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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="4-311.6" title_number="4" title_name="Regulation of Livestock, Poultry Products, and Eggs" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Maryland Egg Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A packer or distributor who is required to pay a fee under this subtitle shall submit to the Secretary:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A quarterly report showing the number of dozens of shell eggs sold or delivered in Maryland to any retailer, food service facility, or consumer; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the time that the quarterly report is due, an inspection fee at a rate of 8 cents for each 30-dozen case of shell eggs sold or delivered in Maryland.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the report is not filed and the required inspection fee is not paid within 30 days after the end of the quarterly period, a collection fee shall be assessed against the packer or distributor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount of the collection fee shall be the greater of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>10 percent of the inspection fee due and unpaid; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>$100.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The amount of collection fee due is a debt and may be the basis of a judgment in a civil action against the packer or distributor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
