Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-508 — MD Code / Article gho / Title 12 / Subtitle 5 / Section 12-508
§12–508.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, a pharmacist may order and administer a vaccination to an individual who is at least 3 years old if:

(i) The vaccine is:

1. An influenza vaccine;

2. A COVID–19 vaccine; or

3. Used in response to a public health emergency;

(ii) The pharmacist has completed a practical training program of at least 20 hours that is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education and includes:

1. Hands–on injection techniques;

2. Clinical evaluation of indications and contraindications of vaccines; and

3. The recognition and treatment of emergency reactions to vaccines;

(iii) The pharmacist has a current certificate in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation;

(iv) The pharmacist has completed a minimum of 2 hours of continuing pharmaceutical education related to immunizations that is approved by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as part of the license renewal requirements under § 12–309 of this title;

(v) The pharmacist complies with the record–keeping and reporting requirements in paragraph (5) of this subsection and any corresponding regulations adopted by the Board; and

(vi) If the vaccination is administered to an individual under the age of 18 years, the pharmacist informs the child vaccination patient and adult caregiver who is accompanying the child of the importance of well–child visits with a pediatric primary care provider and refers the patient to a pediatric primary care provider when appropriate.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, a pharmacist who has met the requirement of paragraph (1)(ii) through (vi) of this subsection may administer to an individual who is at least 7 years old a vaccination that is:

(i) Recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; or

(ii) Approved or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, a pharmacist who has met the requirement of paragraph (1)(ii), (iii), and (iv) of this subsection may administer to an adult a vaccination that is recommended in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Health Information for International Travel.

(4) (i) A pharmacist shall administer a vaccination under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection under a written protocol that:

1. Is vaccine specific; and

2. Meets criteria established by the Department, in consultation with the Board, the Board of Physicians, and the Board of Nursing, in regulation.

(ii) The recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices cited in this section refer to federal statutes, rules, and guidance in effect:

1. On December 31, 2024; or

2. At a later date to account for any new vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices after December 31, 2024.

(5) A pharmacist shall:

(i) Report all vaccinations administered by the pharmacist to the ImmuNet Program established under § 18–109 of the Health – General Article;

(ii) If the vaccination has been administered in accordance with a prescription, document at least one effort to inform the individual’s authorized prescriber that the vaccination has been administered; and

(iii) Except for an influenza vaccination administered under paragraph (1) of this subsection, if the authorized prescriber is not the individual’s primary care provider or if the vaccination has not been administered in accordance with a prescription, document at least one effort to inform the individual’s primary care provider or other usual source of care that the vaccination has been administered.

(b) The Board shall:

(1) Set reasonable fees for the administration of vaccinations under this section; and

(2) Adopt regulations that require a pharmacist to submit a registration form to the Board that includes verification that the pharmacist:

(i) Has successfully completed a certification course approved by the Board that included instruction in the guidelines and recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding vaccinations in effect on December 31, 2024; and

(ii) Is certified in basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation and obtained the certification through in–person classroom instruction.
Md. Code, Business Occupations and Professions § 12-607 — MD Code / Article gbo / Title 12 / Subtitle 6 / Section 12-607
§12–607.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In this subsection, “officer” includes a superintendent, manager, and agent of a corporation regardless of whether it engages in the business of providing plumbing services.

(2) A person, including an officer, who violates any provision of the following sections of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50 for each day or part of each day that the violation continues:

(i) § 12-602;

(ii) § 12-603; and

(iii) § 12-604.

(b) (1) A person who violates any provision of the following sections of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both for each day or part of each day that the violation continues:

(i) § 12–601;

(ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, § 12–605; and

(iii) § 12–606.

(2) This subsection does not apply to a violation of any prohibition on the sale or installation of a fixture or other device that is not water–conserving.

(c) Any person who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of § 12-501(a) of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both.

(d) (1) In addition to any other penalties under this title, the Board may impose on a person who violates any provision of this subtitle a penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.

(2) In setting the amount of the penalty, the Board shall consider:

(i) the gravity of the violation;

(ii) the good faith of the violator;

(iii) the quantity and gravity of previous violations by the same violator;

(iv) the harm caused to the complainant, the public, and the plumbing profession;

(v) the assets of the violator; and

(vi) any other factors that the Board considers relevant.
Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 12-107 — MD Code / Article gsf / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-107
§12–107.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply to capital expenditures by the Department of Transportation or the Maryland Transportation Authority, in connection with State roads, bridges, or highways, as provided in § 12–202 of this title.

(b) Subject to the authority of the Board, jurisdiction over procurement is as follows:

(1) the State Treasurer may engage in or control procurement of banking and financial services, insurance, and insurance services, as provided in Division I of this article and Article VI, § 3 of the Maryland Constitution;

(2) the Department of General Services may:

(i) engage in or control procurement of:

1. leases of real property, including leases under Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article;

2. supplies, including supplies under Title 4, Subtitle 3 of this article, but excluding insurance and motor vehicle leases;

3. construction, including construction under Title 4, Subtitle 4 of this article;

4. construction related services, including those under Title 4, Subtitle 4 of this article;

5. architectural or engineering services under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of this article;

6. services by a unit, subject to any limitation in this Division II;

7. leases of motor vehicles, as provided in Title 3, Subtitle 5 of this article;

8. construction and construction–related services for State correctional facilities;

9. supplies, materials, and equipment in support of construction and construction–related services for State correctional facilities in accordance with this Division II and Title 2 and Title 10, Subtitle 1 of the Correctional Services Article;

10. telecommunication equipment, systems, or services, as provided in Title 3.5, Subtitle 4 of this article;

11. information technology system modernization, as provided in Title 3.5, Subtitle 3 of this article; and

12. cybersecurity upgrades and modernization, as provided in Title 3.5, Subtitle 3 of this article;

(ii) while retaining oversight, delegate control of procurement activity to units with expertise in specified types of procurement;

(iii) develop performance metrics for procurement activity and implement strategic sourcing when appropriate;

(iv) compile comprehensive statistics on the procurement system by agency, amount, and type of procurement;

(v) effect and enhance communication on procurement matters, with an emphasis on disseminating information on current developments and advances in the management of the State procurement system;

(vi) assist units with questions regarding procurement policy;

(vii) oversee the implementation of procurement officer training;

(viii) oversee the implementation of appropriate risk analysis and insurance requirements for State procurement; and

(ix) coordinate with governmental entities and local entities to maximize use of intergovernmental purchasing agreements established in accordance with § 13–110 of this article, including working with the State Department of Education to procure local food for local school systems in accordance with § 7–136 of the Education Article;

(3) the Department of Transportation and the Maryland Transportation Authority, without the approval of any of the other primary procurement units, may engage in the procurement of:

(i) construction that is related to transportation, as provided in the Transportation Article;

(ii) construction related services that are related to transportation, as provided in the Transportation Article;

(iii) architectural or engineering services that are related to transportation, under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of this article;

(iv) supplies for transportation–related activities, including information technology supplies that are subject to Title 3.5 of this article, but excluding:

1. supplies funded by the proceeds from State general obligation bonds; and

2. insurance;

(v) services for transportation–related activities, including information technology services that are subject to Title 3.5 of this article, but excluding banking and financial services under the authority of the State Treasurer under item (1) of this subsection;

(vi) rolling stock and other property peculiar to the operation of a transit system, as provided in § 7–403 of the Transportation Article;

(vii) supplies for aeronautics related activities, including motor vehicles and information processing supplies, but excluding:

1. supplies funded by the proceeds from State general obligation bonds; and

2. insurance; and

(viii) services for aeronautics related activities, including information processing services, but excluding banking and financial services under the authority of the State Treasurer under item (1) of this subsection; and

(4) the Maryland Port Commission, without the approval of any of the other primary procurement units, may engage in the procurement of:

(i) supplies for port related activities, including motor vehicles and information processing supplies, but excluding:

1. supplies funded by the proceeds from State general obligation bonds; and

2. insurance;

(ii) services for port related activities, including information processing services, but excluding banking and financial services under the authority of the State Treasurer under item (1) of this subsection;

(iii) construction and construction related services for a port facility as defined in § 6–101(e) of the Transportation Article;

(iv) port related architectural and engineering services under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of this article; and

(v) leases of real property for port related activities unless the lease payments are from the General Fund of the State.
Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-305 — MD Code / Article gho / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-305
§12–305.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Board may waive any examination requirement of this title for an applicant who is licensed to practice pharmacy in any other state, if that state grants a similar waiver to licensees of this State.

(b) The Board may grant a waiver under this section only if the applicant:

(1) Is of good moral character;

(2) Pays the application fees set by the Board; and

(3) Provides adequate evidence that the applicant:

(i) Meets the qualifications otherwise required by this title; and

(ii) Became licensed or registered in the other state to practice pharmacy only after passing an examination that is approved by the Board.

(c) The Board shall adopt by regulation an examination to be administered to applicants who are licensed to practice pharmacy in any other state.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-905 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-905
§12–905.
Status: in_force

(a) With respect to an unsecured open end credit plan, fees or charges may not be imposed on a consumer borrower in addition to interest or finance charges as permitted by this subtitle, except as follows:

(1) If the plan is offered by a seller of goods or services, or both, and may be used only for the purchase or lease of the seller’s goods and services, the seller may charge one of the following fees:

(i) An annual charge in any amount the agreement provides for the privileges made available to the consumer borrower under the plan;

(ii) A transaction charge or charges in such amount or amounts as the agreement may provide for each separate purchase under the plan; or

(iii) A minimum charge for each scheduled billing period under the plan during any portion of which there is an outstanding unpaid indebtedness under the plan.

(2) If the plan is offered by any other credit grantor, the credit grantor may impose any or all of the following fees:

(i) An annual charge in any amount the agreement provides for the privileges made available to the consumer borrower under the plan;

(ii) A transaction charge or charges in such amount or amounts as the agreement may provide for each separate purchase or loan under the plan; and

(iii) A minimum charge for each scheduled billing period under the plan during any portion of which there is an outstanding unpaid indebtedness under the plan.

(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the credit agreement provides, a credit union may make loans or extend credit to its members incorporating the same terms and conditions as a federal credit union is permitted under federal law and regulations relating to:

(i) An over the limit fee assessed on a credit card account; and

(ii) Fees for ancillary and administrative services requested by the member, including:

1. Researching account records;

2. Providing duplicate statements and other documents; and

3. Expedited issuance of a duplicate or original credit card or device.

(b) (1) Except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, with respect to a secured open end credit plan, fees or charges may not be imposed on a consumer borrower in addition to interest or finance charges except for actual and verifiable fees incurred by the credit grantor and not retained by the credit grantor for the following:

(i) Attorney’s fees for services rendered in connection with the preparation, closing, or disbursement of the loan;

(ii) Any expense, tax, or charge paid to a governmental agency;

(iii) Examination of title, appraisal, or other costs necessary or appropriate to the security of the loan; and

(iv) Premiums for any insurance coverage permitted under this subtitle.

(2) The additional fees or charges permitted under this subsection may be imposed, charged, and collected at any time.

(c) If a plan is established for a consumer borrower, a fee or charge may not be charged or collected unless the agreement concerning the plan permits the fee to be charged.

(d) If a plan is established for a nonconsumer borrower, the nonconsumer borrower and credit grantor may agree upon any terms concerning charges and fees.

(e) (1) For purposes of this section, the additional charges listed in subsections (a)(1) and (3), (b), and (f) of this section are not interest or finance charges with respect to a plan.

(2) Any fees or charges permitted under subsection (a)(2) of this section, when combined with any interest charged, may not exceed an effective rate of 33% per annum simple interest.

