Registration of packers and distributors -- Applications; exemptions; fees

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  2. Maryland Code
  3. Agriculture
  4. Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs
  5. Maryland Egg Law
  6. Registration of packers and distributors -- Applications; exemptions; fees

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    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an applicant for registration shall:

        (1)    Submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary provides; and

        (2)    Pay to the Secretary the appropriate registration fee established in subsection (c) of this section.

    (b)    A packer or distributor who keeps 3,000 or fewer chickens and who sells, offers, or exposes for sale shell eggs only from those chickens shall register with the Secretary, but is exempt from paying any fee required by this subtitle.

    (c)    The following persons shall pay to the Secretary the registration fee indicated:

        (1)    Packer      $30; and

        (2)    Distributor      $30.


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