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(B) ANY LICENSE ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF § 14
AUTHORIZES THE LICENSEE TO SELL BEER AND LIGHT WINE ONLY
BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAYS.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved May 16, 1978.

CHAPTER 546

(Senate Bill 1116)

AN ACT concerning

Insurance Brokerage Fees

FOR the purpose of permitting insurance brokers to charge a
fee in certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 48A - Insurance Code

Section 230(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1972 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 48A — Insurance Code

230.

(b) No person shall willfully collect as premium or
charge for insurance any sum in excess of or less than the
premium or charge applicable to such insurance, in
accordance with the applicable classifications and rates as
filed with and approved by the Commissioner; or, in cases
where classifications, premiums, or rates are not required
by this article to be so filed and approved, such premiums
and charges shall not be in excess of or less than those
specified in the policy and as fixed by the insurer. This
provision shall not be deemed to prohibit the charging and
collection, by surplus line agents licensed under Subtitle
13 of this article, of the amount of applicable State and
federal taxes in addition to the premium required by the
insurer. Nor shall it be deemed to prohibit the charging
and collection by a life insurer, of amounts actually to be
expended for medical examination of an applicant for life
insurance or for reinstatement of a life insurance policy.