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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MATTER ADDED TO EXIS TING LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0481* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 481 |
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| 8 | 8 | | M4, J1 5lr2734 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF 5lr3098 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senators Gallion and Hester |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 22, 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Finance |
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| 13 | 13 | | |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | On–Farm Home Processing License – Revenue Limit – Prohibition 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of prohibiting the Maryland Department of Health from limiting the 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | amount of revenue the holder of an on–farm home processing license may derive from 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | food processed under the license; and generally relating to on–farm home processing 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | licenses. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – Health – General 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 21–301(a) and (i) 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | BY adding to 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Article – Health – General 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 21–309.3 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2023 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17 |
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| 38 | 38 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | |
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| 40 | 40 | | Article – Health – General 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21–301. 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (i) “License” means a license issued by the Department under this subtitle to 22 |
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| 47 | 47 | | operate a food establishment. 23 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 SENATE BILL 481 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21–309.3. 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (A) IN THIS SECTION , “ON–FARM HOME PROCESSING LICENSE” MEANS A 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | LICENSE ISSUED TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO OWNS A FARM TO PROCESS FO OD IN A 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | HOME OR DOMESTIC KIT CHEN LOCATED ON THE INDIVIDUAL’S FARM. 4 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (B) THE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT LI MIT THE AMOUNT OF RE VENUE THE 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | HOLDER OF AN ON–FARM HOME PROCESSING LICENSE MAY DERIVE F ROM FOOD 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | PROCESSED UNDER THE LICENSE . 7 |
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| 61 | 61 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That on or before October 1, 2025, 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | the Maryland Department of Health shall update COMAR 10.15.04.15 to repeal the 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | $40,000 limit on sales of food processed under an on–farm home processing license. 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 11 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 1, 2025. 12 |
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