2862                            County Local Laws

require a cash or corporate bond in the amount of $500.00 for
each regularly used registered collection vehicle, excluding backup
or standby vehicles, but not more than $5,000.00; to provide
that the bond may provide for its cancellation upon 60 days
written notice; to provide generally for notice of default, default
and forfeiture of the bond; to authorize the Director to have the
work performed in case of default; to provide for the removal of
refuse in accordance with a written statement of service; to
require the collector to provide 30 days written notice of intent to
discontinue service except for nonpayment; to require that the
statement of service approved by the Director contain certain
matters and be furnished to each customer; to require a collector
to keep and maintain a list of customers which the Director
shall inspect quarterly and at any reasonable time; to require
alternate service within 48 hours in case of mishap or breakdown
or collection service is missed for any reason; to authorize the
Director to revoke the license to do business of a collector or take
other action; to require notice of revocation, suspension or refusal
to renew a license or other action to be sent by certified mail and
hearing before final action, except where an emergency, and to
increase the penalties to $1,000.00 fine and six months imprison-
ment, or both.

Be It Enacted by the County Council for Montgomery County,
Maryland, that—

Sec. 1. Section 87-13b., Chapter 87, title "Garbage and Refuse,"
of the Montgomery County Code 1965, as amended, is hereby repealed
and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

87-13. Collecting and transporting—Collector's license.

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b. Conditions for issuance. No license to engage in the business
of collection or transportation of refuse in Montgomery County shall
be issued unless and until the applicant complies with the following
conditions:

1. Maintain an office in Montgomery County for the transaction
of business, such business to include but not be limited to the receipt
of complaints, the payment of bills, the maintenance of records and
the answering of inquiries. Such office shall be staffed during normal
business hours with an authorized agent of the applicant, registered
with the Director, serviced by a business telephone and listed in the
telephone directory by trade name. If the Director finds that the
licensee has his principle business office outside of Montgomery
County, but within the metropolitan area, duplicate records need not
be maintained in his County office, provided that such records shall
be made available to the Director in the County upon demand within