WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 284

BY adding to

Article - Business Regulation
Section 17-1001(c) and (d) and 17-1012
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 17-1001(c) and (d), respectively, of Article - Business
Regulation of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s)
17-1001(e) and (f), respectively.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland read
as follows:

Article - Business Regulation

17-1001.

(C) "ANTIQUE DEALER" MEANS A PERSON WHO DOES BUSINESS BUYING AND
SELLING ANTIQUES.

(D) "ANTIQUES" MEANS OBJECTS MADE IN, OR TYPICAL OF, AN EARLIER
PERIOD OF TIME, THAT EITHER HAVE SPECIAL VALUE BECAUSE OF THEIR AGE OR
ARE EXAMPLES OF WORKS OF ART OR HANDICRAFTS.

17-1002.

(a)      [This] EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBTITLE, THIS subtitle
does not apply in Baltimore City or Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Caroline, Carroll,
Dorchester, Kent, Somerset, Washington, and Worcester Counties.

(b)     (1) This subtitle does not apply to:

[(1)](I) a person doing business other than junk business or scrap metal
business whenever the person:

[(i)] 1. buys or transports junk or scrap metal used in the operation
of the business; or

[(ii)] 2. transports, for disposal or sale, junk or scrap metal
accumulated by the business to dispose of or sell the junk or scrap metal; or

[(2)](II) a vehicle that a common carrier uses to transport junk or scrap
metal in the business of the common carrier.

(2) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 17-1012 OF THIS SUBTITLE, THIS SUBTITLE
DOES NOT APPLY TO ANTIQUE DEALERS.

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