LAWS OF MARYLAND

Subsection (i)(2) of this section is new language
substituted for the requirement, in the first sentence
of former Art. 56, § 221(a), that applicants for a
real estate salesperson license "give evidence of
their intention ... to become regularly engaged as a
salesman by a licensed real estate broker." The
substituted language clarifies that a licensee who
applies for an associate real estate broker license,
as well as a licensee who applies for a real estate
salesperson license, must submit to the Commission
adequate evidence that the licensee has obtained from
a licensed real estate broker a commitment for the
licensee to become affiliated with the broker as a
real estate salesperson or an associate real estate
broker on the granting of a real estate salesperson
license or an associate real estate broker license to
the licensee. The substituted language conforms to
the current practice of the Commission.

Subsection (i)(3) of this section is new language
added to require a real estate salesperson or
associate real estate broker licensee, on application
for another license, to submit to the Commission a
copy of the written notice informing each real estate
broker with whom the licensee currently is affiliated
that the licensee intends to affiliate with an
additional real estate broker or obtain a real estate
broker license. This addition provides the Commission
with information to determine whether the licensee has
complied with the applicable notification requirements
of this section.

Subsection (i)(4) of this section is new language
substituted for Art. 56, § 218(c) and, as it related
to the application fees, § 223(a), (c), and (d), on
the recommendation of the Joint Subcommittee on the
Business Occupations Article, to increase the
application fees for a real estate broker license and
a real estate salesperson license to $80 and $30,
respectively, for consistency with the renewal fee for
those licenses, and to increase the application fee
for an associate real estate broker license to $50 to
establish an application fee that is commensurate with
the intermediate status of an associate real estate
broker license. In addition, on the recommendation of
the Joint Subcommittee, subsection (i)(4) of this
section establishes uniform application fees for
resident and nonresident applicants, in conformity
with changes in the fee structure made throughout this
title. See the General Subcommittee Comment to this
title.

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Ch. 563