Ch. 426                                    1996 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1993 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

Section 1-207

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Business Regulation

Section 1-208

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

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

Article - State Government

10-227.

(a)     In this section, "license" has the meaning stated in § 10-226(a)(2) of this
subtitle.

(b)    This section:

(1) applies only to a fee for an initial license issued for a 2-year term under
the provisions of the Business Occupations and Professions Article OR THE PROVISIONS
OF TITLE 8, TITLE 9A, OR TITLE 12 OF THE BUSINESS REGULATION ARTICLE;

(2) does not apply to a fee for the renewal of a license; and

(3) may not affect any other law that requires a unit to prorate a fee on any
basis for the issuance or renewal of a license.

(e) (1) For a license issued at any time during the first year of the term of the
license, the issuing authority shall charge the full amount of the fee to the license
applicant.

(2) For a license issued in the second year of the term of the license, the
issuing authority shall charge the license applicant:

(i) one half of the fee, if issued in the first 6 months of the second
year; or

(ii) one quarter of the fee, if issued in the last 6 months of the second

year.

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