Ch. 528                               MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                   1153

(1)   "General contractors" or "subcontractor" shall mean any nonresident
person, firm, association or corporation that for a fixed price, commission, fee or
percentage, undertakes to bid upon, or accepts or offers to accept, orders or
contracts for performing or superintending: (a) any work on or in any building or
structure requiring the use of paint, stone, brick, mortar, wood, cement, structural
iron or steel, sheet iron, galvanized iron, metallic piping, tin, lead, or other metal
or any other building material; or (b) any paving, curbing or other work on
sidewalks, streets, alleys, or highways, on public or private property, using asphalt,
brick, stone, cement, concrete, wood or any composition; or (c) the excavating of
earth, rock, or other material for foundation or any other purpose; or (d) the
construction of any sort of stone, brick, terra cotta or other material; or (e) any
work involving the erecting, installing, altering or repairing, electric wiring, devices
or appliances permanently connected to such wiring; or the erecting, repairing or
maintaining of lines for transmission or distribution of electric light and power; or
(f) any work involving the installing, altering or repairing of any plumbing, steam
fitting or other piping, and provided that any person, firm, association or
corporation who shall bid upon, accept or offers to accept, or engage in the doing
or the superintending of any work above mentioned in (a) through (f) of this
subsection in the State costing $20,000 or more shall be deemed to have engaged in
the business of general contracting or subcontracting in this State.

(2)  "Person" shall mean any person, firm, corporation (as defined in Article
81, §2) or association.

(3)   "Nonresident"' shall mean any person, as defined above in (2) who is
neither qualified to do business in the State of Maryland in accordance with
Article 23, §90 nor is properly qualified or registered with the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation as a domestic person defined in (2), and is doing less
than eighty percent (80%) of his business in the State of Maryland.

(4)  "Inspector" shall mean the chief license inspector in the license bureau
under the Comptroller's office.

(5)  A singular personal pronoun shall be taken to include any person, firm,
association or corporation.

(c)  The inspector shall keep a record and account for all money derived from
the operation of this subtitle. All fees collected pursuant to the provisions of this
subtitle shall be paid into the State's general fund and warrants for the expenditure
of funds from the proper enforcement and execution of this subtitle, including the
employment of such clerical assistance as may be necessary, providing adequate
office space and actual travel, shall be issued upon vouchers signed and paid by the
Comptroller out of such funds. All excess funds shall revert to the general fund.

(d)  The inspector shall keep a register of all applicants registration, showing for
each the date of application, the name, qualifications, place of business, place of
residence, and whether the certificate of registration was granted or refused. The
books and register shall be prima facie evidence of all matters reported therein.

(e)   A roster showing the names and places of business and of residence of all
registered contractors shall be prepared by the inspector during the month of
August of each year. Such rosters shall be printed by the inspector out of the funds
provided for by the Comptroller of Maryland as provided for herein and a copy
mailed to and placed on file by the clerk of the circuit court for each of the several
counties and by the clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City.

(f) On or before the first day of August of each year, the Comptroller shall
submit to the Governor a report of the transactions for the preceding year,
together with a complete statement of receipts and expenditures attested to by the