WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 648

business of, attempt to engage in the business of, offer to
engage in the business of, or hold themselves out as a master
electrician unless licensed by the [Statewide Master Electrical
Licensing Board] STATE BOARD OF MASTER ELECTRICIANS or by any
local board in the county.

(b) Any individual who violates this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is subject to a fine of not
more than $500.

[538.] 2.

(a)  If application [is] WAS made by the licensee by January
1, 1985[,] and all other requirements of [this subtitle are]
ARTICLE 56, §§ 530 THROUGH 542A WERE met, any licensee holding a
THEN current master electrical license, active or inactive,
issued by a local licensed subdivision of this State, shall be
granted, without examination, a master electrical license issued
by the STATE Board OF MASTER ELECTRICIANS. The prescribed fee
and proof of eligibility required by the STATE Board shall
accompany the application. [After January 1, 1985, any applicant
for a master electrician license shall be required to submit to a
Board examination.]

(b)  If application and payment of the prescribed fee [is]
WAS made before January 1, 1985, any person who is a resident of
this State and has been principally engaged and lawfully
established as a master electrician[,] in a nonlicensed
subdivision in this State for not less than 5 years immediately
prior to July 1, 1984[,] shall receive a [statewide] master
electrical license ISSUED BY THE STATE BOARD OF MASTER
ELECTRICIANS without examination. The application shall include
information required by the STATE Board OF MASTER ELECTRICIANS
showing proof of eligibility. [All applicants for a master
electrical license after January 1, 1985, shall submit to a
statewide Board examination.]

COMMITTEE COMMENT: This section is new language derived
from the first and second sentences of former Art. 56,
§ 538(a) and (b).

These provisions are retained in the Session Laws to
protect the licensing status of those individuals who
qualified for licensure under them.

The third sentences of former Art. 56, § 538(a) and
(b), which required examination after January 1, 1985,
are deleted as overly broad in light of the provisions
for waiver of examination and as unnecessary.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 320
through 322, inclusive, and the subtitle "Reciprocity for

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