(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.
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