(f) (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (2) through (8) of this subsection, a credit grantor of an open end credit plan that is secured by a deposit, savings, passbook, or other similar account or certificate of deposit may impose:

(i) An application fee not to exceed $35; and

(ii) An annual charge not to exceed $35 for the privileges made available to the consumer borrower under the plan.

(2) If an application to the plan is approved, the credit grantor shall credit the application fee:

(i) To the initial annual charge; and

(ii) If there is no annual charge, to the interest or finance charges under the plan.

(3) If an application to the plan is rejected, the credit grantor shall return the application fee to the applicant.

(4) Within 45 days after the receipt of the application, the credit grantor shall:

(i) Accept the application; or

(ii) Reject the application and return the application fee to the applicant.

(5) Any such plan shall have a credit limit of no less than the amount of the deposit, savings, passbook, or other similar account or certificate of deposit required as security.

(6) The application shall state the amount of:

(i) The minimum required security; and

(ii) The application fee.

(7) The agreement shall state the amount of the annual charge.

(8) If an annual charge is imposed, the credit grantor shall pay interest on the deposit, savings, passbook, or other similar account or certificate of deposit required as security in the greater of:

(i) A rate of 4 percent per annum simple interest; or

(ii) The rate of interest regularly paid on regular passbook savings accounts by the lending institution that issued the deposit, savings, passbook, or other similar account or certificate of deposit required as security.
Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 12-308 — MD Code / Article ghs / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-308
§12–308.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) An authority may employ:

(i) a secretary, who shall serve as executive director; and

(ii) technical experts and other officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary.

(2) An authority shall determine the qualifications, duties, and compensation of its employees.

(b) For legal services, an authority may use the chief law officer of the political subdivision or may employ its own counsel and legal staff.

(c) An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees the powers or duties it considers proper.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-127 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-127
§12–127.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Fully indexed rate” means the index rate, as defined in the mortgage loan documents, prevailing at the time the mortgage loan is approved by the lender, plus the margin that will apply after the expiration of an introductory interest rate.

(3) (i) “Mortgage loan” has the meaning stated in § 11–501 of the Financial Institutions Article.

(ii) “Mortgage loan” does not include a reverse mortgage loan.

(b) A lender may not make a mortgage loan without giving due regard to the borrower’s ability to repay the mortgage loan in accordance with its terms, including the fully indexed rate of the mortgage loan, if applicable, and property taxes and homeowner’s insurance whether or not an escrow account is established for the collection and payment of these expenses.

(c) (1) Due regard to a borrower’s ability to repay a mortgage loan must include:

(i) Consideration of the borrower’s debt to income ratio, including existing debts and other obligations; and

(ii) Verification of the borrower’s gross monthly income and assets by review of third–party written documentation reasonably believed by the lender to be accurate and complete.

(2) Acceptable third–party written documentation includes:

(i) The borrower’s Internal Revenue Service form W–2;

(ii) A copy of the borrower’s income tax return;

(iii) Payroll receipts;

(iv) The records of a financial institution; or

(v) Other third–party documents that provide reasonably reliable evidence of the borrower’s income or assets.

(3) This subsection does not apply to a mortgage loan:

(i) Approved for government guaranty by the Federal Housing Administration, the Veterans Administration, the United States Department of Agriculture, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, or the Community Development Administration; or

(ii) That refinances an existing mortgage loan if the refinance mortgage loan is:

1. Offered under the federal Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan; and

2. Made available by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the Federal National Mortgage Association.
Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-203 — MD Code / Article gps / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-203
§12–203.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Department” means the Maryland Department of Labor.

(3) (i) “Multifamily dwelling” means a property containing two or more dwelling units, including:

1. an apartment house;

2. a boarding house;

3. a convent;

4. a dormitory;

5. a fraternity or sorority house;

6. a hotel or motel;

7. a monastery; and

8. a vacation time–share property.

(ii) “Multifamily dwelling” does not include:

1. a condominium, as defined in § 11–101 of the Real Property Article; or

2. a cooperative housing corporation, as defined in § 5–6B–01 of the Corporations and Associations Article.

(4) “Professional inspector” means:

(i) a professional engineer licensed under Title 14 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article and experienced in the practice of structural engineering;

(ii) an architect licensed under Title 3 of the Business Occupations and Professions Article and knowledgeable in the design, construction, and inspection of buildings; or

(iii) for purposes of the inspection of a multifamily dwelling containing more than 10 dwelling units, a qualified person with at least 5 years of experience in multifamily dwelling operations, upkeep, and maintenance.

(b) Each political subdivision shall adopt by regulation a local housing code that sets minimum property maintenance standards for housing in the subdivision.

(c) The Department shall adopt by regulation a Minimum Livability Code.

(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Minimum Livability Code applies to residential structures used for human habitation.

(2) The Minimum Livability Code does not apply to:

(i) an owner–occupied housing unit;

(ii) any housing in a political subdivision that has adopted a local housing code that substantially conforms to the Minimum Livability Code; or

(iii) any housing exempted by the Department.

(e) The Minimum Livability Code shall:

(1) set minimum property standards for housing in the State;

(2) allow for exceptions and variations between political subdivisions:

(i) to reflect geographic differences; or

(ii) if the Department determines that unique local conditions justify exceptions or variations recommended by political subdivisions; and

(3) include minimum standards for:

(i) basic equipment and facilities used for light, ventilation, heat, and sanitation; and

(ii) safe and sanitary maintenance of residential structures and premises.

(f) (1) The political subdivision in which the housing is located shall enforce the Minimum Livability Code.

(2) Unless alternative housing is provided, an individual may not be displaced by enforcement of the Minimum Livability Code.

(3) (i) This paragraph does not apply in Baltimore City.

(ii) A political subdivision shall require an inspection of each multifamily dwelling in the political subdivision in which a unit in the multifamily dwelling has balcony railings that are primarily constructed of wood at least once every 5 years, beginning no later than 10 years after the balcony is constructed, to ensure that the balcony railings meet the requirements of the applicable local housing code or the Minimum Livability Code.

(iii) A political subdivision may:

1. conduct inspections required under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph;

2. authorize a third party to conduct inspections required under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph on behalf of the political subdivision; or

3. require an inspection required under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph to be conducted and certified to the political subdivision by a professional inspector hired by the owner of the multifamily dwelling.

(iv) A certification made by a professional inspector under subparagraph (iii)3 of this paragraph shall:

1. be made in the form required by the applicable political subdivision; and

2. include:

A. a statement that the balcony railings have been inspected;

B. the name of the owner of the multifamily dwelling;

C. the address of the multifamily dwelling;

D. the name of the inspector;

E. the date the multifamily dwelling was inspected;

F. the results of the inspection; and

G. any other information required by the political subdivision.

(v) A political subdivision shall:

1. provide notice to the owner of a multifamily dwelling at least 10 days before any inspection of the dwelling conducted under subparagraph (iii)1 or 2 of this paragraph; or

2. A. notify the owner of a multifamily dwelling of the need to have a professional inspector complete an inspection under subparagraph (iii)3 of this paragraph; and

B. allow the owner of the multifamily dwelling a reasonable period of time to have the inspection completed.

(vi) A political subdivision that otherwise inspects multifamily dwelling units at least once every 5 years may include the inspection required under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph as part of that inspection.

(4) (i) In this paragraph, “multiple–family dwelling” has the meaning stated in Article 13, § 5–1 of the Baltimore City Code.

(ii) This paragraph applies only in Baltimore City.

(iii) Baltimore City may not issue or renew a multiple–family dwelling license unless the applicant demonstrates that a professional inspector has completed an inspection of the multiple–family dwelling to ensure that each balcony railing in the multiple–family dwelling meets the requirements of the Building, Fire, and Related Codes of Baltimore City.

(iv) Beginning in October 2015, and every 5 years thereafter, at the time that Baltimore City sends a renewal notice to a holder of a multiple–family dwelling license, Baltimore City shall notify the license holder of the inspection requirement under subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.

(5) A political subdivision may charge a property owner a fee for:

(i) an inspection made to enforce the Minimum Livability Code; and

(ii) a periodic inspection made under paragraph (3) or (4) of this subsection.

(6) (i) 1. In this paragraph, “dwelling unit” means a building or part of a building that provides living or sleeping facilities for one or more individuals.

2. “Dwelling unit” includes a one or two family dwelling.

(ii) This paragraph applies only in the code home rule counties of the Southern Maryland class, as identified in § 9–302 of the Local Government Article.

(iii) A code home rule county of the Southern Maryland class may:

1. require a property owner of a dwelling unit or a multifamily dwelling located in the county to register the dwelling with the county in order to offer units for lease;

2. charge a fee on a property owner for registering a dwelling unit or a multifamily dwelling with the county;

3. conduct inspections of a dwelling unit or a multifamily dwelling that is registered with the county to enforce minimum property maintenance standards; and

4. impose a fine on a property owner under this paragraph that leases a unit in a multifamily dwelling or a dwelling unit that:

A. is not registered with the county; or

B. is in violation of the inspection criteria established by the county.

(iv) A code home rule county of the Southern Maryland class may adopt regulations relating to the registration of dwelling units or multifamily dwellings under this paragraph.

(g) (1) On application of the property owner, a political subdivision may waive the applicability of the Minimum Livability Code to a unit of rental housing if:

(i) each tenant of the unit is given adequate notice in the form and manner specified by the political subdivision;

(ii) each tenant is given an opportunity to comment on the application in writing or in person; and

(iii) the waiver would not threaten the health or safety of any tenant.

(2) A political subdivision may waive applicability of the Minimum Livability Code if the waiver is granted on the basis of the religious practices of the tenant of a unit of rental housing.

(h) The Department:

(1) shall decide questions of interpretation of the Minimum Livability Code, including questions that relate to uniform enforcement by political subdivisions; and

(2) may authorize waivers or exemptions under the Minimum Livability Code.

(i) (1) The Department may provide matching grants and technical assistance to political subdivisions to implement the Minimum Livability Code.

(2) The matching grants shall be allocated using a formula developed by the Department to take into account population and other relevant factors.

(3) The Department may waive the requirement of a match if adequate local money is not available.

(j) (1) A property owner may not willfully violate the Minimum Livability Code.

(2) A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject for each violation to imprisonment not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $500 for each day the violation exists or both.

(3) A penalty imposed under this subsection is in addition to and not a substitute for any other penalty authorized under federal, State, or local law.
Md. Code, Economic Development § 12-1002 — MD Code / Article gec / Title 12 / Subtitle 10 / Section 12-1002
§12–1002.
Status: in_force

The legislative purposes of this subtitle are to:

(1) provide for the creation of business improvement districts within Prince George’s County; and

(2) promote the general welfare of the residents, employers, employees, property owners, commercial tenants, consumers, and the general public within the geographic area of the business improvement districts.
Md. Code, Public Utilities § 12-131 — MD Code / Article gpu / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-131
§12–131.
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with a project that may require excavation or demolition, a person may initiate a nonexcavation designer ticket request by notifying the one–call system serving the geographic area covering the planned project in accordance with this section.

(b) (1) In connection with a project that may require excavation or demolition, a person initiating a nonexcavation designer ticket request under this section:

(i) may initiate only one ticket request for a single project by notifying the one–call system serving the geographic area covering the planned project; and

(ii) shall, in connection with a nonexcavation designer ticket request:

1. indicate that the request is for design purposes only and may not be used for the purpose of excavation or demolition;

2. notify the one–call system of any owner–members from which the person does not require underground facilities information; and

3. on the request of an owner–member, provide the owner–member with a preliminary drawing that indicates the scope of the project.

(2) The one–call system shall provide the person requesting a nonexcavation designer ticket an accurate means of contact for each underground facility within 2 business days.

