Ch. 648

LAWS OF MARYLAND

The problems inherent in     the laws governing electricians

could not be resolved in a routine nonsubstantive revision,

because of the numerous gaps,   inconsistencies, and ambiguities in
those laws.

Therefore, a Joint Subcommittee of the Senate Economic and
Environmental Affairs Committee and the House Economic Matters
Committee was appointed to consider the substantive problems in
the electricians law and to develop substantive legislation to
address those problems.

The Joint Subcommittee undertook to address those issues by
careful review of a draft revision of the existing laws in which
were noted, e.g., provisions that were inconsistent either with
other laws relating to electricians or to business occupations
generally, provisions that were obsolete, provisions that were
impracticable to apply, and provisions that were at variance with
practice in the industry. The absence of provisions that
generally appear in laws governing business occupations also was
noted.

It is a precept that similar provisions should be stated in
the same way every time. This is particularly true as to
provisions that relate to licensing. To that end, therefore,
provisions of the existing law that were retained and new
provisions that were added have been conformed to the language
and organization of revised articles.

Former Art. 56, § 534A, which prohibited a person engaging
in business as a master electrician without a State license, is
transferred to the Session Laws. The Attorney General had opined
that former § 534A should not be enforced since the General
Assembly's power to adopt local legislation applicable to only 1
home rule county is restricted. Under § 2-301 of this title,
every county must adopt local legislation or adhere to the State
requirements and, thus, former § 534A will be unnecessary. It is
preserved in the Session Laws, however, until § 2-301 of this
title becomes effective.

The first and second sentences of former Art. 56, § 538(a)
and (b), which provided for licensees on January 1, 1985, are
transferred to the Session Laws, to ensure that licenses held
under those sentences are not affected by this Act.

Article 25 - County Commissioners

3.

(a) (1) The county commissioners of each county in this
State, in addition to, but not in substitution of, the powers
which have been or may be granted them, have the following
express powers.

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