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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 538
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Section 15-301(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article — Environment
Section 15-313
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Environment
15-101.
(a) In this title, the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "Bureau" means Bureau of Mines.
(d) "Director" or "Director of the Bureau" means Director of the Bureau of
Mines.
15-301.
(a) In this subtitle, the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) "Examining authority" means the Director of the Bureau or [his] THE
DIRECTOR'S designee when referring to the procedure for grant or suspension of a
permit of competence or grant or suspension of a first-class mine foreman certificate
of competence or a fire-boss certificate of competence.
15-313.
(A) THE DIRECTOR MAY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH AN AGENCY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGULATION OF COAL MINING IN ANOTHER STATE TO
PROVIDE FOR THE RECOGNITION IN MARYLAND OF MINE FOREMAN AND FIRE-BOSS
CERTIFICATES OR OTHER CERTIFICATIONS ISSUED BY THAT STATE IF:
(1) THE DIRECTOR DETERMINES THAT THE CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THAT STATE ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE
CORRESPONDING MARYLAND REQUIREMENTS; AND
(2) THE OTHER STATE PROVIDES RECIPROCAL RECOGNITION OF
CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE BUREAU.
(B) (1) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HOLDS A MINE FOREMAN CERTIFICATE,
FIRE-BOSS CERTIFICATE, OR OTHER CERTIFICATION ISSUED BY AN AGENCY OF
ANOTHER STATE THAT HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT UNDER SUBSECTION (A)
OF THIS SECTION MAY APPLY TO THE BUREAU FOR RECIPROCAL CERTIFICATION.
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