(3) Each underground facility owner shall maintain current valid contact information with the one–call system for persons to contact.

(c) (1) Within 15 business days after receiving notice from a one–call system that a person has made a request under this section, an owner–member of an underground facility in the area of the project shall notify the person of the type and approximate location of the underground facility.

(2) An owner–member may provide notice of the approximate location of an underground facility through the use of:

(i) field locates;

(ii) maps;

(iii) surveys;

(iv) installation records; or

(v) other similar means.

(d) In the case of an obstruction caused by a suspected cross–bore:

(1) the person intending to remove the obstruction shall notify the one–call system and request a nonexcavation ticket for a suspected cross–bore which will be transmitted to all pertinent owner–members in the geographic area indicated for that ticket; and

(2) each owner–member shall take whatever action it considers necessary to respond to this notification.

(e) (1) Information provided to a person requesting marking under this section is for informational purposes only.

(2) An owner–member or agent of an owner–member may not be held liable for any inaccurate information provided to a person under this section.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-1508 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 15 / Section 12-1508
§12–1508.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) (i) “Owners of real or leasehold property” includes holders of leasehold improvements subject to a ground rent, the City, and the State.

(ii) “Owners of real or leasehold property” does not include the owner of the location described in the application.

(3) “Tenant” means an individual who rents a single–family dwelling and is residing there for at least 1 year immediately before the application hearing.

(b) A license application shall be denied if:

(1) more than 50% of the owners of real or leasehold property within 200 feet of the location described in the application oppose the issuing of the license; or

(2) more than 50% of those owners and tenants, in combination, of real or leasehold property located within 200 feet of the location described in the application oppose the issuing of the license.

(c) (1) If an owner of a dwelling participates as a protestant or proponent of the application, the owner and the tenant of the dwelling shall each have one–half vote.

(2) If property is rented jointly and one tenant appears in person at the hearing as a protestant, the other tenants’ protest may be recorded by affidavit.

(d) (1) If the City or the State owns more than one building within 200 feet of the location described in the application, protest may be made solely for the building that is closest to the location described in the application.

(2) The City or the State may protest through an authorized representative of the Mayor and City Council.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-921 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-921
§12–921.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A credit grantor may repossess tangible personal property securing a plan under an agreement if the consumer borrower is in default.

(2) The credit grantor may repossess tangible personal property from a consumer borrower only by:

(i) Legal process; or

(ii) Self-help, without use of force.

(b) Nothing in this section authorizes a violation of criminal law.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, at least 10 days before a credit grantor repossesses any tangible personal property, the credit grantor may serve a written notice on the consumer borrower of the intention of the credit grantor to repossess the tangible personal property.

(2) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at least 30 days before a credit grantor repossesses a mobile home that is primarily for personal, family, or household use, the credit grantor shall serve on the borrower a written notice of the credit grantor’s intention to repossess the mobile home.

(ii) The notice required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may be served by the credit grantor less than 30 days before repossession if:

1. The mobile home:

A. Is vacant and abandoned, based on a determination by the credit grantor that at least three of the circumstances listed in § 7–105.18(d) of the Real Property Article have been met; or

B. Has been voluntarily surrendered by the borrower to the credit grantor; and

2. The notice is accompanied by a certification from the credit grantor identifying the circumstances demonstrating that the mobile home is vacant and abandoned or that the mobile home has been surrendered.

(3) The notice shall:

(i) State the default and any period at the end of which the tangible personal property will be repossessed; and

(ii) Briefly state the rights of the consumer borrower in case the tangible personal property is repossessed.

(d) The notice may be delivered to the consumer borrower personally or sent to the borrower’s last known address by registered or certified mail.

(e) Within 5 days after the credit grantor repossesses the tangible personal property the credit grantor shall deliver to the consumer borrower personally or send to him at his last known address by registered or certified mail, a written notice which briefly states:

(1) The right of the consumer borrower to redeem the tangible personal property, and the amount payable for it;

(2) The rights of the consumer borrower as to a resale, and his liability for a deficiency; and

(3) The exact location where the tangible personal property is stored and the address where any payment is to be made.

(f) For 15 days after the credit grantor gives the notice required by subsection (e) of this section, the credit grantor shall retain any repossessed property.

(g) During the period provided for in subsection (f) of this section, the consumer borrower may:

(1) Redeem and take possession of the property; and

(2) Resume the performance of the agreement.

(h) To redeem the property, the consumer borrower shall:

(1) Tender the amount due under the agreement at the time of redemption, without giving effect to any provision which allows acceleration of any installment otherwise payable after that time;

(2) Tender performance of any other promise for the breach of which the property was repossessed; and

(3) If the discretionary notice provided for in subsection (c) of this section was given, pay the actual and reasonable expenses of retaking and storing the property.

(i) This section does not apply if the consumer borrower was guilty of fraudulent conduct, intentionally and wrongfully concealed, removed, damaged, or destroyed the property, or attempted to do so, and the property was repossessed because of that conduct, or if the property has been previously repossessed from the consumer borrower and redeemed by the consumer borrower.

(j) (1) (i) Subject to subsection (l) of this section, the credit grantor shall sell the property that was repossessed at:

1. Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a private sale; or

2. A public auction.

(ii) At least 10 days before the sale, the credit grantor shall notify the consumer borrower in writing of the time and place of the sale, by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the consumer borrower’s last known address.

(iii) Any sale of repossessed property must be accomplished in a commercially reasonable manner.

(2) In all cases of a private sale of repossessed goods under this section, a full accounting shall be made to the borrower in writing and the seller shall retain a copy of this accounting for at least 24 months. This accounting shall contain the following information:

(i) The unpaid balance at the time the goods were repossessed;

(ii) The refund credit of unearned finance charges and insurance premiums, if any;

(iii) The remaining net balance;

(iv) The proceeds of the sale of the goods;

(v) The remaining deficiency balance, if any, or the amount due the buyer;

(vi) All expenses incurred as a result of the sale;

(vii) The purchaser’s name, address, and business;

(viii) The number of bids sought and received; and

(ix) Any statement as to the condition of the goods at the time of repossession which would cause their value to be increased or decreased above or below the market value for goods of like kind and quality.

(3) The Commissioner of Financial Regulation may make a determination concerning any private sale that the sale was not accomplished in a commercially reasonable manner. Upon that determination, the Commissioner may enter an order disallowing any claim for a deficiency balance.

(k) (1) The provisions of this subsection apply to a public sale of property which secured a plan in excess of $2,000 at the time the plan was made.

(2) The proceeds of a sale to which this subsection applies shall be applied, in the following order, to:

(i) The actual and reasonable cost of the sale;

(ii) The actual and reasonable cost of retaking and storing the property; and

(iii) The unpaid balance owing under the agreement at the time the property was repossessed.

(3) The credit grantor shall furnish to the consumer borrower a written statement which shows the distribution of the proceeds.

(4) If the provisions of this section, including the requirement of furnishing a notice following repossession, are not followed, the credit grantor shall not be entitled to any deficiency judgment to which he would be entitled under the plan.

(l) (1) (i) In this subsection, “consumer goods” means tangible personal property used or bought for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes that is:

1. Movable at the time a security interest attaches; or

2. A fixture.

(ii) “Consumer goods” does not include money, documents, instruments, accounts, chattel paper, or general intangibles.

(2) This subsection applies to tangible personal property securing a plan that:

(i) Has been repossessed by the credit grantor; or

(ii) Is in actual or constructive possession of the credit grantor where the perfection of the security interest in the property depends on the possession of the property.

(3) In the case of a purchase money security interest in consumer goods, if a consumer borrower has paid 60 percent of the cash price and, after default, has not signed a statement renouncing or modifying the consumer borrower’s rights under this subsection, a credit grantor who has repossessed the consumer goods must take reasonable action within 90 days after the repossession to commence disposal of them in the manner provided under subsection (j) of this section.

(4) (i) In any other case involving tangible personal property securing a plan, a credit grantor may, after default, propose to retain the property in full satisfaction of the obligations of the borrower under the plan.

(ii) If, as authorized by subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, a credit grantor proposes to retain property in full satisfaction of the obligations of the borrower under the plan, the credit grantor shall send written notice of the proposal to:

1. The consumer borrower; and

2. Except in the case of consumer goods, any other person who has a security interest in the property and who:

A. Has duly filed a financing statement indexed in the name of the consumer borrower in this State; or

B. Is known by the credit grantor to have a security interest in the property.

(iii) 1. If the consumer borrower or other person entitled to receive notification objects in writing within 30 days from the sending of the notification, the credit grantor must take reasonable action to dispose of the property in the manner provided under subsection (j) of this section.

2. In the absence of written objection, the credit grantor may retain the property in full satisfaction of the outstanding unpaid indebtedness under the plan.

(5) If despite complying with the requirements of this section there is no sale of tangible personal property securing a plan under subsection (j) of this section:

(i) The credit grantor may retain the property without obligation to account to the borrower; and

(ii) If the property is retained, all obligations of the borrower under the plan shall be discharged.
Md. Code, Financial Institutions § 12-802 — MD Code / Article gfi / Title 12 / Subtitle 8 / Section 12-802
§12–802.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Currency” means currency and coin of the United States or any other country.

(c) “Department” means the Maryland Department of Labor.

(d) (1) “Financial institution” means:

(i) A national banking association;

(ii) A State banking institution;

(iii) A credit union that is organized under the laws of this State or of the United States;

(iv) Any other organization that is organized under the banking laws of the State and subject to the supervision of the Commissioner;

(v) A savings and loan association that is organized under the laws of the State or of the United States; or

(vi) Persons engaged in the business of cashing checks for a fee unless performed incidental to the sale of goods or services.

(2) “Financial institution” does not include any person licensed by the Commissioner under Title 11 of this article.

(e) “Person” means an individual, partnership, firm, trust, estate, association, corporation, or other entity.

(f) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.

(g) “Transaction” includes the deposit, withdrawal, transfer, bailment, loan, pledge payment, or exchange of currency by, through, or to the financial institution.
Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 12-209 — MD Code / Article gcp / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-209
§12–209.
Status: in_force

Seizure of real property occurs on the earlier of the filing:

(1) of a complaint for forfeiture under this title; or

(2) of a notice of pending litigation in the circuit court of the county where the real property is located.
Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 12-111 — MD Code / Article gsf / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-111
§12–111.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Public employer” means:

(i) a unit;

(ii) a county;

(iii) a municipality;

(iv) a county board of education; or

(v) a special taxing district.

(3) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, “services” has the meaning stated in § 11–101 of this article.

(ii) “Services” includes:

1. construction–related services;

2. architectural services;

3. engineering services; and

4. energy performance contract services.

(b) This section applies to a procurement contract with an estimated value of $2,000,000 or more.

(c) In response to a solicitation for a procurement contract issued by a public employer, a bidder shall disclose to the public employer the following:

(1) whether the bidder or any contractor that the bidder will subcontract with to perform the contract has plans, at the time the bid is submitted, to perform any services required under the contract outside the United States; and

(2) if services required under the contract are anticipated to be performed outside the United States:

(i) where the services will be performed; and

(ii) the reasons why it is necessary or advantageous to perform the services outside the United States.

(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a public employer may not knowingly contract for the following services unless the services are to be provided in the United States:

(i) architectural services;

(ii) construction services;

(iii) engineering services; or

(iv) energy performance contract services.

(2) A public employer may contract for services listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection that are provided outside the United States, if:

(i) the services are not available in the United States;

(ii) the price of the services in the United States exceeds by an unreasonable amount the price of services provided outside the United States; or

(iii) the quality of the services in the United States is substantially less than the quality of comparably priced services provided outside the United States.

