Ch. 689                            MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                 1441

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 690
(Senate Bill 527)

AN ACT to [[repeal and re-enact, with amendments. Section 10(a) of]] add new
Section 10(c) to Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972
Replacement Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Mode of Issuing - General
Provisions." to immediately follow Section 10(b) thereof to increase the penalty
fees assessed for licenses under the Department of Licensing and Regulations
procured after the time prescribed by law and to make this assessment
discretionary.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That [[Section 10(a) of]] new Section 10(c.) be and it is hereby
added to Article 56 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement
Volume), title "Licenses," subtitle "Mode of Issuing - General Provisions," [[be
and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments]], to immediately
follow Section 10(b) to read as follows:

10.

[[(a) All persons, firms and corporations, required to procure licenses under the
laws of this State, who shall fail or neglect to procure the same within the time
prescribed by law, [shall pay) MAY BE ASSESSED, in addition to the prescribed
license fee, an additional fee [equal to ten per centum (10%)] NOT TO EXCEED
TWENTY PER CENTUM (20%) of said license fee if the license is obtained at
any time during the calendar month next succeeding the month in which the license
should have been obtained; and where there is default beyond the month next
succeeding the month in which the license should have been obtained, such persons,
firms and corporations [shall pay] MAY BE ASSESSED, in addition to the [ten
per centum] FEE for the first default, an additional fee [equal to two per centum
(2%)] NOT TO EXCEED FOUR PER CENTUM (4%) of said license fee for
each and every month or fractional part of month thereafter of the license year
that the fee shall remain unpaid.]) (C) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, ANY PERSON, FIRM OR
CORPORATION REQUIRED TO PROCURE A LICENSE FROM ANY
AGENCY, BOARD, COMMISSION, OFFICE, DIVISION OR UNIT
WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION, WHO
SHALL FAIL OR NEGLECT TO PROCURE THE SAME WITHIN THE
TIME PRESCRIBED BY LAW MAY BE ASSESSED, IN ADDITION TO
THE PRESCRIBED LICENSE FEE, AN ADDITIONAL FEE NOT TO
EXCEED TWENTY PER CENTUM (20%) OF SAID LICENSE FEE IF THE
LICENSE IS OBTAINED AT ANY TIME DURING THE CALENDAR
MONTH NEXT SUCCEEDING THE MONTH IN WHICH THE LICENSE
SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBTAINED; AND WHERE THERE IS DEFAULT
BEYOND THE MONTH NEXT SUCCEEDING THE MONTH IN WHICH
THE LICENSE SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBTAINED, SUCH PERSON,
FIRM, OR CORPORATION MAY BE ASSESSED, IN ADDITION TO THE
FEE FOR THE FIRST DEFAULT, AN ADDITIONAL FEE NOT TO
EXCEED FOUR PER CENTUM (4%) OF THE SAID LICENSE FEE FOR
EACH AND EVERY MONTH OR FRACTIONAL PART OF MONTH
THEREAFTER OF THE LICENSE YEAR THAT THE FEE SHALL