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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="11-204.4" title_number="11" title_name="Weights and Measures" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Powers and Duties of Secretary and Local Inspectors">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless a registration for a weight and measure is renewed for a 1–year term, the license expires 1 year from the effective date of the registration.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 1 month before a registration for a weight and measure expires, the Secretary shall send each person with a known registration, by electronic means or first–class mail to the last known electronic or mailing address of the person, a registration renewal form and a renewal notice that states:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The date on which the current registration expires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>That the renewal application and fee must be received by the Secretary on or before the registration expiration date; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The amount of the renewal fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before a registration for a weight and measure expires, the registration may be renewed for an additional 1–year term, if the applicant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is the owner or possessor of a weight and measure;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays the applicable fee as provided in § 11–204.7 of this subtitle; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submits to the Secretary a renewal application on a form that the Secretary provides.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who has a registration for a weight and measure has a grace period of 60 days after the registration expires in which to renew the registration retroactively, if the person:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to renew the registration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Submits to the Secretary a renewal application on the form required by the Secretary; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Pays to the Secretary the renewal fee and late fee set by the Secretary.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The owner or possessor of a weight and measure shall display the registration conspicuously at each place of business where the weight and measure is located.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>If the weight and measure is sold, transferred, or moved to a new location, the owner or possessor of a weight and measure shall notify the Secretary.</text>
  </level>
</section>
