Ch. 516                                        1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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(A)     THE BOARD SHALL PLACE A LICENSEE ON INACTIVE STATUS IF THE
LICENSEE SUBMITS TO THE BOARD:

(1)      AN APPLICATION FOR INACTIVE STATUS ON THE FORM REQUIRED
BY THE BOARD; AND

(2)      PAYS THE INACTIVE STATUS FEE SET BY THE BOARD.

(B)      A LICENSEE ON INACTIVE STATUS MAY REACTIVATE THE LICENSE AT
ANY TIME IF THE LICENSEE:

(1)      COMPLIES WITH THE CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS IN
EFFECT FOR THE YEAR IN WHICH THE LICENSEE SEEKS TO REACTIVATE THE
LICENSE;

(2)      HAS NOT PRACTICED MORTUARY SCIENCE IN THE STATE WHILE ON
AN INACTIVE STATUS; AND

(3)      PAYS THE REACTIVATION FEE SET BY THE BOARD.

(C)      IF A LICENSE IS INACTIVE FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS, THE LICENSEE
SHALL TAKE AND PASS THE MARYLAND MORTICIANS LAW EXAMINATION
ADMINISTERED BY THE BOARD.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 26, 1994.

CHAPTER 516
(Senate Bill 749)

AN ACT concerning

Real Property - Establishment of a Commercial Real Estate Broker's Lien for Leasing

Commissions

FOR the purpose of establishing the right of a real estate broker to a lien for unpaid
commissions to which the broker is entitled under a brokerage agreement for
obtaining a commercial tenant; establishing requirements for the creation and filing
of a lien; providing for the effect and priority of a lien; specifying the required
contents of a petition for a lien claim; providing that an agreement by a broker to
waive its right to a lien is against public policy and unenforceable; defining certain
terms; and generally relating to the establishment of a commercial real estate
broker's lien for leasing commissions.

BY adding to           

Article - Real Property

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