HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 56 - Licenses
Section 75(a)

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1979 Replacement Volume)

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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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 56 - Licenses

75.

(a) The term "private detective business" means the
business of conducting a private detective agency or for the
purpose of making for hire or reward any investigation or
investigations for the purpose of obtaining information with
reference to any of the following matters, notwithstanding
the fact that other functions and services may also be
performed by the same person, firm, association or
corporation for fee, hire, or reward, to wit: (1) crime or
wrong done or threatened or assumed to have been done or
threatened against the government of the United States of
America, or any state, territory, or possession of the
United States of America; (2) the identity, habits, conduct,
movements, whereabouts, affiliations, associations,
transactions, reputation, or character of any person,
association, organization, society or groups of persons,
firms, or corporations; (3) the credibility of witnesses or
other persons; (4) the whereabouts of missing persons; (5)
the location or recovery of lost or stolen property; (6) the
causes and origin of, or responsibility for, fires,
accidents, damage, injuries, or losses to persons, firms,
associations, or corporations, or to real or personal
property; (7) the affiliation, connection, or relation of
any person, firm, or corporation with any official member or
representative thereof; (8) with reference to the conduct,
honesty, efficiency, loyalty, or activities of employees,
agents, contractors and subcontractors; (9) the securing of
evidence to be used before any investigating committee,
board of award, board of arbitration, or in the trial of any
civil or criminal cause. However, the term does not include
a person, firm, association, or corporation engaged
exclusively in the business of making investigations and
reports -as to the financial standing, credit and financial
responsibility of persons, firms, associations, or
corporations nor to electrically controlled burglar or fire
alarm systems with a central unit, nor to any person, firm,
association, or corporation exclusively engaged in the
business of making reports for insurance or credit purposes
except when the making of those reports involves
investigation or surveillance normally performed by persons,
firms, associations, or corporations otherwise subject to