<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-101" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this article the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Any state” means any state, possession or territory of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“County” means every county of the State and Baltimore City, unless otherwise indicated.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Department” means the State Department of Agriculture.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Intrastate commerce” means commerce wholly within the State.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Livestock” means living or dead cattle, equines, goats, sheep, or swine, unless otherwise provided.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Person” includes the State, any county, municipal corporation or other political subdivision of the State, or any of their units, or an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, or any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, or any other entity, unless otherwise provided.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Poultry” means any living or dead domesticated bird.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary’s designee.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-1A-01" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Agricultural Mediation Program"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Agricultural mediation” means a voluntary process in which a mediator helps private parties or government agencies resolve agriculturally related disputes in a confidential and nonadversarial setting.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Mediator” means an impartial person who is trained to help people find mutually acceptable solutions to shared problems and has no power to impose a solution.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-1A-02" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Agricultural Mediation Program"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary may establish a federally certified State agricultural mediation program in the Department.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The purpose of the program is to provide eligible persons and government agencies with a voluntary and low–cost process to settle agriculturally related disputes.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-1A-03" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Agricultural Mediation Program"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Establish qualifications for a person requesting agricultural mediation services from the Department;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Establish qualifications for an individual applying to serve as a mediator in the State agricultural mediation program;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Contract with any qualified individual to provide mediation services for qualified mediation applicants; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Receive grants for purposes of defraying the costs of the State agricultural mediation program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Meet the requirements of the United States Department of Agriculture for establishing a federally certified State agricultural mediation program; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Implement the provisions of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-1A-04" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1A" subtitle_name="Agricultural Mediation Program"> <text>Except for purposes of meeting the reporting requirements of the United States Department of Agriculture for a federally certified State agricultural mediation program, the Department shall maintain the confidentiality of all mediation records.</text> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-201" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>Before a license or permit may be issued under this article to an employer to engage in an activity in which the employer may employ a covered employee, as defined in § 9-101 of the Labor and Employment Article, the employer shall file with the issuing authority:</text> <level label="1"> <text>A certificate of compliance with the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The number of a workers’ compensation insurance policy or binder.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-301" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consignment of Farm Products"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Carrier” includes a transportation agent.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>“Consignee” means a person selling farm products on commission.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Consignee” includes an agent, factor, and commission merchant.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-302" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consignment of Farm Products"> <level label="a"> <text>A consignee of a farm product of a person in the State shall require the purchaser of the farm product to deposit with the consignee at the time of sale the full market value, as determined by the consignee, of each container used to hold and transport the farm product.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the purchaser returns the container to the consignee within 5 days in the same condition as the purchaser originally received it, the consignee shall refund the deposit to the purchaser.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If the purchaser fails to return the container to the consignee within 5 days, the purchaser forfeits the right to the return of the deposit and the consignee shall pay the deposit to the owner of the container at the next settlement of accounts.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-303" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consignment of Farm Products"> <level label="a"> <text>If the purchaser returns the container to the consignee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The consignee shall deliver the container within 48 hours to the carrier that delivered the container to the place of sale; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The consignee shall obtain a receipt for the container from the carrier.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>After the consignee delivers the container to the carrier:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The consignee shall have no further responsibility for the container; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The carrier shall be responsible to the owner for the full value of the container until it has been returned to the point at which it was received from the owner.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-304" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consignment of Farm Products"> <level label="a"> <text>A consignee who fails to comply with § 1-302(a) or § 1-303(a) of this subtitle shall pay to the owner the full market value of the container with and in addition to the price of the farm product in the container.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A consignee who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $5 for each violation and court costs.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-305" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consignment of Farm Products"> <level label="a"> <text>After a sale of a farm product consigned for sale by a person in this State to a person engaged in the business of selling goods on consignment, the consignee shall transmit to the consignor within 24 hours after the sale a full account of the sale, including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The amount and price of the goods sold; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The name and address of the purchaser, including the house or business number, street, and city.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of $5 for each violation, and court costs.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="1-306" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Consignment of Farm Products"> <text>The penalties under Title 12 of this article do not apply to this subtitle.</text> </section>