ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 291

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the provisions of this
Act shall apply to a person that is a business entity on January 1, 2005.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2004.

Approved May 11, 2004.

CHAPTER 291
(House Bill 15)

AN ACT concerning

Insurance - Public Adjusters - Regulation

FOR the purpose of establishing a certain criminal penalty for a person who fails to
obtain a license from the Commissioner before acting as a public adjuster;
requiring certain entities to obtain a license to act as a public adjuster;
establishing certain qualifications for individual applicants for licensure as a
public adjuster; establishing certain qualifications for entities applying for
licensure as a public adjuster; establishing examination requirements; altering
procedures for reinstatement of an expired public adjuster's license; authorizing
the issuance of a nonresident license to act as a public adjuster under certain
circumstances; authorizing the Commissioner to deny, suspend, revoke, or
refuse to renew licensure as a public adjuster under certain circumstances;
defining a certain term; altering a certain definition; making certain technical
changes; providing for the application of this Act; and generally relating to the
licensure of public adjusters.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Insurance
Section 10-101(b), 10-402, and 10-406
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Insurance

Section 10-401, 10-403, 10-404, 10-405, 10-408, 10-408.1, and 10-410
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Insurance
Section 10-407 and 10-409
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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