HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(K) (1) A TRANSIENT VENDOR MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BUSINESS
WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE NECESSARY LICENSE REQUIRED UNDER THIS
SECTION.

(2)  THIS SECTION DOES NOT EXEMPT A VENDOR FROM
OBTAINING ANY OTHER LICENSE OR PERMIT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE
STATE, FREDERICK COUNTY, OR ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN
FREDERICK COUNTY, OR FROM BEING SUBJECTED TO LIABILITY, TAX
LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER REGULATIONS THAT MAY BE APPLICABLE IN THE
UNITED STATES, THE STATE, FREDERICK COUNTY, OR ANY OTHER
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN FREDERICK COUNTY.

(3)  UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW, A LICENSED
TRANSIENT VENDOR MAY NOT SELL GOODS, WARES, OR MERCHANDISE ON
SUNDAY.

(L) A PERSON WHO ENGAGES IN A TRANSIENT BUSINESS IN
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND ON
CONVICTION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $2,500 OR
IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 1 YEAR OR BOTH.

(M) LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL FROM ANY MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION IN FREDERICK COUNTY, FREDERICK COUNTY, AND THE STATE
MAY ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved May 27, 1986.

CHAPTER 681

(Senate Bill 632)

AN ACT concerning

Group Health - Insurance Coverage of Surviving Spouses

FOR the purpose of requiring group health insurance contracts to
offer the spouse and dependent children of a deceased
employee the option to continue coverage; specifying the
eligibility for and duration of the continuation coverage;
specifying the maximum period a spouse or dependent child
may continue coverage; prohibiting continuation coverage
from being conditional upon evidence of insurability or
waiting periods; requiring continuation coverage to be
identical to coverage offered to similarly situated
individuals whose spouse is not deceased; specifying a time
period and procedure for the surviving spouse to elect
continuation coverage; requiring certificates issued under
group insurance contracts to specify the terms and