Ch. 203                                        2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

Article - Business Regulation

1-210.

(A) A LICENSE OR PERMIT IS CONSIDERED RENEWED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
SECTION IF THE LICENSE OR PERMIT IS ISSUED BY A UNIT OF STATE GOVERNMENT
TO A PERSON FOR THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING A PERIOD FOR WHICH
THE PERSON PREVIOUSLY POSSESSED THE SAME OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR
LICENSE.

(B) BEFORE ANY LICENSE OR PERMIT MAY BE RENEWED UNDER THIS
ARTICLE, THE ISSUING AUTHORITY SHALL VERIFY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE
COMPTROLLER THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PAID ALL UNDISPUTED TAXES AND
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE TO THE COMPTROLLER OR
THE SECRETARY OF LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION OR THAT THE APPLICANT
HAS PROVIDED FOR PAYMENT IN A MANNER SATISFACTORY TO THE UNIT
RESPONSIBLE FOR COLLECTION.

Article - Commercial Law

9-525.

(a)      Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the fee for filing, and
indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind
described in § 9-502(c), is:

(1)      [$20] $25 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of
eight or fewer pages;

(2)      $75 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more
than eight pages; and

(3)      [$20] $25 if the record is communicated by another medium
authorized by filing-office rule.

(b)      The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of
the fee in subsection (a).

(c)      This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage
which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing
statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under § 9-502(c).
However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the
record of the mortgage apply.

Article - Corporations and Associations

1-203.

(A)      In addition to any organization and capitalization fee required under §
1-204 of this article, the Department shall collect the following fees:

(B)      (1) For each of the following documents, the recording fee is [$20 and the
filing or special fee is as indicated] $100:

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