ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                              Ch. 89

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Business Occupations and Professions

Section 10-206(b)(4)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(2000 Replacement Volume and 2003 Supplement)

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

Article - Courts and Judicial Proceedings

4-405.

The District Court has exclusive jurisdiction over a small claim action, which,
for purposes of this section, means a civil action for money in which the amount
claimed does not exceed $5,000 exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney's fees, if
attorney's fees are recoverable by law or contract; and landlord tenant action under §§
8-401 and 8-402 of the Real Property Article of the Code, in which the amount of rent
claimed does not exceed $5,000 exclusive of interest and costs.

Article - Business Occupations and Professions

10-206.

(a)     Except as otherwise provided by law, before an individual may practice law
in the State, the individual shall:

(1)     be admitted to the Bar; and

(2)     meet any requirement that the Court of Appeals may set by rule.

(b)     This section does not apply to:

(4) (i) an officer of a corporation, an employee designated by an officer
of a corporation, a partner in a business operated as a partnership or an employee
designated by a partner, A MEMBER OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR AN
EMPLOYEE DESIGNATED BY A MEMBER OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, or an
employee designated by the owner of a business operated as a sole proprietorship
while the officer, partner, MEMBER, or employee is appearing on behalf of the
corporation, partnership, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, or business in a civil action
in the District Court of Maryland if the action:

1.       is based on a claim that does not exceed the amount set
under § 4-405 of the Courts Article for a small claim action; and

2.       is not based on an assignment, to the corporation,
partnership, or business, of the claim of another;

(ii) an employee designated under subparagraph (i) of this
paragraph:

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