File Code: Agriculture
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 504  
- Sponsored By: 
 - 
Senator Young
 
- Entitled: 
 - 
Fairness in Milk Marketing Act of 1997
 
Implementing recommendations of the Task Force on Maryland's Dairy
Industry; establishing an Advisory Committee on Milk Pricing;
authorizing the Secretary to establish fluid milk marketing areas,
presumed costs to distributors and retail sellers, and producer prices
for milk; requiring distributors of fluid milk to be licensed by the
Secretary; requiring the Secretary to audit certain records of milk
distributors; prohibiting persons from buying or selling milk below
presumed costs except under certain circumstances; etc.
Senate Action
- 1/31
 - First Reading Economic and Environmental Affairs
 - 2/5
 - Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
 - 3/10
 - Unfavorable Report by Economic and Environmental Affairs
 
House Action
- No Action
 
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
 - AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF
 - AUDITORS AND AUDITS
 - COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 - HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
 - 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 
)
 -   Health - General
 - (
 21-415 ,
 21-418 ,
 21-426 
)
 
- Bill Text:
 -  First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled 
 - Fiscal Note:
 Available (PDF)