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MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control|Section 5-307 - Marking or Tagging Infested or Infected Plants; Notice to Owner; Destruction

    (a)    If the Secretary or his designee finds any plant infested or infected with any dangerously injurious plant pest, he shall issue a stop sale notice and mark or tag the plant in a conspicuous manner. He shall give written notice to the owner, tenant, or person in charge of the premises.    (b)    If the person notified does not destroy or treat the infested or infected plant pursuant to the departmental rules and regulations, the Secretary shall destroy or treat the plant. The Secretary shall prepare a statement of the expenses of destruction or treatment and shall transmit a copy of the statement and account to the State’s Attorney of the county where the owner of the premises resides. The State’s Attorney shall collect the expenses and account to the Secretary. The copy of the statement and account is sufficient evidence to prove the claim.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control|Section 5-308 - Reciprocal Agreements for Nursery Stock

    The Secretary may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states to provide that shipments of Maryland nursery stock shall be received on the same basis as the nursery stock of other states is received in Maryland under the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-309 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control|Section 5-309 - Inspection of Nurseries; Inspection and License Fees; Special Certificates for Certain Plants

    (a)    At least once each year the Secretary shall inspect each nursery in the State to determine if the nursery stock is infested or infected with dangerously injurious plant pests. Each nursery shall pay the Secretary an inspection fee based upon the number of acres in production: 1 acre or less, $10; more than 1 acre to 5 acres, $20; more than 5 acres to 10 acres, $30; more than 10 acres, $3 for each acre, or part of any acre, up to a maximum of $1,000. All fees collected shall be placed in the Plant Protection Fund and used to defray partially the cost of inspecting the nurseries.    (b)    Each nursery shall be certified annually by the Secretary if it meets standards established by the Department regarding freedom from plant pests and upon payment of a fee of $100. All fees collected shall be placed in the Plant Protection Fund and used to defray partially the cost of inspecting and certifying the nurseries.    (c)    Each broker or dealer shall comply with the regulations established by the Department and shall pay an annual license fee of $100. The Secretary may inspect annually the nursery stock in a sales or holding yard of a broker or dealer. Each broker or dealer shall pay the Secretary an inspection fee as provided in subsection (a) of this section. All fees collected shall be placed in the Plant Protection Fund and used to defray partially the cost of inspecting and licensing the brokers and dealers.    (d)    The Secretary may certify plants to be apparently free of injurious viruses, and/or other diseases, or plants that conform to established standards of strain purity. Each plant producer shall pay the Secretary the following certification fee for each acre, or part of an acre, in plant production: strawberry plants, “Cape” American beachgrass, “Avalon” Saltmeadow cordgrass, $50; grape vines, fruit trees, and bramble plants, $70. All fees collected shall be placed in the Plant Protection Fund and used to defray partially the cost of virus indexing, inspection, and analysis of plants certified or tagged.    (e)    If dangerously injurious plant pests are found in any nursery, orchard, or any premises where nursery stock is grown or held for sale, the Secretary shall order it treated or destroyed by the nurseryman or dealer. He shall release all other nursery stock grown on the premises, and issue a certificate of inspection to the owner. If the nurseryman or dealer fails to comply with the order, the Secretary shall seize, destroy, and/or treat the infested or infected nursery stock and the owner shall pay the costs. If the owner refuses to pay the cost, it shall be collected as prescribed in § 5-307 of this subtitle.    (f)    A federal, State, or local public agency is exempt from the license and inspection fees required by this section.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-310 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control|Section 5-310 - Shipping Nursery Stock Into State