(3) The Board shall adopt regulations defining the following terms for the purposes of this subsection:

(i) “unreasonable amount”; and

(ii) “substantially less”.
Md. Code, Economic Development § 12-1010 — MD Code / Article gec / Title 12 / Subtitle 10 / Section 12-1010
§12–1010.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 10 calendar days after the authorization of the district by the governing body of the county, the district corporation shall provide the governing body of the county with a preliminary business improvement district tax roll.

(b) (1) The governing body of the county shall impose a business improvement district tax to provide funds for the operation of the district.

(2) The governing body of the county shall impose on members of the district who are owners of nonexempt property the district tax at a rate specified by the board and approved by the governing body.

(3) The tax imposed under this subsection may not count against a county tax cap.

(c) The district tax shall be collected in the same manner as real property taxes are collected and distributed each quarter to the district.

(d) A district shall reimburse the governing body of the county for the costs incurred in collecting the district tax.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-2104 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 21 / Section 12-2104
§12–2104.
Status: in_force

A person whose license has been revoked by the Board may not give, serve, or keep alcoholic beverages or allow alcoholic beverages to be consumed until:

(1) the court grants a stay of the order of revocation in accordance with § 12–2402 of this title; or

(2) the order of revocation is reversed on judicial review.
Md. Code, Economic Development § 12-905 — MD Code / Article gec / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-905
§12–905.
Status: in_force

A member of the Authority:

(1) may not receive compensation as a member of the Authority; but

(2) is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.
Md. Code, Financial Institutions § 12-123 — MD Code / Article gfi / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-123
§12–123.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the Commissioner takes any action under § 12–121, § 12–122, or § 12–126 of this subtitle, the Commissioner shall give the licensee or registrant an opportunity for a hearing before the Commissioner.

(b) Notice of the hearing shall be given and the hearing shall be held in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.
Md. Code, Local Government § 12-611 — MD Code / Article glg / Title 12 / Subtitle 6 / Section 12-611
§12–611.
Status: in_force

(a) If the governing bodies of the adjoining counties approve the findings and recommendations of the examiners under § 12–610 of this subtitle to build or repair a bridge, the governing bodies shall direct the examiners to advertise for sealed bids on a contract to build or repair the bridge.

(b) (1) The advertisement shall specify:

(i) the location of the building or repair of the bridge;

(ii) the building or repair plan;

(iii) the materials and workmanship required for the building or repair; and

(iv) the time and place for the opening of the bids.

(2) The information stated in the advertisement shall include sufficient detail to obtain adequate bids.
Md. Code, Public Utilities § 12-301 — MD Code / Article gpu / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-301
§12–301.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) (1) “Communication service” means the transmission of intelligence by electrical means.

(2) “Communication service” includes the transmission of intelligence by telephone lines, telegraph lines, messenger–call, police, fire alarm, and traffic control circuits and circuits used to transmit standard television or radio signals.

(c) “Conversion” means to convert an overhead electric or communication facility.

(d) “Convert” means to remove all or part of an existing overhead electric or communication facility and to replace it at the same or another location with an underground electric or communication facility.

(e) (1) “Electric or communication facility” means a works or improvement used or useful in providing electric service or communication service.

(2) “Electric or communication facility” includes poles, supports, tunnels, manholes, vaults, conduits, ducts, pipes, wires, conductors, guys, stubs, platforms, crossarms, braces, transformers, insulators, cutouts, switches, capacitors, meters, communication circuits, appliances, attachments, and appurtenances.

(3) “Electric or communication facility” does not include a facility that:

(i) uses or is intended to be used to transmit electricity at nominal voltages in excess of 35,000 volts; or

(ii) is owned, used by, or provided for a railroad or pipeline and located on or above the right–of–way of the railroad or pipeline.

(f) “Electric service” means the distribution of electricity for heat, light, or power.

(g) (1) “Public agency” means a county, municipal corporation, special district, or public corporation that provides electric service or communication service to the public by means of an electric or communication facility.

(2) “Public agency” does not include a county, municipal corporation, special district, or public corporation that conducts a proceeding for a conversion under this subtitle.

(h) “Public utility” means a person that provides electric or communication facilities.
Md. Code, Financial Institutions § 12-704 — MD Code / Article gfi / Title 12 / Subtitle 7 / Section 12-704
§12–704.
Status: in_force

Any financial institution supervised and examined under this subtitle shall be subject to the same reporting requirements as a banking institution under Title 5, Subtitle 2 of this article, other than § 5-208.
Md. Code, Environment § 12-304 — MD Code / Article gen / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-304
§12–304.
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations for the examination of applicants.

(b) An applicant who otherwise qualifies for certification is entitled to be examined as provided in this section.

(c) The Board shall give examinations to applicants at least twice a year, at the times and places that the Board determines.

(d) The Board shall notify each qualified applicant of the time and place of examination.

(e) Subject to subsection (a) of this section, the Board shall determine the subjects, scope, form, and passing score for examinations given under this subtitle.
Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-6D-08 — MD Code / Article gho / Title 12 / Subtitle 6D / Section 12-6D-08
§12–6D–08.
Status: in_force

(a) Registration authorizes a registered pharmacy intern to practice pharmacy under the direct supervision of a licensed pharmacist while the registration is effective.

(b) A registered pharmacy intern may administer vaccinations in accordance with regulations adopted by the Board.

(c) A registered pharmacy intern may not:

(1) Delegate a pharmacy act;

(2) Perform a final verification of a prescription drug or device before dispensing; or

(3) Perform other duties prohibited by regulations adopted by the Board.
Md. Code, Transportation § 12-303.1 — MD Code / Article gtr / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-303.1
§12–303.
Status: in_force

§12–303.1.

(a) In this section, “advance directive” has the meaning stated in § 5–601 of the Health – General Article.

(b) The Administration shall provide for a method by which an applicant for a driver’s license or identification card shall be made aware of, and informed how to obtain, the advance directive information sheet developed under § 5–615 of the Health – General Article.

(c) (1) The Administration shall provide a method by which a notation indicating that the applicant has an advance directive registered with the Maryland Department of Health may be placed on the driver’s license or identification card.

(2) The notation shall be added only on written request of the applicant.

(3) The notation may be removed at any time on written request.
Md. Code, Financial Institutions § 12-911 — MD Code / Article gfi / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-911
§12–911.
Status: reserved

(a) Information in NMLS associated with a license approved by the Commissioner under this subtitle shall include the following:

(1) The licensee’s legal name and any trade name used by the licensee in accordance with § 2–121 of this article;

(2) The address of the licensee’s principal executive office; and

(3) The address of each additional location, if any, where the licensee does business and that:

(i) The general public may reasonably view as a location that does business as a debt management services provider, including any location that investigates customer complaints or directly communicates with customers verbally, electronically, or in writing;

(ii) Houses any core operational infrastructure or technology systems;

(iii) Conducts any core management, information security and technology, risk and compliance, or finance functions; or

(iv) Is otherwise required to be listed in NMLS by regulation the Commissioner adopts under this subtitle.

(b) A licensee shall maintain and update the information in NMLS associated with the licensee’s license to reflect accurately at all times the information required by subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The unique identifier assigned by NMLS to a licensee shall constitute the licensee’s license number.

(d) A license authorizes the licensee to do business under the license at any licensed location and under any licensed name, or as otherwise authorized by the Commissioner through regulation.

(e) A license may not be transferred, assigned, or pledged.

(f) Each licensee shall conspicuously post, in 48 point or larger type, at each licensed location the following information:

(1) The licensee’s unique identifier; and

(2) A statement advising consumers of the availability of the NMLS Consumer Access website to verify the licensing status of the licensee.

(g) Each licensee shall conspicuously display the following information on the licensee’s website, any software application accessible to the public and used to provide debt management services, and profile page within each social media platform the licensee uses:

(1) The licensee’s unique identifier;

(2) A link to the NMLS Consumer Access website; and

(3) A notice stating, “The Commissioner of Financial Regulation for the State of Maryland will accept any questions and complaints from Maryland residents regarding (name and unique identifier of the debt management services provider) at (address of Commissioner), phone (toll–free number of the Commissioner)”.

(h) A licensee is not required to post the information required in subsection (f) of this section at a licensed location if the licensee does not regularly grant access to that licensed location to members of the general public.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-2502 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 25 / Section 12-2502
§12–2502.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section or otherwise provided by law, from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. on any day, an individual may not consume alcoholic beverages:

(i) in an establishment open to the public;

(ii) in a place of public accommodation; or

(iii) in a place at which setups or other component parts of mixed alcoholic drinks are sold.

(2) The prohibition against consumption in paragraph (1) of this subsection is in effect if any form of entertainment, live or recorded, is offered at the place or at the establishment, regardless of whether the establishment or place is licensed under this article or other State law.

(b) By regulation, the Board may restrict the hours and days for the consumption of alcoholic beverages on the inner perimeter of a rectangle bounded by 31st Street on the south, Greenmount Avenue on the east, 32nd Street on the north, and Barclay Street on the west.

(c) The owner or manager of the establishment or place may not knowingly allow the consumption of alcoholic beverages that is prohibited by this section.

(d) An individual who consumes alcoholic beverages at an establishment described in this section or an owner or a manager of the establishment who knowingly allows the consumption prohibited by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not more than 3 years or a fine of not more than $5,000 or both.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-706 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 7 / Section 12-706
§12–706.
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subtitle shall be administered by the Commissioner.
Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 12-501 — MD Code / Article gcp / Title 12 / Subtitle 5 / Section 12-501
§12–501.
Status: in_force

(a) Before exercising the right to sell property that has been seized under this title, a lienholder shall give to the forfeiting authority:

(1) written notice of the intention to sell;

(2) copies of documents giving rise to the lien;

(3) an affidavit under oath by the lienholder:

(i) stating that the underlying obligation is in default; and

(ii) stating the reasons for the default.

(b) On request of the lienholder, the forfeiting authority shall release the property to the lienholder.
Md. Code, Financial Institutions § 12-908 — MD Code / Article gfi / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-908
§12–908.
Status: in_force

(a) To apply for a license, an applicant shall:

(1) Complete, sign, and submit to the Commissioner an application made under oath in the form, and in accordance with the process, that the Commissioner requires; and

(2) Provide all the information that the Commissioner requests.

(b) The application shall include:

(1) The applicant’s legal name and any trade name used by the applicant in accordance with § 2–121 of this article, the applicant’s principal executive office address, and website address, if any, and, if the applicant is not an individual, the name and residence address of each control person, if any;

(2) The address of each additional location, if any, that:

(i) The general public may reasonably view as a location that does business as a debt management services provider, including any location that investigates customer complaints or directly communicates with customers verbally, electronically, or in writing;

(ii) Houses any core operational infrastructure or technology systems;

(iii) Conducts any core management, information security and technology, risk and compliance, or finance functions; or

(iv) Is otherwise required to be listed in NMLS by regulation the Commissioner adopts under this subtitle;

(3) The name and address of each owner, officer, director, and principal of the applicant who is not a control person;

(4) The name, address, and telephone number of the applicant’s resident agent in the State;

(5) A description of the ownership interest of any officer, director, agent, or employee of the applicant in any affiliate or subsidiary of the applicant or in any other business entity that provides any service to the applicant or any consumer relating to the applicant’s debt management services business;

(6) The name and address of any agent acting on behalf of the applicant to manage a trust account required under § 12–917 of this subtitle;

(7) The applicant’s federal employer identification number;

(8) A list of any state in which:

(i) The applicant engages in the business of providing debt management services;

(ii) The applicant is registered or licensed to provide debt management services; and

(iii) The applicant’s registration or license has been suspended or revoked;

(9) A statement of whether any pending judgment, tax lien, material litigation, or administrative action by any government agency exists against the applicant;

(10) The most recent, unconsolidated financial statement of the applicant that:

(i) Is prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis;

(ii) Includes a certified opinion audit prepared by an independent certified public accountant; and

(iii) Was prepared no more than 12 months before the date of application;

(11) If applicable, evidence of nonprofit status under § 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(12) If the applicant is a corporation, a detailed description of the applicant’s corporate structure, including parent companies, subsidiaries, and affiliates;

(13) The applicant’s business credit report;

(14) Evidence of general liability or fidelity insurance that insures against dishonesty, fraud, theft, or other malfeasance on the part of an employee of the applicant;

(15) A description of the applicant’s consumer education program that is provided to consumers;

(16) A description of the applicant’s financial analysis and initial budget plan, including any form or electronic model, that are used to evaluate the financial condition of consumers;

(17) A copy of the debt management services agreement that the applicant will use in its debt management services business;

(18) A copy of the applicant’s plan to ensure that each debt management counselor is certified by an independent organization within 6 months after the debt management counselor is hired, and that any employee who is a supervisor or manager of a debt management counselor is certified by an independent organization within 3 months after the employee is hired;

(19) The most recent financial statement of each affiliate, subsidiary, or other person that provides services related to debt management services for the applicant or for any consumer;

(20) A copy of each contract or fee–for–service arrangement between the applicant and any person that provides services related to the debt management services business;

(21) A surety bond as required under § 12–914 of this subtitle; and

(22) Any other information that the Commissioner reasonably requires.

