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rights and privileges which a holder of such certificate or permit
has under the provisions of this subtitle. The Washington County
plumbing board, in its discretion, based upon the training and
experience of any applicant, in excess of the minimum require-
ments as set forth hereinabove, may accept such training and
experience in lieu of the examination required herein.

(2)    The said board shall demand and receive from such appli-
cant for a certificate of competency, the sum of $25.00 at the time
of the issuance of said certificate, and the sum of $15.00 for the
renewal thereof each and every year thereafter on or before the
first day of May, and said board at any time shall issue any renewal
without requiring any other examination. Said board may demand
and receive from each journeyman plumber the sum of $2.00
at the time of issuance of the first certificate to said journeyman
plumber and the sum of $1.00 for the renewal thereof each and
every year thereafter on or before the first day of May; and said
board, at any time, shall issue any renewal without requiring any
other examination but no charge shall be made for the issuing of
permits or renewal of permits to apprentices, provided, however,
that such certificate of competency or any renewal thereof shall
be issued by Washington County plumbing board to any person
holding a license from the State Board of Commissioners of Practical
Plumbing upon payment of requisite fees and without examination.

(3)    The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to
well drillers who install pumps in connection with the drilling of
wells nor to persons in the business of installing and repairing water
pumps all of whom were in business on April 1,1963.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1971.

Approved April 23, 1971.

CHAPTER 161
(House Bill 775)

AN ACT to add new subsection (f) to Section 203 of Article 2B
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1968 Replacement Volume
and 1970 Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Pen-
alties" to follow immediately after subsection (e) and providing
that the Board of License Commissioners in Prince George's County
may impose a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)
in lieu of suspensions or revocations of licenses in certain cases.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That new subsection (f) is added to Section 203 of Article 2B of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Replacement Volume and 1970
Supplement), title "Alcoholic Beverages," subtitle "Penalties" to
follow immediately after subsection (f), and to read as follows: