2828                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                     [Ch. 853

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 257 (c) 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Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed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
257.

(c) An applicant for any license required by the
provisions of this subtitle shall file with the
Commission a written application which shall be signed
and under oath. As a part of or in connection with such
application, the applicant shall furnish information
concerning his true identity, personal history,
home-improvement business, PLACES WHERE APPLICANT HAS
RESIDED AND DONE BUSINESS FOR THE PRECEDING TWO YEARS and
any other pertinent facts which the Commission [[may]]
SHALL by regulation require. The Commission [[may]]
SHALL require the names of owners, stockholders,
partners, directors, and officers of any applicant, and
the business addresses and trade names of the applicant.
ALSO, AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT TO THE FIRST OR ORIGINAL
ISSUANCE OF A LICENSE, THE COMMISSION[[, BY REGULATION,]]
SHALL REQUIRE EVERY APPLICANT FOR A HOME-IMPROVEMENT
LICENSE TO BE EXAMINED TO DETERMINE THE LICENSEE'S
KNOWLEDGE OF PERTINENT LAWS AND REGULATIONS ENFORCED BY
THE COMMISSION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, [[1974]] 1975.

Approved May 31, 1974.

CHAPTER 854
(Senate Bill 465)
AN ACT concerning

Licenses — Retail Service Stations

FOR the purpose of prohibiting producers[[,]] or
refiners[[, and wholesalers]] of petroleum products

from operating retail service stations , permitting

the Comptroller to adopt rules or regulations which

define the circumstances on which a producer or

refiner may operate temporarily a previously

dealer-operated station, requiring the Comptroller