WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 29

CHAPTER 29
(Senate Bill 146)
AN ACT concerning

Manufacturer's or Dealer's License - Exhibitors

FOR the purpose of exempting certain manufacturers and dealers
from the license requirement for boat dealers and
manufacturers at certain times and subject to certain
conditions; requiring certain boat manufacturers and dealers
to register and annually pay a certain fee; providing for
the deposit of certain fees in a certain manner; altering
the use of the Boat Dealer Assurance Fund; providing for use
of certain fees by the Department; repealing a limitation on
the collection of certain fees; and generally relating to
the licensing of boat manufacturers and dealers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Natural Resources

Section 8-710 and 8-710.2(d), (f), and (g)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1988 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Natural Resources

8-710.

(a) A manufacturer or dealer may not conduct his business
in the State unless licensed as a manufacturer [of] or dealer
pursuant to rules and regulations the Department adopts.

(B) AN OUT-OF-STATE OR FOREIGN MANUFACTURER OR DEALER SHALL
BE EXEMPTED FROM LICENSING SOLELY FOR PURPOSES OF DISPLAYING AND
SELLING VESSELS AT A BOAT SHOW, BOAT EXPOSITION, OR OUTDOOR
RECREATION SHOW IF:

(1) THE SHOW OR EXPOSITION IS 14 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OR
LESS DURATION, ADMISSION TAXES ARE PAID ON CHARGES FOR ADMISSION
TO THE SHOW OR EXPOSITION, AND THE MANUFACTURER OR DEALER DOES
NOT PRINCIPALLY OWN, CONTROL, OR MANAGE THE SHOW OR EXPOSITION;

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