Ch. 563                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND

fourth clauses of the first sentence of former Art.
56, § 217(c)(1).

Subsection (e) of this section is new language derived
without substantive change from the second sentence of
former Art. 56, § 217(c)(1), as it related to the
requirement that an applicant for a real estate broker
license pass an examination.

Subsection (f) of this section is new language derived
without substantive change from the second sentence of
former Art. 56, § 220 and, as it related to the
ability of an applicant for a real estate broker
license to perform the functions of a real estate
broker, the first clause of the first sentence of §
217(c)(1).

Subsection (a) of this section is restated in standard
language to introduce the basic requirements an
applicant must meet to qualify for a real estate
broker license. The standard language avoids an
inference in the first sentence of former Art. 56, §
217(c)(1), which allowed, rather than required, the
Commission to demand proof of qualifications and,
therefore, suggested incorrectly that the Commission
could waive the requirements of this section.
Similarly, subsection (f) of this section is rephrased
to clarify that, while the Commission has discretion
to set additional qualifications, once set, all
applicants must meet those qualifications.

Also in subsection (a) of this section, the former
express reference to the application of the licensing
requirements to "members of copartnerships and
associations and officers of corporations" is deleted
as unnecessary. The relationship that ah individual
has with a business entity has no effect on the
license requirements under this title; See the
General Subcommittee Comment to this title.

In subsections (b) and (f) of this section, the
standard phrase "good character and reputation" is
substituted for the former terms "trustworthy" and
"honesty, truthfulness, [and] integrity", to conform
to similar provisions in the proposed Business
Occupations Article.

In subsection (d)(2) of this section, the former
alternative requirement that an applicant be "duly
qualified to practice law in this State" is restated,
for clarity, as a directive that the Commission waive
the requirements of paragraph (1) of the subsection if

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