Ch. 157

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(6) AN ORDINANCE THAT IMPOSES A FEE UNDER PARAGRAPH (5) OF
THIS SUBSECTION ON AN APPLICANT THAT IS A QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZED ON A NATIONAL OR STATEWIDE BASIS AND HAVING MORE THAN ONE
COUNTY OR LOCAL CHAPTER IN THE STATE SHALL IMPOSE ONE FEE TO BE PAID BY
THE NATIONAL OR STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION TO COVER ALL OF THE COUNTY OR
LOCAL CHAPTERS IN THE STATE.

(6) (7) (I) IF THE COUNTY COUNCIL ENACTS AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING A LICENSING PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, AN INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION THAT DECIDES NOT TO SEEK TO
BECOME LICENSED UNDER THE PROGRAM OR THAT IS DENIED A LICENSE UNDER
THE PROGRAM MAY NOT STAND IN A ROADWAY, MEDIAN DIVIDER, OR INTERSECTION
IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY TO SOLICIT MONEY OR DONATIONS OF ANY KIND FROM
THE OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE.

(II) IF THE COUNTY COUNCIL DOES NOT CHOOSE TO ENACT AN
ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH A LICENSING PROGRAM AS AUTHORIZED BY PARAGRAPH
(3) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION MAY NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT AN INDIVIDUAL OR QUALIFIED ORGANIZATION FROM
STANDING IN A ROADWAY, MEDIAN DIVIDER, OR INTERSECTION IN THE COUNTY TO
SOLICIT MONEY OR DONATIONS FROM THE OCCUPANT OF A VEHICLE.

(7) (8) IF THE COUNTY COUNCIL ENACTS AN ORDINANCE
ESTABLISHING A LICENSING PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, THEN ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1 OF THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT
OCCURS AFTER THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST 12 MONTHS OF THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LICENSING PROGRAM, THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT IN WRITING TO THE ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
DELEGATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COUNTY
POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION
WITH RESPECT TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SOLICIT MONEY OR
DONATIONS ON ROADWAYS, MEDIAN DIVIDERS, OR INTERSECTIONS IN THE COUNTY
FROM THE OCCUPANTS OF VEHICLES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 2004.

Approved April 27, 2004.

CHAPTER 157
(House Bill 194)

AN ACT concerning

Crimes - Computers----Internet Auction Fraud Theft - Use of Interactive

Computer Service

FOR the purpose of establishing the crime of using an Internet auction listing service

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