(c) The Commissioner may refuse an application if it contains erroneous or incomplete information.
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 12-203 — MD Code / Article gle / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-203
§12–203.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board, the Program administrator, and staff shall discharge the duties with respect to the Trust solely in the interest of the Program participants as follows:

(1) for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to Program participants and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the Program; and

(2) by selecting investment options or programs that will invest with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with those matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.

(b) (1) The Board shall prepare, adopt, and annually review a written statement of investment policy that includes a risk management and oversight program.

(2) The investment policy shall consider investment options or programs that will seek to mitigate risk by maintaining a balanced investment portfolio that provides assurance that no single investment or class of investments will have a disproportionate impact on the total portfolio.

(3) The risk management and oversight program shall be designed to ensure that an effective risk management system is in place to monitor the risk levels of the Program investment portfolio and ensure that the risks taken are prudent and properly managed.
Md. Code, Transportation § 12-206.1 — MD Code / Article gtr / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-206.1
§12–206.
Status: in_force

§12–206.1.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Victim” means a person who dies as the result of the commission of a moving violation by another person.

(3) “Victim’s representative” means a member of the family of a victim or a guardian or personal representative of a victim.

(b) (1) During the investigation of a moving violation, the investigating agency shall:

(i) Inform the victim’s representative of the right to file a victim’s representation notification form with the Administration to request to be notified of a hearing under 16–206(f) of this article; and

(ii) Provide the victim’s representative with a copy of the victim’s representation notification form developed by the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy under subsection (e) of this section.

(2) A victim’s representation notification form under this subsection may only be filed at least 30 days before a hearing under § 16–206(f) of this article.

(c) (1) If a victim’s representative files a victim’s representation notification form under subsection (b) of this section and the person who committed the moving violation that resulted in the victim’s death requests a hearing under § 16–206(f) of this article, the Administration shall notify:

(i) The victim’s representative of the hearing in accordance with § 12–114 of this title at least 21 days before the hearing; and

(ii) The Office of Administrative Hearings that the victim’s representative has filed a victim’s representation notification form under subsection (b) of this section.

(2) Notice provided under this subsection shall state:

(i) The date, time, place, and nature of the hearing;

(ii) The legal authority and jurisdiction of the Administration to hear the matter;

(iii) The nature of the proposed action that the Administration is to consider;

(iv) That a copy of the hearing procedures is available on request and without cost to the victim’s representative;

(v) The right of the victim’s representative to be present at the hearing;

(vi) The right of the victim’s representative to submit a written statement for consideration by the Administration at the hearing; and

(vii) The right of the victim’s representative to make an oral statement for consideration by the Administration at the hearing.

(3) (i) If a victim’s representative intends to make an oral statement, the victim’s representative shall notify the Administration at least 10 days before the hearing.

(ii) If a victim’s representative intends to submit a written statement, the statement shall be submitted to the Administration at least 10 days before the hearing.

(d) (1) If a victim’s representative provides notice in accordance with subsection (c)(3)(i) of this section, the Administration shall allow the victim’s representative to make an oral statement for consideration by the Administration at the hearing.

(2) If a victim’s representative submits a written statement in accordance with subsection (c)(3)(ii) of this section, the Administration shall:

(i) Provide a copy of the written statement to the licensee before the hearing begins; and

(ii) Consider the written statement at the hearing.

(e) The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall develop and, as necessary, update a uniform victim’s representation notification form that may be filed by a victim’s representative under this section.
Md. Code, Corporations and Associations § 12-911 — MD Code / Article gca / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-911
§12–911.
Status: in_force

(a) If a foreign statutory trust that owns property rights, privileges, franchises, or other assets located in this State is a party to a merger in which a foreign business entity is the successor, the transfer to, vesting in, or devolution on the successor of the property rights, privileges, franchises, or other assets of the nonsurviving foreign statutory trust is effective as provided by the laws of the jurisdiction that governs the merger.

(b) The successor described in subsection (a) of this section shall file with the Department a certificate executed by an authorized person that specifies:

(1) Each county in this State where a foreign statutory trust party to the merger, except the successor, owned an interest in land;

(2) The name of each party to the merger;

(3) The jurisdiction under the laws of which each party was formed; and

(4) The name of the successor.

(c) If a copy of the document effecting the merger has not been filed with the Department as provided in § 12–205 of this title, the successor shall file with the Department an officially certified copy of that document.

(d) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, when the Department receives the articles and any certificate of the successor, the Department shall prepare and file certificates of merger in the manner provided for a statutory trust.

(2) The certificate of merger:

(i) Need not state the principal office in the State of a foreign statutory trust that does not have a principal office; and

(ii) Shall include other information specified in the certificate filed by the successor.
Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-309 — MD Code / Article gps / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-309
§12–309.
Status: in_force

(a) Industrialized buildings certified by the Department for sale in the State shall bear the insignia provided by the Department.

(b) An industrialized building that bears an insignia provided by the Department is acceptable in all localities of the State:

(1) to comply with the requirements of this subtitle; and

(2) to meet the requirements of safety to life, health, and property required by a law or ordinance of a local governing body of the State without further investigation or inspection by the local governing body if the industrialized building is erected or installed in accordance with the conditions of the certification.

(c) (1) An industrialized building that was manufactured on or before June 30, 1977, and is not required to bear the insignia provided by the Department:

(i) may be lawfully sold or installed; and

(ii) is subject to regulation by the local governing body of the jurisdiction where the industrialized building will be installed.

(2) If an industrialized building that is not required to bear the insignia provided by the Department is offered for sale, the seller or manufacturer shall specifically advise the prospective purchaser that the building has not been certified by the State.
Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-832 — MD Code / Article gps / Title 12 / Subtitle 8 / Section 12-832
§12–832.
Status: in_force

(a) While an elevator mechanic license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to erect, construct, wire, alter, replace, maintain, repair, dismantle, or service elevator units under the direct supervision of a licensed elevator contractor.

(b) While an elevator contractor license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to engage in the business of erecting, constructing, wiring, altering, replacing, maintaining, repairing, dismantling, or servicing elevator units.

(c) While an elevator renovator contractor license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to engage in the business of performing work:

(1) on the interior of an elevator involving the removal or installation of the nonstructural surface of the elevator’s wall, ceiling, floor, rail, or handle; and

(2) that does not affect the elevator’s moving operation.

(d) While an elevator renovator mechanic license is in effect, it authorizes the licensee to perform work:

(1) on the interior of an elevator involving the removal or installation of the nonstructural surface of the elevator’s wall, ceiling, floor, rail, or handle; and

(2) that does not affect the elevator’s moving operation.

(e) While an accessibility lift mechanic license is in effect, the license authorizes the licensee to erect, construct, wire, alter, replace, maintain, repair, dismantle, and service commercial stairway chairlifts, vertical platform lifts, or incline platform lifts under the direct supervision of a licensed elevator contractor.
Md. Code, State Finance and Procurement § 12-511 — MD Code / Article gsf / Title 12 / Subtitle 5 / Section 12-511
§12–511.
Status: in_force

The entity or any other bidder or offeror for a procurement contract to provide MARC service may not submit a protest under § 15–217 of this article relating to the requirements of this subtitle.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-115 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-115
§12–115.
Status: in_force

(a) With respect to any loan made at a rate of interest pursuant to § 12–103(a) and (c) of this subtitle or § 12–306 of this title:

(1) A lender may repossess goods securing a loan under an agreement if the borrower is in default in:

(i) The payment of any sum due under the agreement;

(ii) The performance of any other condition which the agreement lawfully requires him to perform in order to obtain unencumbered title to the goods; or

(iii) The performance of any promise the breach of which is expressly made a ground for repossessing the goods; and

(2) The lender may repossess goods only by:

(i) Legal process; or

(ii) Self–help, without use of force.

(b) Nothing in this section authorizes a violation of criminal law.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, at least 10 days before a lender repossesses any goods, a lender may serve a written notice on the borrower of the lender’s intention to repossess the goods.

(2) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, at least 30 days before a lender repossesses a mobile home that is primarily for personal, family, or household use, the lender shall serve on the borrower a written notice of the lender’s intention to repossess the mobile home.

(ii) The notice required under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may be served by the lender less than 30 days before repossession if:

1. The mobile home:

A. Is vacant and abandoned, based on a determination by the lender that at least three of the circumstances listed in § 7–105.18(d) of the Real Property Article have been met; or

B. Has been voluntarily surrendered by the borrower to the lender; and

2. The notice is accompanied by a certification from the lender identifying the circumstances demonstrating that the mobile home is vacant and abandoned or that the mobile home has been surrendered.

(3) The notice shall:

(i) State the default and any period at the end of which the goods will be repossessed; and

(ii) Briefly state the rights of the borrower in case the goods are repossessed.

(d) The notice may be delivered to the borrower personally or sent to the borrower’s last known address by registered or certified mail.

(e) Within 5 days after he repossesses the goods, the lender shall deliver to the borrower personally or send to him at his last known address by registered or certified mail, a written notice which briefly states:

(1) The right of the borrower to redeem the goods, and the amount payable for them;

(2) The rights of the borrower as to a resale, and his liability for a deficiency; and

(3) The exact location where the goods are stored and the address where any payment is to be made or notice delivered.

(f) For 15 days after the lender gives the notice required by subsection (e) of this section, the lender shall retain any repossessed goods.

(g) During the period provided for in subsection (f) of this section, the borrower may:

(1) Redeem and take possession of the goods; and

(2) Resume the performance of the agreement.

(h) To redeem the goods, the borrower shall:

(1) Tender the amount due under the agreement at the time of redemption, without giving effect to any provision which allows acceleration of any installment otherwise payable after that time;

(2) Tender performance of any other promise for the breach of which the goods were repossessed; and

(3) If the discretionary notice provided for in subsection (c) of this section was given, pay the actual and reasonable expenses of retaking and storing the goods.

(i) This section does not apply if the borrower was guilty of fraudulent conduct, intentionally and wrongfully concealed, removed, damaged, or destroyed the goods, or attempted to do so, and the goods were repossessed because of that conduct.

(j) (1) The lender shall sell the repossessed goods at private sale (subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection) or at public auction. At least 10 days before the sale, the lender shall notify the borrower in writing sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the borrower’s last known address of the time and place of sale. Any sale of repossessed property must be accomplished in a commercially reasonable manner.

