PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 259

(III) AN OBJECTION TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY PERSON TO
THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION REGISTRATION LIST, WHO THE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION HAS REASON TO BELIEVE HAS BEEN ERRONEOUSLY ADDED TO THE
REGISTRATION LIST.

(2)     The application or challenge may be made at the office of the board at
any time except during the 45 days prior to any election.

(3)     An application or challenge shall be made on a form approved by the
State Administrative Board of Election Laws and provided by the board for that purpose.
THE FORM SHALL REQUIRE:

(I)      The voter [ shall] TO state thereon under oath and of the voter's
own personal knowledge, the legal basis for the application or challenge; AND

(II)    A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION TO STATE THEREON THE LEGAL
BASIS FOR THE APPLICATION OR CHALLENGE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 259
(House Bill 651)

AN ACT concerning

Home Improvement Licenses — Inactive Status

FOR the purpose of requiring the Home Improvement Commission to place the license of
a licensee on inactive status, if the licensee meets certain requirements; prohibiting
a licensee whose license is on inactive status from acting as a contractor or
subcontractor or selling a home improvement in the State; providing that the holder
of a contractor license that is on inactive status is not required to meet certain
requirements; providing that the placement of a license on inactive status does not
affect the power of the Commission to suspend or revoke the license or to take any
other disciplinary action against the licensee; providing that a licensee whose license
is on inactive status remains responsible for renewing the license; requiring the
Commission to reactivate the license of a licensee that is on inactive status if the
licensee meets certain requirements; and generally relating to inactive status for
home improvement licenses.

BY adding to

Article - Business Regulation
Section 8-308.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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