    (a)    If any nursery stock is shipped into the State from any other state to any nurseryman, broker, dealer, or other person in the State, every carload, bale, box or package shall be plainly labeled on the outside with (1) the name of the consignor, (2) the name of the consignee, and (3) a certificate showing that the contents have been inspected by a qualified State or government officer, and that the nursery stock is apparently free from any dangerously injurious plant pests.    (b)    If any nursery stock is shipped into the State from any other state without a certificate plainly fixed on the outside of each carload, box, bale, or package, the agent of the person receiving it may not deliver the nursery stock to the consignee or agent representing the consignor. The agent of the recipient shall notify the Secretary.    (c)    The Secretary immediately shall request any District Court to issue a summons ordering the consignee, consignor, or their agents to appear before it on a certain day named in the summons to show why the nursery stock should not be seized for violating the provisions of this subtitle. If the Court is satisfied that the provisions of this subtitle have been violated, it shall order the consignee or his agent to return the carload, box, bale, or package of nursery stock immediately to the consignor, unless the consignee or agent of the consignor at his expense has the nursery stock examined and certified by the Secretary. If the agent or consignee fails to have the nursery stock examined and certified by the Secretary or fails to return the carload, box, bale or package, then the Court shall order the constable, sheriff, or any law enforcement officer to burn and destroy any nursery stock shipped into the State in violation of this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-311 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control|Section 5-311 - Selling or Shipping Nursery Stock Without Certificate

    (a)    No nurseryman, broker, dealer, or other person may sell, ship, send, donate by mail, express, freight, or otherwise distribute nursery stock from any nursery or orchard, unless it is accompanied by a copy of the Department certificate printed on a tag or label that is not easily destroyed.    (b)    The tag or label shall be firmly attached in a conspicuous position on each carload, box, bale, or package sent or delivered.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-312 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control|Section 5-312 - Condemnation of Diseased Nursery Stock Sold, Shipped or Delivered in State

    If any nurseryman, dealer, or agent of a carrier sells, ships, or delivers in the State any nursery stock infested or infected with dangerously injurious plant pests which upon examination by the Secretary is condemned, the nursery stock shall be destroyed, and the nurseryman, dealer, or agent shall forfeit the value of the stock and may not collect its value from the purchaser or consignee.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-313 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control|Section 5-313 - Penalties for Violations of Subtitle

    Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle is subject to the penalties and fines set forth in Title 12 of this article.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-314 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control|Section 5-314 - Alternative Civil Penalty; Payments; Regulations

    (a)    Instead of any other penalty authorized under this article, the Secretary may impose, on any person who violates any provision of this subtitle or any order which the Secretary has issued under this subtitle, a civil penalty not exceeding $500 for each violation.    (b)    Penalties collected by the Secretary under this section shall be paid into the General Fund of the State.    (c)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-401 - Acquisition of Property

    The Secretary, in the name of the State, may acquire for its use property rights of any kind by gift, purchase, or condemnation from the owner, as it deems desirable or necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-402 - Acceptance of Gifts or Loans From Federal Government

    The Secretary may accept, use, or expend, on terms satisfactory to him, any aid, gift, or loan made available, by the government of the United States or any agency of it, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-403 - Execution of Work by Contract or Open Account

    The Secretary may execute work undertaken pursuant to this subtitle by contract or open account, as he deems to be in the State’s best interest.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-404 - Receipt of Funds From and Contracts With Political Subdivisions; Expenses of Mosquito Control on State-Owned Land

    (a)    The Secretary may receive from any county, municipality, or special taxing district in the State funds for the purpose authorized by this section.    (b)    The Secretary may contract with any county, municipality, or special taxing district with respect to the construction or maintenance of the facilities and other work authorized by this subtitle to control or eliminate mosquitoes in or adjacent to the county, municipality or special taxing district.    (c)    The county, municipality, or special taxing district shall carry out the provisions of any contract entered into with the Secretary with respect to the work authorized by this subtitle.    (d)    To meet its financial commitments under the contract, each county, municipality, or special taxing district shall appropriate and, if necessary, levy taxes for these funds and pay them over, as the contract requires.    (e)    All expenses for mosquito control on State-owned land shall be paid from the general funds of the State.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-405 - Control and Elimination of Mosquitoes

    (a)    The Secretary may make inspections, investigations, studies, and determinations as he deems advisable in order to ascertain the effect of mosquitoes and methods for their control or elimination in any part of the State.    (b)    If funds are available, the Secretary may construct and maintain ditches, dikes, dams, and other facilities and may place or spread insecticides or other substances he determines desirable or necessary to control or eliminate mosquitoes in any part of the State.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-405.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-405.1 - Notification of Mosquito Spraying

