MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                             2189

FOR the purpose of providing that certain members of the
Real Estate Commission [[and their families may not
be engaged in or connected with certain aspects of
the real estate business]] may not be engaged
directly or indirectly in the business of real
estate.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 56 - Licenses

Section 213(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 213(b) of Article 56 - Licenses,
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1972 Replacement
Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed
and re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

Article 56 — Licenses
213.

(b) In each instance, members of the Commission
shall have been citizens and residents of the particular
area for which appointed, respectively, for not less than
the five years next preceding their appointment to the
Commission; and, at the time of appointment, and for a
period of not less than the ten years next preceding
appointment, each member, except until May 31, 1967, the
chief of the license bureau, shall be and shall have been
licensed under this subtitle either as a real estate
broker or as a real estate salesman. However, the two
members to be appointed from the public at large shall
not be engaged in the business of real estate [However,
the two members to be appointed from the public at large
shall not be engaged in the business of real estate[[.]
HOWEVER, THE MEMBERS APPOINTED FROM THE PUBLIC AT LARGE
OR ANY OF THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILIES MAY NOT BE ENGAGED IN
ANY BUSINESS WHICH IS CONNECTED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
WITH THE SALE, PURCHASE, LEASING, FINANCING OR
IMPROVEMENT OF REAL ESTATE]] , DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY
AFTER JULY 1, 1974.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.

Approved May 31, 1974.