(2) In all cases of a private sale of repossessed goods under this section, a full accounting shall be made to the borrower in writing and the seller shall retain a copy of this accounting for at least 24 months. This accounting shall contain the following information:

(i) The unpaid balance at the time the goods were repossessed;

(ii) The refund credit of unearned finance charges and insurance premiums, if any;

(iii) The remaining net balance;

(iv) The proceeds of the sale of the goods;

(v) The remaining deficiency balance, if any, or the amount due the buyer;

(vi) All expenses incurred as a result of the sale;

(vii) The purchaser’s name, address, and business;

(viii) The number of bids sought and received; and

(ix) Any statement as to the condition of the goods at the time of repossession which would cause their value to be increased or decreased above or below the market value for goods of like kind and quality.

(3) The Commissioner of Financial Regulation may make a determination concerning any private sale that the sale was not accomplished in a commercially reasonable manner. Upon that determination, the Commissioner may enter an order disallowing any claim for a deficiency balance.

(k) (1) The provisions of this subsection apply to a public sale of goods which secured a loan in excess of $2,000 at the time the loan was made.

(2) The proceeds of a sale to which this subsection applies shall be applied, in the following order, to:

(i) The actual and reasonable cost of the sale;

(ii) The actual and reasonable cost of retaking and storing the goods; and

(iii) The unpaid balance owing under the agreement at the time the goods are repossessed.

(3) The lender shall furnish to the buyer a written statement which shows the distribution of the proceeds.

(4) If the provisions of this section, including the requirement of furnishing a notice following repossession, are not followed, the lender shall not be entitled to any deficiency judgment to which he would be entitled under the loan agreement.

(l) If there is no resale of repossessed goods, all obligations of the borrower under the agreement shall be discharged, and the holder may retain the goods as his own property without obligation to account to the buyer.
Md. Code, Local Government § 12-403 — MD Code / Article glg / Title 12 / Subtitle 4 / Section 12-403
§12–403.
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commissioners of Caroline County may:

(1) purchase or lease personal property under a multiyear contract that requires the county commissioners to make installment or rental payments during 2 or more fiscal years;

(2) pay interest as part of any installment or rental payments in accordance with the terms of the contract; and

(3) pledge and assign the personal property purchased or leased to secure the obligation.

(b) (1) The County Commissioners of Caroline County may enter into a contract under subsection (a) of this section only if:

(i) the county commissioners have appropriated money sufficient to pay the amount due under the contract during the first fiscal year in which the contract is effective;

(ii) subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the contract authorizes the county commissioners to terminate the contract if money sufficient to pay the amount due under the contract for any fiscal year is not appropriated;

(iii) the contract provides that, except if the county commissioners default in payment under the contract, an obligation for payment under the contract is limited to money appropriated for contract payment for that fiscal year; and

(iv) the contract provides that, if the county commissioners default in payment under the contract, the obligation for payment is limited to:

1. money appropriated for contract payments for that fiscal year;

2. any money realized from the personal property purchased or leased under the contract; and

3. any other money legally available for contract payment.

(2) The contract may provide that a contract termination is ineffective if the county commissioners purchase or lease personal property similar or functionally related to the property purchased or leased under the contract within a specified period of time.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-630 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 6 / Section 12-630
§12–630.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a holder may not collect or receive any finance, delinquency, or collection charge from the buyer if:

(1) The agreement does not contain the information required by §§ 12-604 through 12-606 of this subtitle;

(2) The seller fails to deliver to the buyer a required copy of the agreement; or

(3) The agreement contains a finance charge in excess of the applicable charge permitted by § 12-609 or § 12-610 of this subtitle.

(b) Written acknowledgment by the buyer of delivery of a copy of the agreement pursuant to § 12-605 of this subtitle is conclusive proof of the delivery as between the buyer and any assignee of the agreement without actual knowledge to the contrary.

(c) If the seller or any subsequent holder unintentionally and in good faith fails to comply with any provision of §§ 12-609 through 12-612 of this subtitle, the holder may correct the error within 10 days after:

(1) He notices it; or

(2) The buyer notifies him in writing of the error.

(d) If an instrument contains any provision prohibited by § 12-607 of this subtitle, that provision is void and the holder may not collect or receive from the buyer, in connection with the transaction to which the instrument relates, any finance, delinquency, or collection charge.

(e) The penalties of this section are in addition to those provided in Part IV of this subtitle or in any other statutory law.
Md. Code, Environment § 12-309 — MD Code / Article gen / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-309
§12–309.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Administrative Procedure Act, before the Board takes any action under § 12-308 of this subtitle, it shall give the individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Board.

(b) The Board shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(c) If after due notice the individual against whom the action is contemplated fails or refuses to appear, nevertheless the Board may hear and determine the matter.
Md. Code, Criminal Law § 12-104 — MD Code / Article gcr / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-104
§12–104.
Status: in_force

(a) A person may not:

(1) keep a gaming device, or all or a part of a building, vessel, or place, on land or water within the State for the purpose of gambling;

(2) own, rent, or occupy all or a part of a building, vessel, or place and knowingly allow a gaming device to be kept in the building, vessel, or place;

(3) lease or rent all or a part of a building, vessel, or place to be used for the purpose of gambling;

(4) deal at a gaming device or in a building, vessel, or place for gambling;

(5) manage a gaming device or a building, vessel, or place for gambling; or

(6) have an interest in a gaming device or the profits of a gaming device.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment for not less than 6 months and not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 12-202 — MD Code / Article gcj / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-202
§12–202.
Status: in_force

A review by way of certiorari may not be granted by the Supreme Court of Maryland in a case or proceeding in which the Appellate Court of Maryland has denied or granted:

(1) Leave to prosecute an appeal in a post conviction proceeding;

(2) Leave to appeal from a refusal to issue a writ of habeas corpus sought for the purpose of determining the right to bail or the appropriate amount of bail;

(3) Leave to appeal in an incarcerated individual grievance commission proceeding;

(4) Leave to appeal from a final judgment entered following a plea of guilty in a circuit court; or

(5) Leave to appeal from an order of a circuit court revoking probation.
Md. Code, Economic Development § 12-806 — MD Code / Article gec / Title 12 / Subtitle 8 / Section 12-806
§12–806.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the county is authorized, by law, to delegate to the Authority any or all of the powers granted to the county under § 12–803 of this subtitle.

(b) The Authority may make recommendations to the county on issues related to the county’s power of eminent domain.

(c) The county may not delegate the power of eminent domain to the Authority.
Md. Code, Criminal Law § 12-111 — MD Code / Article gcr / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-111
§12–111.
Status: in_force

If a law enforcement officer has a reason to suspect a gaming device is kept unlawfully at a place, the law enforcement officer shall:

(1) visit the place; and

(2) charge all persons who violate a law that prohibits gambling.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-1503 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 15 / Section 12-1503
§12–1503.
Status: in_force

The Board may not issue a Class A or Class D beer license, beer and light wine license, or beer, wine, and liquor license to a person that holds an out–of–state alcoholic beverages license.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 12-608 — MD Code / Article gcj / Title 12 / Subtitle 6 / Section 12-608
§12–608.
Status: in_force

(a) After the Supreme Court of Maryland of this State has accepted a certified question, proceedings are governed by the Maryland Rules.

(b) Procedures for certification from this State to a receiving court are those provided in the rules and statutes of the receiving forum.
Md. Code, Education § 12-117 — MD Code / Article ged / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-117
§12–117.
Status: in_force

(a) In this section, “collegiate recovery program” means a program that provides support and services for students recovering from alcohol or drug addiction who are enrolled at a constituent institution.

(b) On the recommendation of the Chancellor, who shall consult with the presidents of the constituent institutions, the Board of Regents shall establish general standards and guidelines for a collegiate recovery program to be implemented at the constituent institutions.

(c) The president of each constituent institution, in collaboration with faculty, staff, and students enrolled at the institution, shall develop and implement a collegiate recovery program tailored for the institution that:

(1) Satisfies the standards and guidelines established by the Chancellor under subsection (b) of this section; and

(2) Addresses the needs of students at the institution who are recovering from alcohol or drug addiction.
Md. Code, Economic Development § 12-801 — MD Code / Article gec / Title 12 / Subtitle 8 / Section 12-801
§12–801.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Authority” means the West Baltimore County Redevelopment Authority established under this subtitle.

(c) “Bond” or “bonds” means revenue bonds or notes, including bond anticipation notes and notes in the nature of commercial paper, or other instruments, certificates, or evidences of obligation issued and sold or offered for sale by the redevelopment authority, including refunding obligations.

(d) “Cost” means the cost or expense associated with:

(1) all land, property, rights, easements, franchises, and licenses or interests therein deemed necessary for any undertaking authorized by this subtitle;

(2) all labor, materials, machinery, furnishings, and equipment;

(3) financing charges;

(4) establishment of reserves;

(5) interest prior to and during construction and for a reasonable period after completion of construction;

(6) engineering, architectural, and legal services;

(7) plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of costs and of revenues, and other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicality of any land or property acquisition or any development or redevelopment project;

(8) administrative expenses;

(9) letters or lines of credit, municipal bond insurance, or any other form of financial guaranty or surety;

(10) working capital; and

(11) other expenses as may be necessary or incidental to the acquisition of land or property, or the development or redevelopment, including the comprehensive renovation or rehabilitation, of land or property in accordance with this subtitle.

(e) “County” means Baltimore County.

(f) “West Baltimore County” means the geographic area of Baltimore County within the boundary line of Liberty Road in the north, Baltimore National Pike in the south, Rolling Road in the west, and the line between Baltimore County and Baltimore City in the east, along with all contiguous parcels for one block, except at the boundary line between Baltimore County and Baltimore City.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-1303 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 13 / Section 12-1303
§12–1303.
Status: in_force

(a) Unless the lender is otherwise required by federal or State law to refer the borrower to housing counseling, a lender shall provide to a borrower a written notice, in the form specified in regulations adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development, in consultation with the Commissioner of Financial Regulation, that includes:

(1) A statement recommending that the borrower complete home buyer education or housing counseling; and

(2) Information about home buyer education and housing counseling programs and services provided by nonprofit and government organizations certified by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that are available to residents of the State.

(b) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall provide and maintain the information required under subsection (a)(2) of this section.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-305 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-305
§12–305.
Status: in_force

(a) In granting or denying an application for a loan, a licensee may not discriminate against any loan applicant only on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or age.

(b) (1) A licensee is not in violation of this section if the licensee is in compliance with the federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the regulations adopted under that act.

(2) Denying an application for a loan by an applicant who is a minor is not discrimination on the basis of age.
Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-6C-03.2 — MD Code / Article gho / Title 12 / Subtitle 6C / Section 12-6C-03.2
§12–6C–03.
Status: in_force

§12–6C–03.2.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, a wholesale distributor applicant or permit holder that prepares sterile drug products shall submit to the Board a report of an inspection conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or a Board designee:

(1) At the time of application; and

(2) On renewal.

(b) The inspection report required under subsection (a) of this section shall:

(1) Be conducted within 1 year before the date of application or renewal; and

(2) Demonstrate compliance with applicable federal good manufacturing practice standards.

(c) An applicant or permit holder is responsible for obtaining an inspection to meet the requirements of this section.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 12-304 — MD Code / Article gcj / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-304
§12–304.
Status: in_force

(a) Any person may appeal from any order or judgment passed to preserve the power or vindicate the dignity of the court and adjudging him in contempt of court, including an interlocutory order, remedial in nature, adjudging any person in contempt, whether or not a party to the action.

