PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 139

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 139
(Senate Bill 394)

AN ACT concerning

Howard County - Sunday Blue Laws - Car Dealers

Ho. Co. 9-96

FOR the purpose of allowing a car dealer in Howard County to sell, barter, deliver, give
away, show, or offer for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle
on Sunday; and generally relating to the sale, barter, delivery, gift, showing, or
offering of motor vehicles or certificates of title on Sundays.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 18-101
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - Business Regulation

18-101.

(a)     (1) This section does not apply to the laws that relate to the sale of alcoholic
beverages.

(2) This section does not apply in Wicomico County.

(b)     Subject to this section and § 3-704 of the Labor and Employment Article, a
retail or wholesale establishment may do business on Sunday.

(c)     Notwithstanding an agreement to the contrary between a merchant and
landlord:

(1)     the landlord may not directly or indirectly require the merchant to open
the merchant's place of business on Sunday; and

(2)     a landlord may not directly or indirectly cancel or refuse to renew the
merchant's lease because the merchant refuses to open the merchant's place of business
on Sunday.

(d)     Except in [Montgomery] HOWARD, MONTGOMERY, and Prince George's
Counties, a new or used car dealer may not sell, barter, deliver, give away, show, or offer
for sale a motor vehicle or certificate of title for a motor vehicle on Sunday.

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