(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.Added by 2023 Md. Laws, Ch. 143, Sec. 1, eff. 10/1/2023.