Ch. 3                                       1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iii) the submission of a facsimile of any trademark that the applicant
intends to use while conducting the business of the private detective agency; and

(iv) as the [Superintendent] SECRETARY considers appropriate, any
other information to assist in the evaluation of:

1.       an individual applicant; or

2.     . if the applicant is a firm, any firm member.

(d) The application form provided by the [Superintendent] SECRETARY shall
contain a statement advising the applicant that willfully making a false statement on an
application is a misdemeanor, subject to a fine or imprisonment or both, as provided
under §§ 13-705 and 13-707 of this title.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Subsections (a)(1) and (b) through (d) of this section are amended to reflect
the status of the head of the Department of State Police as the Secretary of a
principal department of State government in light of Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of
1994.

13-305.

The [Superintendent] SECRETARY may not issue a license to an applicant whose
trade or fictitious name or trademark is so similar to that used by another licensee that
the public may be confused or misled by the similarity.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

This section is amended to reflect the status of the head of the Department of
State Police as the Secretary of a principal department of State government in
light of Chs. 165 and 166, Acts of 1994.

13-306.

(a)     (1) The [Superintendent] SECRETARY shall issue a license to each
applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.

(2) The [Superintendent] SECRETARY shall issue an agency license
certificate to each licensed private detective agency and a branch office certificate for
each proposed branch office.

(b)     (1) The [Superintendent] SECRETARY shall include on each agency
license certificate that the [Superintendent] SECRETARY issues:

(i) the full name of the licensee;

(ii) the location of the principal office and of each branch office of the
licensed private detective agency;

(iii) the date of issuance of the license;

(iv) the date on which the license expires; and

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