PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 271

(2)     files with the Commissioner a renewal application on the form that the
Commissioner provides;

(3)     except for an applicant who is a member in good standing of an actuarial
organization listed in § 10-204(d) of this subtitle, pays to the Commissioner:

(i) the renewal fee required by § 2-112 of this article, if the applicant
is a resident of this State; or

(ii) the same fee that the state where the applicant resides charges a
resident of this State for renewal of a license to act as an adviser in that state, if the
applicant is not a resident of this State;

10-404.

(c) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, an applicant must pass
a written examination given by the Commissioner under this subtitle in order to
determine the competency of the applicant to act as a public adjuster.

(2) The examination requirement of paragraph (1) of this subsection does
not apply to an individual who was licensed as a public adjuster in the State on June 30,
1985.

[(3) The examination fee is $15.]

10-405.

(a) (1) An applicant for an initial license shall:

(i) file with the Commissioner an application on the form that the
Commissioner provides; and

(ii) pay to the Commissioner the fee required by § 2-112 of this article.

(2) If the applicant is a partnership, association, or corporation, the fee shall
be paid for each individual specified in the license.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 41(11), (12),
(13), (14), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), and (21), respectively, of Article 48A - Insurance
Code of the Annotated Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Section(s) 41(10), (11),
(12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), and (19), respectively.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section(s) 2-112(a)(11),
(12), (13), (14), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), and (21), respectively, of Article - Insurance of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (as enacted by Chapter 36 of the Acts of the General
Assembly of 1995) be renumbered to be Section(s) 2-112(a)(10), (11), (12), (13), (14),
(15), (16), (17), (18), and (19), respectively.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the direct payment
requirement under Article 48A, § 17 and § 2-104 of the Insurance Article, as provided
under this Act, applies to the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund on the basis of its
qualified producers to require the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to participate in
any contract the Insurance Commissioner may enter into in accordance with this Act in
the same manner that insurers will participate in the contract.

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