.1 - Penalties in Lieu of or in Addition to Suspension or Revocation - (a) In lieu of or in addition to suspension of...
Section 2-311 - Procedure for Suspension or Revocation of License - (a) Before any license is suspended or revoked, the Board...
Section 2-312 - Issuance of License After Revocation - At any time within two years from the date of...
Section 2-313 - Prohibited Acts - (a) (1) This subsection does not apply to an act...
Section 2-313.1 - Reporting Animal Cruelty or Fighting - (a) A veterinary practitioner who has reason to believe that...
Section 2-313.2 - Cease and Desist Orders -- Civil Penalties - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section and on...
Section 2-314 - Liability for Civil Damages of Veterinarian or Others Rendering Aid in Emergency - A person licensed by the State of Maryland to provide...
Section 2-315 - Injunctive Relief - (a) The Board may bring an action for an injunction...
Section 2-316 - Termination of Subtitle Provisions and Regulations - The provisions of this subtitle creating the State Board of...
Subtitle 5 - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation
Section 2-501 - "Child" Defined - In this subtitle, “child”: (1) Means a biological child, an...
Section 2-501.1 - Legislative Intent - (a) It is the intent of the Maryland General Assembly...
Section 2-502 - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Established - There is a Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation in the...
Section 2-503 - Board of Trustees - (a) (1) The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation shall be...
Section 2-504 - General Powers of Foundation - The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation has the following general...
Section 2-504.1 - Agricultural Preservation Advisory Boards - (a) In each county containing productive agricultural land, the county...
Section 2-505 - Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund - (a) The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Fund is created and...
Section 2-506 - Annual Report to Governor and General Assembly - The Foundation on or before January 15 of each year,...
Section 2-507 - Executive Director and Staff - The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation shall employ an executive...
Section 2-508 - Purchases of Agricultural Land Preservation Easements - (a) (1) For purposes of this subtitle the following words...
Section 2-508.1 - Disbursements to County Agricultural Land Preservation Programs - (a) If a county is certified by the Department of...
Section 2-509 - Foundation Regulations and Procedures for Sale of Easements - (a) (1) The Foundation shall follow the provisions under this...
Section 2-509.1 - Elimination of Districts as a Requirement for Easement Application Process - (a) Effective July 1, 2007, districts may not be a...
Section 2-510 - Sale of Easement in Agricultural Land - (a) An owner of agricultural land whose application to sell...
Section 2-510.1 - Grant to Purchase Easement Under Certain Conditions - (a) The Foundation may make a grant to purchase an...
Section 2-511 - Value of Easement - (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section,...
Section 2-512 - Approval of Local Programs of Agricultural Land Preservation - (a) The Foundation may not approve matching allotted purchases of...
Section 2-513 - Use of Land for Which Easement Purchased - (a) Agricultural land preservation easements may be purchased under this...
Section 2-513.1 - Authority of County to Deny Applications Under Local Land Use Regulations - (a) This section applies only to applications affecting land encumbered...
Section 2-514 - Termination of Easement - (a) (1) This section applies only to easements approved for...
Section 2-514.1 - Easement Approved on or After October 1, 2004 to Be Held in Perpetuity - An easement whose purchase is approved by the Board of...
Section 2-515 - Condemnation of Land Under Agricultural Preservation Easement - (a) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of...
Section 2-516 - Approval of Certification or Recertification of County Agricultural Land Preservation Program Applications - The Foundation shall provide its approval or disapproval of an...
Section 2-517 - Critical Farms Program - (a) (1) The Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation shall establish...
Section 2-517.1 - Farmland Preservation Partnership Program - (a) (1) The Foundation may establish a Farmland Preservation Partnership...
Section 2-518 - Priority Preservation Areas - (a) In this section, “area” means a priority preservation area....
Section 2-519 - Imposition of Civil Penalties - (a) (1) In addition to any other remedies available at...
Subtitle 6 - Farmer Disaster Loan Program
Section 2-601 - Created in Department of Agriculture; Purpose; Management and Supervision - The Farmer Disaster Loan Program is created within the Department...
Section 2-602 - Power to Make Loans - (a) The Department may make loans under the Farmer Disaster...
Section 2-603 - Interest Rate; Application Fee; Security; Eligibility; Reimbursement of Department - (a) (1) The Department may make direct loans not exceeding...
Section 2-604 - Department Authority in Making Loans - The Department may: (1) Make farmer disaster loans and extend...
Section 2-605 - Penalty - Whoever knowingly makes or causes to be made any false...
Subtitle 7 - Maryland Horse Industry Board
Section 2-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 2-702 - Exemptions - Except as provided in § 2–702.1 of this subtitle, horse...
Section 2-702.1 - Equine Activities Treated as Agricultural Activities - Equine activities shall be treated as agricultural activities for the...
Section 2-703 - Board Created - There is a Maryland Horse Industry Board.
Section 2-704 - Composition of Board; Oath; Terms; Removal of Member - (a) (1) The Board consists of 12 members, 11 of...
Section 2-705 - Chairman and Officers - (a) From among its members, the Board shall elect a...
Section 2-706 - Meetings; Expenses; Staff - (a) The Board shall determine the times and places of...
Section 2-707 - Authority of Secretary; Rules and Regulations - (a) The powers and duties vested in the Board by...
Section 2-708 - Disposition of Funds Collected - All funds collected by the Board shall be paid into...
