Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 17-911 - Sale of produce in municipal corporation(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.Renumbered from § -17-912 by 2022 Md. Laws, Ch. 315,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2022.