Md. Code, Business Regulation § 17-911
This is the official text of Md. Code, Business Regulation § 17-911, part of Maryland’s Code, Business Regulation — governs general business licensing and regulation.
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§17–911.
Official statutory text
(a) This section does not apply in Allegany and Washington counties.
(b) A municipal corporation may not require a local license or impose a local fee or tax to sell fresh fruits, vegetables, or other country produce from a wagon at retail if the seller is the producer.
(c) However, a municipal corporation by ordinance may:
(1) provide for the issuance of identification cards or tags to producers of country produce who sell the produce from a wagon at retail;
(2) set a fee, not exceeding 50 cents for each producer, for the issuance of identification cards or tags; and
(3) require producers to get and display identification cards or tags.
(d) (1) A person who is not the producer may not sell or offer to sell any fresh fruits, vegetables, or other country produce from a wagon at retail in a municipal corporation that requires a local license or imposes a local fee or tax to do so without getting the license or paying the fee or tax.
(2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $25.
(b) A municipal corporation may not require a local license or impose a local fee or tax to sell fresh fruits, vegetables, or other country produce from a wagon at retail if the seller is the producer.
(c) However, a municipal corporation by ordinance may:
(1) provide for the issuance of identification cards or tags to producers of country produce who sell the produce from a wagon at retail;
(2) set a fee, not exceeding 50 cents for each producer, for the issuance of identification cards or tags; and
(3) require producers to get and display identification cards or tags.
(d) (1) A person who is not the producer may not sell or offer to sell any fresh fruits, vegetables, or other country produce from a wagon at retail in a municipal corporation that requires a local license or imposes a local fee or tax to do so without getting the license or paying the fee or tax.
(2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $25.
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