Article - Business Regulation
Section 5-101(a), (i), and (1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Business Regulation
Section 5-307

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1998 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Business Regulation

5-101.

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(i) "Permit" means a permit issued by the Director to allow a partnership,
limited .liability company, or corporation to operate a business through which a
registrant may engage in the operation of a cemetery or provide burial goods.

(1) "Registration" means a registration issued by the Director authorizing an
individual to operate a cemetery or to provide burial goods.

5-307.

(a) Unless a registration OR PERMIT is renewed as provided in this section, the
registration OR PERMIT expires on the second anniversary of its effective date.

(b) At least 90 days before a [license] REGISTRATION OR PERMIT expires, the
Director shall mail to the registrant OR PERMIT HOLDER, at the last known address of
the registrant OR PERMIT HOLDER:

(1) a renewal application form; and

(2) a notice that states:

(i) the date on which the current registration OR PERMIT expires;

(ii) the date by which the Director must receive the renewal
application for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the registration OR PERMIT
expires; and

(iii) the amount of the renewal fee.

(c) Before a registration OR PERMIT expires, the registrant OR PERMIT
HOLDER periodically may renew it for an additional 2-year term, if the registrant OR
PERMIT HOLDER:

(1) is otherwise entitled to be registered OR TO RECEIVE A PERMIT;