PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 227

at a location other than the business address; requiring that those locations be
accessible to law enforcement units and certain agents; expanding the definition of
"primary law enforcement unit" to include certain units designated in a certain
manner by certain municipal governing bodies; altering certain required statements
on the application form for a certain license; requiring certain proof before issuance
of a license; prohibiting the issuance of a certain license to a minor; requiring
certain notice to law enforcement units prior to engaging in transactions at a
location other than the business address; establishing a procedure whereby the
Secretary of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation may require submission of a national
and State criminal history check; authorizing the Secretary to deny, suspend, or
revoke a license or reprimand a licensee, under certain circumstances, for
employing an individual whose secondhand precious metal dealer's license has been
revoked; requiring the Secretary to distribute a certain list to dealers; requiring the
Secretary to provide a certain list to dealers under certain circumstances; altering
the requirements for submitting certain records to primary law enforcement units;
requiring the submission of certain records to local law enforcement units under
certain circumstances; requiring the records submitted to certain local law
enforcement units to include certain information; establishing a procedure through
which the Secretary may obtain a restraining order or an administrative subpoena;
prohibiting transactions with minors; clarifying that an object is a precious metal
object under certain conditions; altering the place at which a dealer must hold a
certain precious metal object under certain circumstances; establishing, a time
period within which a precious metal object, or a record of such acquisition is to be
delivered to the storage facility; establishing grounds and procedures by which law
enforcement officials may obtain a search warrant; authorizing the Secretary to
impose certain civil penalties for certain violations; altering certain criminal
penalties for certain violations; defining certain terms; providing for the application
of certain provisions of this Act; and generally relating to secondhand precious
metal object dealers and pawnbrokers the Maryland Secondhand Precious Metal
Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation

Section 12-101, 12-202, 12-205, 12-206, 12-207, 12-209, 12-301, 12-304 through
12-306, inclusive, and 12-502

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Business Regulation

Section 12-403

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

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