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, at least 24 hours before the State, a county, or a bicounty agency sprays a pesticide to control mosquitos within a municipality, the State, county, or bicounty agency shall provide to the municipality notification of:        (1)    The location of the spraying; and        (2)    The planned date and time of the spraying.    (b)    If the State, a county, or a bicounty agency determines that spraying a pesticide is necessary to control the outbreak of a virus, contagion, or similar public health threat, the State, county, or bicounty agency shall provide the notification required under subsection (a) of this section to the municipality as soon as practicable.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-406 - Mosquito Control

    (a)    If the Secretary, in cooperation with the local health authority, finds that a person is causing or allowing mosquitoes to breed or develop on any property in a manner that may pose a threat to public health, the Secretary may order that the person abate the mosquito habitat in a manner and at a time specified in the order.    (b)    After all reasonable attempts of abatement have failed, an order issued in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall be served:        (1)    On the person who is causing or allowing mosquitoes to breed or develop; or        (2)    If the person who is causing or allowing the mosquitoes to breed or develop cannot be found, on the owner or occupant of the property where the mosquitoes exist.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-407 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-407 - Mosquito Control -- Injunction

    (a)    The Secretary may bring an action for an injunction against any person violating any order issued by the Secretary under § 5–406 of this subtitle.    (b)    In any action for an injunction brought under this section, any finding of the Secretary after a hearing shall be prima facie evidence of each fact found.    (c)    On a showing by the Secretary that any person is violating or is about to violate any order issued by the Secretary, an injunction shall be granted without the necessity of showing a lack of adequate remedy at law.    (d)    An injunction instituted under this section shall be issued without bond.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-408 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control|Section 5-408 - Mosquito Control -- Penalty

    A person who fails to comply with the requirements of an order served under § 5–406 of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:        (1)    For a first offense, a fine not exceeding $1,000; and        (2)    For a second or subsequent offense, a fine not exceeding $5,000.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 5 - Honey Bees|Section 5-501 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Abandoned apiary” means an apiary where a beekeeper fails to maintain a colony.    (c)    “Apiary” means a place where one or more bee colonies may be maintained.    (d)    “Appliance” means any device used in handling bees, hives, honey, or wax.    (e)    “Bee” means the common honey bee, apis mellifera, at any stage of development.    (f)    “Bee equipment” means any part of a hive, including any frame, hive body, or super.    (g)    “Colony” means a hive that contains bees, comb, and honey.    (h)    “Disease” means an abnormal condition resulting from action by a parasite, predator, or infectious agent.    (i)    “Hive” means a container for housing bees.    (j)    “Honey house” means a structure where honey is extracted and processed for sale.    (k)    “Packaged bee” means any bee shipped in a combless package.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 5 - Honey Bees|Section 5-502 - Inspection of Apiaries; Investigations; Information to Promote Industry; Records

    The Secretary shall:         (1)    Inspect apiaries and honey houses;        (2)    Conduct investigations;        (3)    Disseminate information to promote the beekeeping industry; and        (4)    Keep records of any work performed in carrying out the provisions of this subtitle.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 5 - Honey Bees|Section 5-503 - Registration

    (a)    (1)    A beekeeper shall register annually with the Department each colony that it maintains, as provided in this subsection.        (2)    On or before January 1 of each year, the beekeeper shall complete and submit to the Department a registration form on which the beekeeper shall state the number of colonies he maintains and the location of each colony.        (3)    The Department shall adopt a form which shall be used to comply with the registration requirements of this subsection.    (b)    Any person who is not registered as a beekeeper under this section and who acquires a colony shall register it with the Department within 30 days after the acquisition.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 5 - Honey Bees|Section 5-504 - Diseased Colonies or Equipment

