PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 515

(c) The Baltimore City fire department shall report to the appropriate agency any
noncompliance with the fire prevention code or regulations of Baltimore City, or the fire
prevention requirements of the State of Maryland or the federal government in
State-owned property and in hospitals, nursing homes, institutions, and schools where
State licenses or State or federal moneys are involved.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996 is an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public health and safety, has been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by
three-fifths of all of the members elected to each of the two Houses of the General
Assembly, and shall take effect from the date it is enacted.

Approved May 14, 1996.

CHAPTER 515
(House Bill 1016)

AN ACT concerning

Licensing and Regulation - State Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and

Refrigeration Contractors

FOR the purpose of altering certain conditions relating to the authority of the State
Board of Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors to
waive certain licensing requirements; authorizing the Board of Heating, Ventilation,
Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration to give credit toward licensure for certain
experience under certain circumstances; requiring the Board to give credit toward
licensure for certain experience; prohibiting the Board from increasing certain fees
before a certain date; and generally relating to the licensure of heating, ventilation,
air-conditioning, and refrigeration contractors.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 9A-302 and 9A-305
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

9A-302.

(a)     To qualify for an apprentice, journeyman, master, master restricted, or limited
license, an applicant shall meet the requirements of this section.

(b)     An applicant for a master heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and
refrigeration contractor license shall:

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