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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="6-210.1" title_number="6" title_name="Commercial Feed and Fertilizer and Agricultural Liming Materials" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Commercial Fertilizer Law">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Any retail outlet distributing commercial fertilizer in bags weighing 50 pounds or more shall display prominently a sign advising customers that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Overuse of commercial fertilizer damages State waters, including the Chesapeake Bay; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Customers concerned with protecting and restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay and other State waters should, before using a commercial fertilizer, receive a chemical analysis of the soil to be fertilized from a soil-testing laboratory.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Department shall develop and make available at no cost to an affected retailer a sign that meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