    (a)    Except as provided in this section, a person may not keep a colony or possess bee equipment that is infected with an infectious bee disease.    (b)    Each beekeeper with an infected colony shall notify the Department.    (c)    A beekeeper may not sell, barter, or give to any person any infected colony, bee equipment, or appliance unless it is treated in a manner that the Department approves.    (d)    (1)    The Department may do any of the following:            (i)    After sending to the beekeeper a written notice of quarantine, quarantine any apiary containing an infected colony or bee equipment;            (ii)    Order treatment of an infected colony or bee equipment; and            (iii)    Order destruction of an infected colony or bee equipment.        (2)    A quarantine shall remain in effect until the Department issues a written release of the quarantine.        (3)    The Department shall instruct the beekeeper on any treatment or destruction that is ordered under this section.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 5 - Honey Bees|Section 5-505 - Colonies or Used Equipment Shipped or Transported Into State

    (a)    A person may not ship or transport into this State any colony or used bee equipment that is not accompanied by a valid inspection certificate that:        (1)    Has been issued by an authorized apiary inspector of the state of origin; and        (2)    States that the colony or equipment is disease free based on an inspection by that inspector within a time period as determined by the Department.    (b)    Before a person may ship or transport into this State any colony or used bee equipment, the person shall submit the following information to the Department:        (1)    An inspection certificate from the state of origin;        (2)    The name, address, and state of residence of the shipper;        (3)    The person to whom and destination to which the colony or bee equipment is to be shipped;        (4)    The number of hives that contain bees;        (5)    The type and quantity of bee equipment contained in the shipment;        (6)    The date of the last official inspection of the apiary and bee equipment;        (7)    The total number of colonies in the apiary inspected;        (8)    The number of infected colonies, if any, that were found in the apiary on that last inspection; and        (9)    The number of these infected colonies that were destroyed.    (c)    Without the prior written permission of the Department, a person may not transport into this State from outside of the United States a bee that belongs to the genus Apis, used bee equipment, or a used appliance.    (d)    A person may not ship or transport into this State any queen bee or packaged bee unless it is accompanied by a valid certificate that:        (1)    Was issued by an authorized apiary inspector of the state of origin; and        (2)    States that the bee is from a disease free colony.    (e)    A person, who receives a delivery of a colony or bee that was transported into this State without the document required under this subtitle, immediately shall give to the Department notice of the delivery.    (f)    (1)    Any colony or bee that is transported into this State in a manner that does not meet the requirements of this subtitle shall be restricted to an area that the Department designates and may not be moved.        (2)    The Department shall give the owner notice that unless the colony or bee is removed from the State within 24 hours, it may be destroyed by the Department at the expense of the owner.        (3)    The Department may destroy at the expense of the owner any bee or colony that is not removed from this State within 24 hours after notice is given under this subsection.    (g)    A transportation company or common carrier shall have the immunity from liability described under § 5–415 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 5 - Honey Bees|Section 5-506 - Movable Frames Required

    In each colony that it maintains, a beekeeper shall provide movable frames, each of which may be removed from the colony without causing damage to the combs in the colony.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 5 - Honey Bees|Section 5-507 - Identification of Apiary on Another Person's Property; Abandoned Apiaries

    (a)    A beekeeper whose apiary is located on the property of any other person shall post in a conspicuous place in the apiary its identification number, as assigned by the Department, or other identification approved by the Department.    (b)    (1)    The Department shall give to the owner of an abandoned apiary or to the owner of the property on which the abandoned apiary is located notice that, if the apiary remains abandoned for more than 30 days from the date of the notice, the Department may condemn the apiary and remove any colony.        (2)    If an apiary remains abandoned for more than 30 days from the date that notice is given under this subsection, the Department may condemn and remove the apiary.
MD. Agriculture Code Ann. §  5-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Agriculture|Title 5 - Pesticide and Pest Control|Subtitle 6 - San Juan Rabbits|Section 5-601 - Importation of San Juan Rabbits

    A person may not possess or import into the State any live rabbit, of the type now commonly known as the “San Juan rabbit”, for any purpose. Each rabbit imported or possessed in violation of this section constitutes a separate offense. In addition to any other penalty provided by this article, any person who violates this section shall forfeit any live San Juan rabbits he possesses.