(b) This section does not apply to an adjudication of contempt for violation of an interlocutory order for the payment of alimony.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-2706 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 27 / Section 12-2706
§12–2706.
Status: in_force

(a) In the 45th Legislative District, a landlord may not rent out to a Class A license holder a premises to be used for the sale of alcoholic beverages if the landlord knows or should have known that the sale of alcoholic beverages on the premises would violate a minimum distance required to be maintained under this article between a licensed premises and a place of worship or school.

(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-807 — MD Code / Article gps / Title 12 / Subtitle 8 / Section 12-807
§12–807.
Status: in_force

(a) An elevator unit may not be operated in a building, structure, or place of employment in the State unless a certificate is issued by the Commissioner.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner shall accept certificates of inspection from a political subdivision or municipal corporation instead of the certificate required by subsection (a) of this section.
Md. Code, Financial Institutions § 12-107 — MD Code / Article gfi / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-107
§12–107.
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with an initial application for a license under this subtitle, and at any other time the Commissioner requires, an applicant or licensee shall provide fingerprints, as directed by the Commissioner, to NMLS for use by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a criminal history records check.

(b) An applicant or licensee required under this section to provide fingerprints shall pay any processing or other required fee.

(c) If the applicant or licensee is a corporation, the fingerprinting and criminal history records check requirements shall apply to the president, and any other officer, director, principal, or owner of the corporation as required by the Commissioner.
Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 12-103 — MD Code / Article ghs / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-103
§12–103.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this Division II is to authorize each authority to do all that is necessary or desirable to secure the financial aid or cooperation of political subdivisions, State government, or federal government to help the authority undertake, construct, maintain, or operate a housing project.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-1010 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 10 / Section 12-1010
§12–1010.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, a consumer borrower may, with the consent of the credit grantor, refinance the entire outstanding and unpaid amount of a loan, and the credit grantor may charge and collect a refinancing charge in connection with any refinancing in an amount agreed to by the credit grantor and the borrower.

(b) For purposes of this section, “the entire outstanding and unpaid amount of a loan” is:

(1) If the interest and charges in respect of the loan were not precomputed, the total of the unpaid balance and the accrued and unpaid interest and charges on the date of refinancing; or

(2) If the interest and charges on the loan were precomputed, the total of the unpaid balance and the accrued and unpaid charges on the date of refinancing, less the amount which the credit grantor would have been required to refund or credit upon prepayment on the date of refinancing under § 12-1009 of this subtitle governing refunds upon prepayment.

(c) A credit grantor may not impose any refinancing charges on the refinancing of an installment loan more often than once during any 12-month period of the loan if the loan is:

(1) Made by the credit grantor;

(2) Secured by a secondary lien on residential real property; and

(3) Made to cure a default on the loan being refinanced where the default has been in existence for more than 30 days.
Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-820 — MD Code / Article gps / Title 12 / Subtitle 8 / Section 12-820
§12–820.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The Board consists of the following ten members:

(i) as an ex officio member, the Commissioner; and

(ii) nine members appointed by the Governor with the advice of the Secretary and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(2) Of the nine appointed members of the Board:

(i) one shall represent a major elevator manufacturing company or its authorized representative;

(ii) one shall represent an elevator servicing company;

(iii) one shall represent the architectural design profession;

(iv) one shall represent a municipal corporation in the State;

(v) one shall represent a building owner or manager;

(vi) one shall represent labor involved in the installation, maintenance, and repair of elevators;

(vii) one shall represent the elevator interior renovation industry; and

(viii) two shall be members of the public.

(b) (1) The term of an appointed member is 3 years.

(2) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

(3) A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection and subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, a member shall be considered to have resigned who has been appointed to the Board by the Governor if the member did not attend at least two–thirds of the Board meetings held during any consecutive 12–month period while the member was serving on the Board.

(2) The Governor may waive a member’s resignation and allow the member to continue serving if the member has been unable to attend meetings for reasons satisfactory to the Governor and the reasons are made public.

(3) In accordance with § 8–501 of the State Government Article, the chairman shall provide notice to the Governor and the Governor shall appoint a successor.
Md. Code, Financial Institutions § 12-912 — MD Code / Article gfi / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-912
§12–912.
Status: reserved

(a) An initial license term shall:

(1) Begin on the date the license is issued; and

(2) Expire on December 31 of the year:

(i) In which the license is issued, if the license is issued before November 1; or

(ii) Immediately following the year that the license is issued, if the license is issued on or after November 1.

(b) On or after November 1 of the year in which a license expires, the license may be renewed for an additional 1–year term if the licensee:

(1) Otherwise is entitled to be licensed;

(2) Pays to the Commissioner the renewal fee established under § 12–904 of this subtitle;

(3) Files with the Commissioner a surety bond renewal certificate or a new surety bond required under § 12–914 of this subtitle; and

(4) Submits to the Commissioner a renewal application in the form, and in accordance with the process, that the Commissioner requires.

(c) To the extent required or permitted by NMLS, the Commissioner may determine that licenses issued under this subtitle shall expire on a staggered basis.

(d) A licensee may not renew a license unless, before the submission of the license renewal application, the licensee has transferred the licensee’s licensing information to NMLS in accordance with § 12–906(c) of this subtitle.
Md. Code, Local Government § 12-616 — MD Code / Article glg / Title 12 / Subtitle 6 / Section 12-616
§12–616.
Status: in_force

(a) The County Commissioners of Carroll County may regulate the public bridges in the county that are not in a municipality and that have not been designated or maintained as a part of the State or federal highway system relating to:

(1) vehicle weight;

(2) vehicle parking;

(3) vehicle abandonment;

(4) building or maintenance by a private or public utility necessary for the performance of the utility’s purpose; and

(5) vehicle speed, but only if the speed regulation has been recommended by the Department of State Police.

(b) To indicate and carry out rules and regulations adopted under subsection (a)(1), (2), and (5) of this section, the County Commissioners of Carroll County shall provide appropriate traffic control devices that conform to State specifications.

(c) For a new bridge, the County Commissioners of Carroll County may adopt rules and regulations relating to:

(1) engineering;

(2) construction; and

(3) acceptance of the bridge into the county road system for maintenance by the county.

(d) (1) By local law, the County Commissioners of Carroll County may establish that a person who violates a rule or regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $25, exclusive of costs.

(2) A penalty provision of another public general law prevails over a fine authorized under this subsection.
Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-6C-07 — MD Code / Article gho / Title 12 / Subtitle 6C / Section 12-6C-07
§12–6C–07.
Status: in_force

The Board:

(1) Shall adopt regulations that require routine inspections of wholesale distributor facilities; and

(2) May adopt regulations establishing:

(i) Minimum requirements for the receipt, storage, and handling of prescription drugs or prescription devices, security precautions, quality control, record keeping, and procedures, policy, and responsibilities of personnel; and

(ii) Education and experience requirements for personnel employed in positions responsible for carrying out the duties:

1. Referenced in item (i) of this item; or

2. Related to State permit requirements under this subtitle.
Md. Code, Business Regulation § 12-210 — MD Code / Article gbr / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-210
§12–210.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the State Government Article, before the Secretary takes any final action under § 12-209 of this subtitle, the Secretary shall give the individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Secretary.

(b) The Secretary shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.

(c) The Secretary may administer oaths in a proceeding under this section.

(d) If, after due notice, the individual against whom the action is contemplated does not appear, nevertheless the Secretary may hear and determine the matter.
Md. Code, Transportation § 12-204 — MD Code / Article gtr / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-204
§12–204.
Status: in_force

Notice of any hearing scheduled by this Administration shall state:

(1) The date, time, place, and nature of the hearing;

(2) The legal authority and jurisdiction of the Administration to hear the matter;

(3) The facts in sufficient detail to enable a party to prepare his case;

(4) The nature of the proposed action that the Administration is to consider;

(5) The right of a party to call witnesses and offer documentary evidence under the provisions of § 10-213 of the State Government Article;

(6) When applicable, the right of a party to request the subpoena of witnesses and the costs thereof;

(7) That a copy of the hearing procedures is available on request of a party, and the cost to obtain a copy;

(8) The right of a party to the hearing to be represented by counsel; and

(9) If a licensee is a party to the hearing, the right of the Administration, on failure of the licensee to appear, to:

(i) Order a suspension of the party’s license or privilege until the party appears for a hearing; or

(ii) Impose any sanction proposed in the notice.
Md. Code, Corporations and Associations § 12-908 — MD Code / Article gca / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-908
§12–908.
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to any other activities which may not constitute doing business in this State, for the purposes of this subtitle, the following activities of a foreign statutory trust do not constitute doing business in this State:

(1) Maintaining, defending, or settling an action, a suit, a claim, a dispute, or an administrative or arbitration proceeding;

(2) Holding meetings of its trustees or agents or carrying on other activities that relate to its internal affairs;

(3) Maintaining bank accounts;

(4) Conducting an isolated transaction not in the course of a number of similar transactions;

(5) Foreclosing mortgages and deeds of trust on property in this State;

(6) As a result of default under a mortgage or deed of trust, acquiring title to property in this State by foreclosure, deed in lieu of foreclosure, or otherwise;

(7) Holding, protecting, renting, maintaining, and operating property in this State acquired as described in item (6) of this subsection; or

(8) Selling or transferring title to property in this State acquired as described in item (6) of this subsection to any person, including the Federal Housing Administration or the Veterans Administration.

(b) In addition to any other activities which may constitute doing business in this State, for the purposes of this subtitle, a foreign statutory trust that owns income producing real or tangible personal property in this State, other than property exempted by subsection (a) of this section, shall be considered to be doing business in this State.
Md. Code, Public Utilities § 12-313 — MD Code / Article gpu / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-313
§12–313.
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to applicable rules, regulations, tariffs, or ordinances, the landowner is responsible for the costs of construction, reconstruction, relocation, or conversion of all electric or communication facilities of a public agency or public utility from the point of attachment of the electric or communication facility to any improvements located on the landowner’s property within a conversion district.

(b) (1) The contractor, public agency, public utility, county, or municipal corporation performing the conversion is responsible for the conversion of all electric or communication facilities to the point of attachment to any improvements located on property within the conversion district.

(2) The conversion costs incurred under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be included in the total conversion costs that are to be assessed against the property.
Md. Code, Criminal Procedure § 12-211 — MD Code / Article gcp / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-211
§12–211.
Status: in_force

(a) This section does not apply if:

(1) an act is agreed to by a forfeiting authority or is ordered by the court; or

(2) an owner posts a bond under § 12-208 of this subtitle.

(b) Subject to subsection (a) of this section, until the court enters judgment in favor of the owner, an owner may not attempt:

(1) to convey or encumber an interest in seized real property; or

(2) to remove a building or fixture on seized real property.
Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-613 — MD Code / Article gps / Title 12 / Subtitle 6 / Section 12-613
§12–613.
Status: in_force

(a) Before the State Fire Marshal takes any final action under § 12–612 of this subtitle, the State Fire Marshal shall give the individual against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the State Fire Marshal.

(b) The State Fire Marshal shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.

(c) The hearing notice shall be sent by certified mail to the last known address of the person at least 10 business days before the hearing.

(d) The State Fire Marshal may administer oaths in connection with any proceeding under this section.

(e) The person may be represented at the hearing by counsel.

(f) If, after due notice, the person against whom the action is contemplated fails to appear for the hearing, the State Fire Marshal may hear and determine the matter.
Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-405 — MD Code / Article gho / Title 12 / Subtitle 4 / Section 12-405
§12–405.
Status: in_force

(a) The Board shall issue a pharmacy permit to any applicant who meets the requirements of this title.

(b) If the Board denies a pharmacy permit to an applicant, it shall give the applicant written notice of its decision and the reasons for the denial.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-405 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 4 / Section 12-405
§12–405.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) A lender may collect a loan origination fee for making a loan under this subtitle only as provided in this section.

