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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor H.B. 811
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with certain persons to create a certain consumer information pamphlet;
establishing a Home Builder Registration Fund and describing its Qualities;
specifying the means and manner of acquisition and disbursement of the assets of
the Registration Fund; requiring certain audits of the Registration Fund;
prohibiting a person from acting as, offering to act as, holding oneself out to be,
or impersonating a home builder in the State without certain registration under
certain circumstances; requiring a person to meet certain requirements to be
registered under this Act; establishing application and renewal processes and
requirements to become or remain registered under this Act; requiring the Unit to
register or renew the registration of an applicant or registrant under certain
circumstances; providing for certain qualities, powers, and restrictions of a
registration under this Act; providing for the expiration, denial, suspension, or
revocation of a registration under certain circumstances; requiring the Division
to provide a registrant with certain notice and opportunities for hearings under
certain circumstances; requiring a registrant to provide certain information to
the Unit under certain circumstances; requiring a registrant to display its home
builder registration number under certain circumstances; providing that any
remedies are in addition to any remedies available under the Consumer
Protection Act or any other laws; requiring a county to notify the Unit of certain
acts or omissions of a registrant under certain circumstances; requiring certain
information to be included in a purchase contract for a new home; providing that
certain installers are responsible for certain defects; requiring a registrant to
comply with certain construction standards under certain circumstances;
providing that a contract for the purchase of a new home is not enforceable under
certain circumstances; establishing certain criminal and civil penalties for
violations of certain provisions of this Act; requiring all contracts for the initial
sale of improved, new residential real property to include certain information;
providing for the construction and application of certain provisions of this Act;
defining certain terms; providing for the application of this Act; requiring that
the Division study the feasibility of a new home builder guaranty fund and a
certain report of its findings; requiring the Division to submit a certain annual
report to the Governor and General Assembly; providing for a delayed effective
date; and generally relating to the registration of home builders in the State.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article—Commercial Law
Section 13-301(14) and 13-411
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY adding to
Article—Commercial Law
Section 14-2901 through 14-2919, inclusive, to be under the new subtitle
"Subtitle 29. Maryland Home Builders Act"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1990 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
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