File Code: Agriculture
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senators Craig, Hafer, and
 Young
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Task Force on Maryland's Dairy Industry - Recommendations - Milk
Pricing
 
Implementing recommendations of the Task Force on Maryland's Dairy
Industry; establishing an Advisory Committee on Milk Pricing and a
Maryland Milk Fund; authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to
establish fluid milk marketing areas, presumed costs to distributors,
and producer prices; requiring distributors of fluid milk to be
licensed by the Secretary; prohibiting the buying or selling of milk
below the presumed costs except under specified circumstances; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/29
 - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
 - 2/5
 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/10
 - Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
 - 3/11
 - Favorable with Amendments
 -      Laid Over (Senator Craig) Adopted
 - 3/12
 - Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Neall)
 -      Special Order 3/13 (Senator Neall) Adopted
 - 3/13
 - Floor Amendment (Senator Neall) Adopted (26-21)
 -      Floor Amendment (Senator Kelley) Rejected (11-30)
 -      Motion Recommit to Committee (Senator Boozer) Rejected (18-26)
 -      Second Reading Passed with Amendments
 - 3/17
 - Third Reading Passed (25-22)
 
House Action
- 3/18
 - First Reading Environmental Matters
 - 3/19
 - Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/24
 - Hearing cancelled
 
- Sponsored by:
 - Senator David R. Craig, District 34
 - Senator John J. Hafer, District 1
 - Senator Larry Young, District 44
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - AUDITORS AND AUDITS
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - INTERSTATE AFFAIRS
 - JUDICIAL REVIEW
 - LICENSES -see also- ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSES
 - MILK PRODUCTS
 - PENALTIES
 - PRICES
 - RECORDS -see also- RCDNGS; LAND RCDS; VITAL RCDS; CRIM BKGD.
 - RULES AND REGULATIONS
 - SUNSET
 
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
 -   Agriculture
 - (
 2-801 ,
 2-802 ,
 2-803 ,
 2-804 ,
 2-805 ,
 2-806 ,
 2-807 ,
 2-808 ,
 2-809 ,
 2-810 ,
 2-811 
)
 -   Health - General
 - (
 21-415 ,
 21-418 
)
 -   State Government
 - (
 8-403 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF) 
Amendments: 
- Senate
 - Number: 014101/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 12, 1997     at: 10:26
 Status: Adopted         
 - Number: 162698/2 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 13, 1997     at: 11:33
 Status: Rejected        
 - Number: 482795/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 13, 1997     at: 10:30
 Status: Adopted