WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 146

signs posted in accordance with this paragraph. At each polling
place, 2 election judges, 1 from each principal political party,
shall be designated by the election board and, acting jointly,
shall post signs outlining a line around the entrance and exit of
the building closest to that part of the building in which voting
occurs. The line shall be located as near as practicable to 100
feet from the entrance and exit and shall be established after
consideration of the configuration of the entrance and the effect
of placement on public safety and the flow of pedestrian and
vehicular traffic. The signs shall contain the following or
comparable language: "No Electioneering Beyond this Point";

(ii) In Anne Arundel, Cecil, GARRETT, Harford,
Kent, and Queen Anne's Counties, [no person may] TO canvass,
electioneer, or post any campaign literature or material on
election day in a polling place or within a 300 foot radius from
the entrance and exit of the building closest to that part of the
building in which voting occurs.

(b) A person who violates a provision of this section is
subject to a fine, on conviction, of not less than $50 or more
than $500, or imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 2, 1988.

CHAPTER 146

(Senate Bill 478)

AN ACT concerning

Insurance Agents - Appointments

FOR the purpose of permitting an insurance agent under certain
circumstances and with respect to certain kinds of insurance
to submit an informal inquiry or solicit an application of
insurance without an appointment from the insurer to which
the inquiry or application is submitted; requiring an
insurer receiving an application for a life insurance
policy, health insurance policy, or annuity contract from an
agent that holds no valid appointment from the insurer
either to reject an application or to appoint the agent
within a specified period; and generally relating to the
appointment of insurance agents.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

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