Section 2-708.1 - Duties of Board - The Board shall: (1) Carry out the licensing, inspection, and...
Section 2-708.2 - Maryland Horse Industry Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Maryland Horse Industry...
Section 2-709 - Inspectors - (a) (1) The Board, with the approval of the Secretary,...
Section 2-710 - License Required - A person may not engage in the business of operating...
Section 2-711 - Application for License; License Fee - To apply for a license, an applicant shall: (1) Submit...
Section 2-712 - Expiration and Renewal of License - (a) A license expires on the June 30 after its...
Section 2-713 - Inspections; Creation of Classes of Licenses - (a) Each horse establishment licensed under this subtitle shall be...
Section 2-714 - License to Be Property of State; Display; Transfer - (a) A license issued under this subtitle is the property...
Section 2-715 - Suspension or Revocation of License - The Board may suspend or revoke the license issued to...
Section 2-716 - Impounding Horses - (a) If, in accordance with § 10-615 of the Criminal...
Section 2-717 - Injunction - The Board may apply for relief by injunction, without bond,...
Section 2-718 - Penalty; Hearing - (a) Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle...
Section 2-719 - Termination of Subtitle Provisions and Regulations - Subject to the evaluation and reestablishment provisions of the Program...
Subtitle 9 - Maryland Crop Insurance Premium Cost Share Program
Section 2-901 - Established; Purpose; Payments; Regulations - (a) There is a Maryland Crop Insurance Premium Cost Share...
Subtitle 10 - Young Farmers Advisory Board
Section 2-1001 - Established - There is a Young Farmers Advisory Board in the Department.
Section 2-1002 - Young Farmers Advisory Board - (a) The Young Farmers Advisory Board shall consist of 20...
Section 2-1003 - Duties of Advisory Board - The Advisory Board shall: (1) Annually elect from its members...
Section 2-1004 - Compensation; Staff - (a) A member of the Advisory Board: (1) May not...
Section 2-1005 - Duties of Chairperson or Designee - The chairperson, or the chairperson’s designee, shall: (1) Attend meetings...
Subtitle 11 - Maryland Wine and Grape Promotion Fund
Section 2-1101 - "Fund" Defined - In this subtitle, “Fund” means the Maryland Wine and Grape...
Section 2-1102 - Maryland Wine and Grape Promotion Fund - (a) There is a Maryland Wine and Grape Promotion Fund....
Subtitle 12 - Maryland Agricultural Land Link Program
Section 2-1201 - General Consideration - (a) In this subtitle, “Program” means the Maryland Agricultural Land...
Subtitle 14 - Maryland Dairy Farmer Emergency Trust Fund
Section 2-1401 - Maryland Dairy Farmer Emergency Trust Fund - (a) In this section, “Fund” means the Maryland Dairy Farmer...
Subtitle 15 - Emerald Ash Borer Grant Fund
Section 2-1501 - Fund - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Subtitle 16 - Spay/neuter Fund
Section 2-1601 - Definitions [Subtitle Subject to Abrogation] - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 PER CHAPTERS 561 AND...
Section 2-1602 - Fund Established [Subtitle Subject to Abrogation] - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 PER CHAPTERS 561 AND...
Section 2-1603 - Fees on Dog and Cat Food [Subtitle Subject to Abrogation] - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 PER CHAPTERS 561 AND...
Section 2-1604 - Spay/neuter Advisory Board [Subtitle Subject to Abrogation] - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 PER CHAPTERS 561 AND...
Section 2-1605 - Regulations [Subtitle Subject to Abrogation] - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 PER CHAPTERS 561 AND...
Subtitle 17 - Animal Shelters
Section 2-1701 - "Animal Shelter" Defined - In this subtitle, “animal shelter” means: (1) A county or...
Section 2-1702 - Legislative Findings and Intent - (a) The General Assembly finds that animal shelters perform an...
Section 2-1703 - Written Veterinary Care Protocol Required - (a) On or before January 1, 2017, an animal shelter...
Section 2-1704 - Posting and Following Written Protocol for Reclaiming Animals; Annual Summary of Intake and Disposition Data - (a) On or before January 1, 2017, an animal shelter...
Section 2-1705 - Standards of Care - (a) On or before January 1, 2018, the Department shall...
Section 2-1706 - Regulations - On or before January 1, 2018, the Department shall adopt...
Section 2-1707 - Civil Penalties - (a) A person who violates this subtitle is subject to...
Subtitle 18 - Pollinator Habitat Plans
Section 2-1801 - Pollinator Habitat Plan - (a) In this section, “neonicotinoid pesticide” has the meaning stated...
Subtitle 19 - Maryland Healthy Soils Program
Section 2-1901 - General Consideration - (a) (1) In this subtitle the following words have the...
Subtitle 20 - Urban Agriculture Grant Program
Section 2-2001 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 2-2002 - Urban Agriculture Grant Program -- Purpose - (a) There is an Urban Agriculture Grant Program in the...
Section 2-2003 - Urban Agriculture Grant Fund -- Purpose -- Administration -- Items in Fund -- Adoption of Regulations -- Annual Report - (a) There is an Urban Agriculture Grant Fund. (b) The...
Section 2-2004 - Qualified Nonprofit Organizations -- Report to Department -- Information Included - (a) A nonprofit organization is qualified to receive a grant...
Section 2-2005 - Implementation Regulations - Except as provided in § 2–2003(h) of this subtitle, the...