MARVIN MANDEL, Governor 2823
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1972 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 213 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and 1973 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and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.
(a) The Real Estate Commission of Maryland is
created and shall be a part of the Department of
Licensing and Regulation. The Commission shall consist
of [seven] [[NINE]] EIGHT members, five of whom shall be
residents respectively of (1) one of the nine counties
(Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester,
Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset) of the Eastern Shore; (2)
one of the four counties (Harford, Baltimore, Carroll,
Howard) of Central Maryland; (3) Baltimore City; (4) one
of the five counties (Anne Arundel, Prince George's,
Calvert, Charles, St. Mary's) of Southern Maryland; and
(5) one of the five counties (Montgomery, Frederick,
Washington, Allegany, Garrett) of Western Maryland.
[Two] [[FOUR]] THREE other members shall be appointed
from the State of Maryland, at large, subject to the
provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
(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 DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY engaged in the business of
real estate.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1974.
Approved May 31, 1974.
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