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LAWS OF MARYLAND

[Ch. 184

(A)         PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF A BOAT DEALER'S OR
MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE, EACH APPLICANT SHALL FILE WITH
THE DEPARTMENT ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE OF A BOND OR OTHER
SECURITY DEEMED SUFFICIENT AND ADEQUATE BY THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEES AND TAXES HE RECEIVES BASED UPON
HIS VOLUME OF SALES AND THE CLASS OF BOAT DEALER'S OR
MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED.
THE BOND SHALL BE FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF THE
DEPARTMENT AND ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO SUFFERS OR
SUSTAINS ANY LOSS BY REASON OF ANY VIOLATION OF THIS
SUBTITLE BY THE LICENSEE, HIS AGENT, OR EMPLOYEE.

(B)         IF ANY LICENSEE FAILS TO FILE ACCEPTABLE
EVIDENCE THAT THE BOND REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION HAS BEEN
EXTENDED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE BOND, HIS
DEALER'S OR MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE AUTOMATICALLY IS
SUSPENDED UPON EXPIRATION OF THE BOND. THE SUSPENSION
SHALL TERMINATE WHEN THE LICENSEE FILES WITH THE
DEPARTMENT ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE OF A BOND OR OTHER
SECURITY DEEMED SUFFICIENT AND ADEQUATE BY THE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE PAYMENT OF FEES AND TAXES HE RECEIVES BASED UPON
HIS VOLUME OF SALES AND THE CLASS OF BOAT DEALER'S AND
MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE WHICH HE HAS BEEN ISSUED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect [[July 1, 1975]] January 1, 1976.

Approved April 8, 1975.

CHAPTER 185
(House Bill 118)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Department of Agriculture —
Superintendent of Weights and Measures

FOR the purpose of correcting the name of the person
administering the Maryland Weights and Measures Law.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments,

Article — Agriculture

Section 2-106(a)(5)and (b) and 11-201 and 11-205(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1974 Volume and 1974 Supplement)