H.B. 1131

VETOES

Board for Professional Land Surveyors for licensees to reinstate licenses.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

Section 3-310, 9-313, 14-315, and 14-320, 15-315, and 15-321

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

Section 9-314

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

3-310.

(A)    The Board shall reinstate the license of an architect who, for any reason, has
failed to renew the license by the end of the 30-day grace period if the architect:

(1)     meets the renewal requirements of § 3-309 of this subtitle;

(2)     pays to the Board [the] ALL PAST DUE renewal [fee required under §
3-309 of this subtitle] FEES;

(3)     EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS
SECTION, pays to the Board a reinstatement fee [not exceeding $85, as set by the Board]
OF $100, IN ADDITION TO ALL PAST DUE RENEWAL FEES; and

(4)     submits to the Board a reinstatement application on the form that the
Board provides.

(B)     THE BOARD MAY WAIVE A REINSTATEMENT FEE FOR A LICENSEE WHO
PROVIDES EVIDENCE SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD THAT THE LICENSEE DID NOT
PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE DURING THE TIME THE LICENSE LAPSED.

9-313.

(a)     Subject to any regulation that the Board adopts, the Board may reinstate a
license that has been revoked.

(b)     A license may be reinstated under this section only on:

(1) the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board then
serving; and

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