{"id":1995,"date":"2010-09-28T15:24:03","date_gmt":"2010-09-28T15:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2012-10-10T18:21:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T18:21:22","slug":"new-agriculture-laws-go-into-effect-october-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2010\/09\/28\/new-agriculture-laws-go-into-effect-october-1\/","title":{"rendered":"New Agriculture Laws Go Into Effect October 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Positive Changes for Land Preservation, Farmers’ Markets, “Local Products, Mosquito Control”<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD (Sept. 28, 2010) \u2013 Ten new agriculture laws go into effect October 1 in Maryland.\u00a0 The laws address the promotion of Maryland agricultural products, farmers markets, wineries, agricultural land preservation, mosquito control, pesticide registration, veterinary and agricultural quarantine issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking closely with the General Assembly this session, we passed key legislation to protect our priorities of strengthening our middle class and our small and family owned businesses and farms, providing opportunity for more people, and protecting the health of our citizens and the environment to keep Maryland smart, green and growing,\u201d said Governor Martin O’Malley.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased by this year\u2019s legislative session and have worked to get these laws up and running,\u201d said Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance. \u201cWe thank Governor O\u2019Malley, the General Assembly, the farm community and the citizens who pushed for passage of these bills. Their support shows that more people are recognizing how important agriculture is to their lives.\u201d
\n2010 agriculture-related laws effective October 1 are:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 SB 81, which gives the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners the authority to increase the civil penalty for a licensee from $5,000 to $10,000 for any violation of Board laws or regulations in addition to suspension or revocation of a license.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0 SB 82, which clarifies definitions in Maryland\u2019s Commercial Feed Law to be more consistent with the broadly-endorsed American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) Model Bill and Regulations.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SB 90, which provides the Secretary of Agriculture with the authority to quarantine farmland and agricultural products and stop-sale on-farm agricultural products that have been contaminated by a chemical or radiological material or agent after consultation with the Governor and the Secretaries of Health and Mental Hygiene and the Environment.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SB 93 – alters and increases the fee structure for pesticide applicator certification examinations, registration of pest control employees with MDA and late fee payments for license, certificate or registration renewal under the Pesticide Applicator\u2019s law.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SB 95 \u2013 gives the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation explicit authority to acquire preservation easements on farmland in partnership with outside public and private entities.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SB 198 \u2013 changes the definition of \u201cfood service facility\u201d to exclude the sale of raw farmers\u2019 market products from regulation as a food service facility. It also requires the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish a producer mobile farmers\u2019 market license.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SB 199 \u2013 authorizes a county to establish a seasonal farmers\u2019 market producer sampling license to allow a producer to prepare and offer samples of the product at farmers\u2019 markets in the county for a specified time period for a single fee.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HB 89\/SB 3 \u2013 exempts aquacultural activities for which the Department of Natural Resources has issued a specified permit from a requirement to pay application fees under the Wetlands and Waterways Program.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 HB 420 \u2013 expands the activities and ways that the MDA Mosquito Control program can work in order to make it a more effective and efficient program.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HB 421 \u2013 authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to adopt standards to regulate the use of the terms “locally grown” and “local” to advertise or identify an agricultural product and prohibits a person from knowingly advertising or identifying an agricultural product in violation of standards.
\nTwo additional laws went into effect on July 1, 2010:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 SB 59 \u2013 alters MALPF funding methods and adds flexibility to the acquisition of easements using a settlement option the landowner prefers through a partnership with MARBIDCO.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SB 62 \u2013 directs revenue collected for licensing and inspecting horse stables to the Maryland Horse Industry Fund to help promote and protect the industry. It also increases the fees for licensing and inspecting horse stables from $75 to $125 to cover the cost of the administration of the program.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for a more detailed description of each new law. To see a full listing of bills signed by Governor O\u2019Malley, visit www.gov.state.md.us<\/a> and to see all bills considered by the 2010 General Assembly log onto www.mlis.state.md.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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