1830                           LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 827

261.

(a) The following acts are prohibited:

[(b)] (1) Abandonment or willful failure to perform, without
justification, any home-improvement contract or project engaged in
or undertaken by a contractor; or willful deviation from or disregard
of plans or specifications in any material respect without the consent
of the owner;

[(c)] (2) Failure of a salesman to account for or to remit to his
contractor any payment received in connection with a home-improve-
ment transaction;

[(d)] (3) Making any substantial misrepresentation in the pro-
curement of a home-improvement contract, or making any false
promise of character likely to influence, persuade or induce;

[(e)] (4) Any fraud in the execution of, or in the material alter-
ation of any contract, mortgage, promissory note or other document
incident to a home-improvement transaction;

[(f )] (5) Preparing or accepting any mortgage, promissory note,
or other evidence of indebtedness upon the obligations of a home-
improvement transaction with knowledge that it recites a greater
monetary obligation than the consideration for the home-improve-
ment work, which consideration may be a time sale price;

[(g)] (6) Directly or indirectly publishing any advertisement
relating to home improvements which contains an assertion, repre-
sentation or statement of fact which is false, deceptive, or mislead-
ing; provided that any advertisement which is subject to and complies
with the then existing rules, regulations or guides of the Federal
Trade Commission shall not be deemed false, deceptive or mislead-
ing; or by any means advertising or purporting to offer the general
public any home-improvement work with the intent not to accept
contracts for the particular work or at the price which is advertised
or offered to the public;

[(h)] (7) Willful or deliberate disregard and violation of the
building laws of this State or of any political subdivision thereof,
or of the safety, or labor, or workmen's compensation insurance laws
of this State;

[(i)] (8) Doing any home-improvement business with or through
any person who is subject to the licensing requirements of this sub-
title with the knowledge that such person is not licensed as required;

[(j)] (9) Misrepresentation of a material fact by an applicant
in obtaining a license;

[(k)] (10) Willful failure to notify the Commission of any change
of control in ownership, management or business name or location,
or of appointment of salesman as required by Sections 255 and [2583
257;

[(1)] (11) Conducting a home-improvement business in any
name other than the one in which the contractor or salesman is
licensed;

[(m)] (12) Advertising in any manner whatsoever that a con-
tractor or salesman is licensed under this subtitle;