HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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apply to the CIRCUIT COURT FOR Baltimore City [Court] for a
stay of the Commissioner's proposed action.

40.

(1) An appeal from the Commissioner shall be taken
only from an order or hearing or with respect to a matter
which the Commissioner has refused a hearing. Any person who
was a party to such hearing, or whose pecuniary interests
are directly and immediately affected by any such order or
refusal and who is aggrieved thereby may, within 30 days
after (i) the order has been mailed or delivered to the
persons entitled to receive it, or (ii) the Commissioner's
order denying rehearing or reargument has been so mailed or
delivered, or (iii) the Commissioner's refusal to grant a
hearing, appeal from such order or hearing or such refusal
of a hearing. The appeal shall be taken to the CIRCUIT
COURT FOR Baltimore City [Court], by filing written notice
of appeal in such court and by filing a copy of such notice
with the Commissioner. However, in appeals from the
suspension or revocation of the certificate of authority of
a domestic insurer or of the license of an agent, broker,
solicitor, adjuster, or adviser, the person taking the
appeal at his option, in lieu of the CIRCUIT COURT FOR
Baltimore City [Court], may take the appeal to the circuit
court of the county of Maryland in which the insurer has its
principal place of business or the licensee resides. An
appeal taken pursuant to this subsection shall be captioned
in the name of the person filing the appeal, as the party
appellant, versus the Insurance Commissioner of the State of
Maryland, as the party appellee. In all such appeals, the
Commissioner shall be a necessary party appellee. In
addition to the person filing the appeal and the
Commissioner, any other person whose pecuniary interests are
or may be directly and immediately affected by the matter on
appeal, or who may be aggrieved thereby, upon application to
the court, may be deemed an additional party appellant or
appellee, as the court directs.

(7) Appeal by any party appellant or party appellee
including the Commissioner may be taken to the Court of
Special Appeals from the judgment of the. [Baltimore City
Court or] CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY OR circuit court
of the county, as in other civil cases. A stay of the
effectiveness of any such judgment may be made only by order
of court upon the giving of such security as the court deems
proper.

133.

(1) The circuit courts of the counties [and the
Circuit Court of Baltimore City] are vested in equity with
exclusive original jurisdiction of delinquency proceedings
under this subtitle, and are authorized to make all
necessary and proper orders to carry out the purposes of
this subtitle.