PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 3

Error: Obsolete reference to the Income Tax Division of the Comptroller's
Office in § 13-309(a)(4) of the Business Occupations and Professions Article.

Occurred: As a result of the reorganization of the Comptroller's Office on
October 12, 1993.

Noted: By Gerald Langbaum, Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to
the Comptroller, in a letter dated July 28, 1994.

Article - Business Regulation

10-206.

(a)     In this section, ["enforcement unit"] "INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES UNIT"
means the [State Motor Fuel Enforcement] INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES Unit OF THE
COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE.

(b)     There is [a State Motor Fuel Enforcement] AN INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES
Unit in [the Motor Fuel Tax Division of] the Office of the Comptroller.

(c)     The [enforcement] INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES unit may employ a staff in
accordance with the State budget.

(d)     The [enforcement] INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES unit shall:

(1)     enforce this title;

(2)     enforce the Tax - General Article, as it relates to fuel taxes; and

(3)     cooperate with and help the federal government, other states, local
government units, and their law enforcement personnel to enforce:

(i) this title; and

(ii) the Tax - General Article, as it relates to the fuel taxes.

(e)     To perform its duties, the [enforcement] INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES unit
may make investigations, hold hearings, examine persons under oath, and receive
evidence.

(f)     To perform its duties, the [enforcement] INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES unit
may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses to testify or to produce evidence.

(g)     (1) The Department of State Police shall help the [enforcement]
INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES unit to carry out this section.

(2) The Comptroller shall pay the salaries and expenses of the Department
of State Police personnel who are assigned to the [enforcement] INVESTIGATIVE
SERVICES unit.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Obsolete references to the State Motor Fuel Enforcement Unit and
the Motor Fuel Tax Division of the Comptroller's Office in § 10-206 of the
Business Occupations Article.

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