WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 375

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s)
537(c) and (d), respectively, of Article 56 - Licenses of the
Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 537(d)
and (e), respectively.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article 56 - Licenses

537.

(a)  All licenses expire on June 30 in each odd-numbered
year and are renewable every 2 years on payment of the renewal
fee of $100 prior to July 1. Failure to renew the electrical
license prior to July 1 shall cause the license to expire. After
July 1, a person, firm, or corporation may not engage or offer to
engage, or hold themselves out as engaging, as a master
electrician under a license unless the license is restored or
reissued.

(b)   [If application for restoration is made within 90 days
after June 30, a license which expires because of failure to
renew prior to July 1 shall be restored only on payment of the
renewal fee and a restoration fee of $100. If the application
for restoration is not made within the 90-day period after
expiration, a renewal may not be issued and the Board may require
compliance by examination, before reissuance of a license, as if
the applicant had never been licensed.]

THE BOARD SHALL REINSTATE THE LICENSE OF A MASTER
ELECTRICIAN WHO HAS FAILED TO RENEW THE LICENSE FOR ANY REASON IF
THE MASTER ELECTRICIAN:

(1)  APPLIES FOR REINSTATEMENT WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER
THE LICENSE EXPIRES; AND

(2)  MEETS THE RENEWAL REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION (A)
OF THIS SECTION; AND

(3)  PAYS TO THE BOARD IN ADDITION TO THE RENEWAL FEE
REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION, A REINSTATEMENT
FEE OF:

(I)  $100 FOR A 30-DAY LATE RENEWAL;

(II)  $200 FOR A 60-DAY LATE RENEWAL; OR

(III)  $300 FOR A 90-DAY LATE RENEWAL.

(C) (1) IF A MASTER ELECTRICIAN HAS FAILED TO RENEW THE
MASTER ELECTRICIAN'S LICENSE FOR ANY REASON AND THEN APPLIES TO

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