HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(h) (1) The provisions of this section, and the
provisions of § 26-11 with respect to the filing of reports
or statements, are mandatory and not directory. However, no
sanctions may be imposed for failure to file a report or
statement or to pay a late filing fee if the failure is
found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be for just
cause.

(2)  In addition, upon request of the person
required to file, a late filing fee may be waived for just
cause by the State Administrator of Election Laws subject to
the approval of the State Administrative Board of Election
Laws.

(3) (i) The decision of the State Administrator
to waive or not to waive a late filing fee shall be in
writing and shall set forth the circumstances surrounding
the late filing and the reasons for the decision.

(ii) The decision to waive or not to waive
may be made without notice or hearing.

Article 48A - Insurance Code

177.

Individual applicants for qualification as to kinds of
insurance other than life and health insurance and annuities
shall be required to comply with the requirements of this
section, as follows:

(1) (i) The applicant must successfully
complete a program of studies, offered by schools, insurance
company schools, or correspondence schools, which program of
studies has been established or approved by the
Commissioner, to the end that the applicant shall be
reasonably familiar with the specific kind or kinds of
insurance or subdivisions of them, for which he desires to
be qualified; or

(ii) He must have been regularly employed
as an employee of the insurance division, or by an insurer
or an agent or broker, for a period or periods aggregating
not less than one year during the three years next preceding
the date of application in responsible insurance duties in
connection with the specific kind or kinds of insurance or
subdivisions of them for which he desires to be qualified,
and, in such case, such applicant shall submit with his
application the affidavit of such employer or employers
stating facts which show compliance with this requirement;
or

(iii) He must have been regularly employed
by an insurer or an agent or a broker for a period or
periods aggregating not less than one year during the three