HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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The only changes are in style.
Defined term: "Agency" § 9-101

(E)  GOVERNMENTAL UNIT.
"GOVERNMENTAL UNIT" MEANS:

(1)  AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE;

(2)  A COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE;
OR

(3)  AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION OF THE STATE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This subsection is new language derived
without substantive change from the second sentence of
former Art. 88D, § 10(b), which defined "[p]erson" to
include the enumerated entities. It is restated as a
definition of "governmental unit", to avoid the use of
the word "person", in this subtitle, in a manner that
differs from its use throughout the rest of this
article. Thus, in this subtitle, the phrase "person
[and] governmental unit" is substituted for those
former references, in Art. 88D, to "person" that
seemed to encompass both a person and a governmental
unit.

This subsection also is restated to apply throughout
this subtitle, although the introductory phrase of the
first sentence of former Art. 88D, § 10(b) stated
"[f]or the purposes of this section" -- i.e., the
provisions from which § 9-112(b) and (c)(1) of this
subtitle are derived. This restatement reflects that,
if § 9-112(b) of this subtitle applies to governmental
units, then all of the provisions that relate to
licensed agents also must apply.

In items (2) and (3) of this subsection, the term
"municipal corporation" is substituted for the former
word "municipalities", for consistency.

In light of the definition of "person" in § 1-101 of
this article, the first sentence of former Art. 88D, §
10(b), which referred to "an individual ... or any
combination of individuals", is deleted as
unnecessary.

Defined term: "County" § 1-101

(F)   LICENSE.

"LICENSE" MEANS A LICENSE ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR TO ACT AS A
LICENSED AGENT.