Annotated Code of Maryland

(1995 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

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

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

18-3A-03.

(a) An applicant for registration shall:

(1) submit to the Secretary an application on the form that the Secretary

provides;

(2) submit the documents required by this section; and

(3) pay to the Secretary:

(i) an application fee that is the higher of $15 or an amount the
Secretary determines based on actual processing costs; and

(ii) the cost of any background checks.

(b) The application form provided by the Secretary shall contain a statement
advising the applicant that willfully making a false statement on an application is a
misdemeanor, subject to a fine or imprisonment or both, as provided under § 18-504
of this title.

[(c) (1) The application shall be accompanied by at least two written
recommendations for the applicant.

(2) Each recommendation shall be signed, under oath, by a reputable
citizen of the State.]

[(d)] (C) An applicant for registration shall submit with the application a set
of legible fingerprints of the applicant on forms approved by the Criminal Justice
Information System Central Repository and the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.

[(e)] (D) The Secretary may waive the requirements of this section and
register an applicant who:

(1) provides adequate evidence that the applicant:

(i) is licensed in another state to engage in the business of
providing security systems services or registered in another state as a security
systems technician or other individual who has access to circumventional
information; and

(ii) became licensed or registered in the other state:

1. after meeting qualifications that are at least equivalent to
those required in this State; and