Section 10-101 - Definitions. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-101. Definitions.
 

(a)  In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Agricultural commodity.- "Agricultural commodity" means livestock, poultry, field crops, including nursery stock, bulbs, and flowers; and other agricultural products having a domestic or foreign market. 

(c)  Certified agency.- "Certified agency" means any association, board, council, or other entity authorized by the Secretary to conduct a referendum under this section among the persons qualifying as voters. 

(d)  Voter.- "Voter", with respect to a referendum on the question of an annual assessment on a particular agricultural commodity, means any person engaged in the production of the commodity, and includes the owner of the farm on which the commodity is produced, tenants, and sharecroppers. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 66C, §§ 83A, 83F, 83J; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 6, § 1.]