MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

891

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 49B(a) of Article 89 - Division of
Labor and Industry, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1969 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it
is hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 89 — Division of Labor and Industry

49B.

(a) [No] AN elevator , dumbwaiter, escalator or
moving walk [shall] MAY NOT be operated in any BUILDING,
STRUCTURE, OR place of employment in the State unless a
certificate of registration and inspection for the
operation thereof is issued by the Commissioner of Labor
and Industry and unless [such] THE certificate remains
in effect and is kept posted conspicuously in or on
[such] THE elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator or moving
walk.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That new

Section 49B(n) be and it is hereby added to Article 89__—

Division of Labor and Industry, of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) to
read as follows:

Article 89 — Division of Labor and Industry

(N) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION WAY BE CONSTRUED TO
APPLY TO ANY EXISTING OR SEW ELEVATOR, ESCALATOR, MOVING

WALK OR DUMBWAITER INSTALLED IN A PRIVATELY-OWNED

SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING.

SECTION [[2]] 3.        AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That

this Act shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 323
(Senate Bill 769)

AN ACT concerning

Commercial Law — Bill and Status Inquiry

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a certain holder from
charging the buyer a fee for replying to billing or
account status inquiries.