Md. Code, Public Safety § 14-501
This is the official text of Md. Code, Public Safety § 14-501, part of Maryland’s Code, Public Safety — governs police, fire, and emergency services.
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§14–501.
Official statutory text
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) “Administration” means the Maryland Energy Administration.
(c) “Director” means the Director of the Administration.
(d) “Person” includes a federal, State, or local government or an agency or instrumentality of a federal, State, or local government.
(e) “Prime supplier” means a supplier that makes the first sale into the State distribution system of a State fuel security product that is intended for consumption in the State.
(f) “Program” means the State Fuel Security Program.
(g) “State fuel security product” means a product to which the Program applies.
(h) “Supplier” means a business entity or a part or subsidiary of a business entity that supplies, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes, including by consignment, a State fuel security product to consumers or wholesale purchaser–resellers.
(i) “Wholesale purchaser–reseller” means a business entity that:
(1) purchases, receives through transfer, or otherwise obtains, including by consignment, a State fuel security product; and
(2) resells or otherwise transfers the State fuel security product to other purchasers without substantially changing its form.
(b) “Administration” means the Maryland Energy Administration.
(c) “Director” means the Director of the Administration.
(d) “Person” includes a federal, State, or local government or an agency or instrumentality of a federal, State, or local government.
(e) “Prime supplier” means a supplier that makes the first sale into the State distribution system of a State fuel security product that is intended for consumption in the State.
(f) “Program” means the State Fuel Security Program.
(g) “State fuel security product” means a product to which the Program applies.
(h) “Supplier” means a business entity or a part or subsidiary of a business entity that supplies, sells, transfers, or otherwise furnishes, including by consignment, a State fuel security product to consumers or wholesale purchaser–resellers.
(i) “Wholesale purchaser–reseller” means a business entity that:
(1) purchases, receives through transfer, or otherwise obtains, including by consignment, a State fuel security product; and
(2) resells or otherwise transfers the State fuel security product to other purchasers without substantially changing its form.
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