(2) The aggregate amount of the loan origination fee imposed by a lender under this section when combined with any finder’s fee imposed by a mortgage broker under § 12-804 of this title may not exceed the greater of:

(i) $500 or 10 percent of the net proceeds of a commercial loan of $75,000 or less made under this subtitle; or

(ii) $250 or 10 percent of the net proceeds of any other loan made under this subtitle.

(3) A lender may not collect from the borrower any other commission, finder’s fee, or point for obtaining, procuring, or placing a loan under this subtitle.

(4) A lender who utilizes the provisions of § 12-404.1 of this subtitle, relating to federal second mortgage purchase programs, is not entitled to the origination fee provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection in addition to the fees, discounts, points, or charges allowed under § 12-404.1(2) of this subtitle. All other second mortgage programs in this State are limited to the charges and fees provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(b) A lender may collect the fees paid to a public official or governmental agency for recording or satisfying the instrument securing the loan.

(c) (1) A lender may collect from the borrower a delinquent or late charge of the greater of $2 or 5 percent of the amount of any delinquent or late periodic installment, if:

(i) The delinquency has continued for at least 10 days; and

(ii) A delinquent or late charge has not already been charged for the same delinquency.

(2) The lender shall deduct the charge from the next payment made by the borrower.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-1604 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 16 / Section 12-1604
§12–1604.
Status: reserved

(a) This section applies only to the 46th alcoholic beverages district, which at all times is coterminous with the 46th legislative district in the Legislative Districting Plan of 2022.

(b) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), (i), and (j) of this section, the Board may not issue a new license in the 46th alcoholic beverages district.

(c) (1) The Board may issue:

(i) a 1–day license; and

(ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, and subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license for use by a restaurant if the average daily receipts from the sale of food are at least 51% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant.

(2) The Board may issue a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license:

(i) for a restaurant in ward 26, precinct 8, ward 4, precinct 1, or ward 3, precinct 3 that has:

1. seating for more than 150 individuals;

2. a minimum capital investment of $700,000; and

3. subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 65% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant;

(ii) for a restaurant in ward 4, precinct 1, or ward 22, precinct 1, if the restaurant has:

1. seating for more than 75 individuals;

2. a minimum capital investment of $700,000;

3. average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 65% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant; and

4. except as provided in paragraph (5) of this subsection, no sales for off–premises consumption;

(iii) for not more than three restaurants in a residential planned unit development for Silo Point as approved by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City in Ordinance 04–697 on June 23, 2004, if each restaurant has:

1. a minimum capital investment of $700,000;

2. seating for more than 75 individuals;

3. average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 65% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant; and

4. except as provided in paragraph (6) of this subsection, no sales for off–premises consumption;

(iv) for not more than three restaurants in a business planned unit development in ward 24, precinct 5, if each restaurant:

1. has a minimum capital investment of $700,000;

2. has seating for more than 75 individuals, but not more than 150 individuals;

3. has average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 51% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant; and

4. except as provided in paragraph (6) of this subsection, may not sell for off–premises consumption;

(v) for a restaurant in the area that is commonly known as Port Covington, bounded on the north by Interstate 95, on the east by the South Locust Point Terminal, and on the south and west by the Patapsco River, and that has:

1. seating for more than 150 individuals;

2. a minimum capital investment of $700,000; and

3. subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 60% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant;

(vi) for a restaurant in Unit G of 3700 Toone Street in ward 26, precinct 8, if the restaurant has:

1. seating for at least 75 individuals;

2. a minimum capital investment of $700,000;

3. average daily receipts for the sale of food that are at least 65% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant; and

4. executed a memorandum of understanding with Brewer’s Hill Neighbors, Inc.; and

(vii) for a restaurant in the area bounded on the north by Eastern Avenue, on the east by South Duncan Street, on the south by Fleet Street, and on the west by South Chester Street, if the restaurant has:

1. a physical duckpin bowling alley; and

2. a minimum capital investment of $500,000, excluding residential improvements.

(3) When a license is renewed, the license holder shall file with the Board a statement of average daily receipts and an affidavit of a licensed certified public accountant that verify that the license holder has met the requirement under paragraph (1)(ii) or (2)(i)3 or (v)3 of this subsection.

(4) (i) A license may not be issued under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection for use in an establishment that is a fast–food–style restaurant.

(ii) A license issued under paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection may not be transferred from the location of its first issuance.

(5) The Board may issue a Class B beer, wine, and liquor license for a restaurant in ward 21, precinct 4:

(i) in the 1400 block of Warner Street that has:

1. seating for more than 150 individuals;

2. average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 40% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant; and

3. no sales for off–premises consumption; and

(ii) in the 1300 block of Warner Street that has:

1. average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 40% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant, unless the license holder offers food truck options on the licensed premises, in which case the average daily receipts from the sale of food may be at least 20% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant; and

2. no sales for off–premises consumption.

(6) A license specified under this subsection, including a license that does not allow sales for off–premises consumption, may include an off–sale privilege for sales of refillable containers under a refillable container license issued in accordance with § 12–1102 of this title.

(7) A license issued under paragraph (2)(vii) of this subsection:

(i) is not required to have a minimum amount of seating for patrons or a minimum amount of food sales to maintain licensure; and

(ii) may not be transferred from the location of its first issuance.

(d) (1) The Board may issue a Class D beer, wine, and liquor license to an applicant who holds or has applied for a Class 9 limited distillery license.

(2) A Class D beer, wine, and liquor license issued under this subsection may be transferred only to a holder of a Class 9 limited distillery license.

(3) Notwithstanding any restrictions or requirements in this title, a holder of a Class 9 limited distillery license who also holds a Class D (6–day) beer, wine, and liquor license and is located on the 4200 block of East Pratt Street may apply to the Board to convert the existing Class D (6–day) beer, wine, and liquor license into a Class D (7–day) beer, wine, and liquor license.

(e) The Board may issue:

(1) a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in the 200 block of Holliday Street in ward 3, precinct 3;

(2) a Class C beer, wine, and liquor license in the 200 block of South Central Avenue in ward 3, precinct 3; and

(3) subject to subsection (f) of this section, a Class D beer license for the area in ward 24, precinct 5 that is bounded by East Fort Avenue on the north, the CSX access way on the east, East McComas Street on the south, and Whetstone Way on the west.

(f) A Class D beer license may be transferred into the area specified under subsection (e)(3) of this section if originally issued for another area.

(g) (1) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(1) and (2) of this section, the Board may not issue a Class B beer, wine, and liquor restaurant license in:

(i) the area covered by the Key Highway East Industrial Area Urban Renewal Plan, as adopted by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City in Ordinance 986 on June 29, 1987;

(ii) the area covered by the Key Highway Urban Renewal Plan, as adopted by the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City in Ordinance 622 on March 12, 1986;

(iii) 1. except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, ward 1, precinct 4 or 5;

2. ward 23, precinct 1; and

3. ward 24, precinct 5; and

(iv) the area known as Pen Lucy, ward 9, precincts 1 and 2.

(2) (i) The Board may issue one Class B beer, wine, and liquor license for a restaurant in ward 1, precinct 4, in the 2700 block of Boston Street that has:

1. seating for more than 75 individuals;

2. average daily receipts from the sale of food that are at least 51% of the total daily receipts of the restaurant;

3. a minimum capital investment of at least $700,000 for restaurant facilities; and

4. executed a memorandum of understanding with the Canton Community Association.

(ii) The license described in this paragraph may not:

1. except for delivery to a vessel docked at an adjacent marina, be used for off–premises sales; or

2. be transferred from the location of its original issuance.

(h) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, the Board may not issue a license for:

(i) ward 1, precincts 4 and 5;

(ii) ward 23, precinct 1; or

(iii) ward 24, precinct 5.

(2) (i) The Board may issue not more than a combined total of five Class B beer, wine, and liquor licenses for use by establishments on the north side of the 900 block of East Fort Avenue and on the west side of the 1400 block of Lawrence Street.

(ii) A license issued for an establishment in these areas may not be transferred to another establishment.

(3) The Board may issue not more than one Class B–HM (hotel–motel) beer, wine, and liquor license to a hotel in the 1200 block of East Fort Avenue.

(i) The Board may issue a Class D beer and light wine license for an establishment in ward 26, precinct 8 on the west side of the 1200 block of South Haven Street that has executed a memorandum of understanding with Brewer’s Hill Neighbors, Inc.

(j) (1) In the area bounded on the north by Interstate 95, on the east by the South Locust Point Terminal, and on the south and west by the Patapsco River, the Board may issue not more than:

(i) a total of 10 new Class B–D–7 licenses; and

(ii) a total of 2 new Class A–7 licenses.

(2) Any license issued under this subsection may not be transferred outside the bounded area as defined under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(3) The Board may not authorize the transfer of a license into the bounded area as defined under paragraph (1) of this subsection.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 12-306 — MD Code / Article gcj / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-306
§12–306.
Status: in_force

The purpose of §§ 12–307 and 12–308 of this subtitle is to allocate appellate jurisdiction between the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Appellate Court of Maryland. Except as expressly provided in those sections, nothing in them creates or abrogates a right to appeal or otherwise invoke appellate jurisdiction granted by the laws of the State.
Md. Code, Local Government § 12-903 — MD Code / Article glg / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-903
§12–903.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies to all counties, except Baltimore City.

(b) The governing body of a county may adopt rules and regulations to establish and provide for payment of bounties for the killing of:

(1) crows;

(2) foxes;

(3) hawks;

(4) minks;

(5) owls;

(6) wildcats; and

(7) other similar destructive and harmful wild animals or birds.

(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person who violates a regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.

(2) In Calvert County, a person who violates a regulation adopted under this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.
Md. Code, Economic Development § 12-709 — MD Code / Article gec / Title 12 / Subtitle 7 / Section 12-709
§12–709.
Status: in_force

§12–709. IN EFFECT

// EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2029 PER CHAPTERS 215 AND 216 OF 2025 //

(a) The Authority shall:

(1) support the development and approval of a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plan in the target area and the buffer zone to benefit:

(i) the residents;

(ii) housing;

(iii) neighborhoods;

(iv) economic development; and

(v) transportation, including motor vehicles and pedestrians; and

(2) work in coordination with the residents of the target area and the buffer zone to develop a comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plan.

(b) The Authority may, by a majority vote of all members of the Authority, modify the boundaries of the target area and the buffer zone.

(c) On or before December 15, 2023, the Authority shall report its comprehensive neighborhood revitalization strategy, including any procurement activities undertaken by the Authority, to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Health and Government Operations Committee, and the House Appropriations Committee.
Md. Code, Corporations and Associations § 12-608 — MD Code / Article gca / Title 12 / Subtitle 6 / Section 12-608
§12–608.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall prepare certificates of merger or consolidation that specify:

(1) The name of each party to the articles of merger or consolidation;

(2) The name of the successor and the location of its principal office in the State or, if it has none, its principal place of business; and

(3) The time the articles of merger or consolidation are accepted for record by the Department.

(b) In addition to any other provision of law with respect to recording, the Department shall send one certificate each to the clerk of the circuit court for each county where the articles show that a merging or consolidating statutory trust, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company other than the successor owns an interest in land.

(c) On receipt of a certificate, a clerk promptly shall record it with the land records.
Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-1103 — MD Code / Article gps / Title 12 / Subtitle 11 / Section 12-1103
§12–1103.
Status: in_force

A carbon monoxide alarm may be combined with a smoke alarm if the combined device complies with:

(1) this subtitle;

(2) Title 9 of this article; and

(3) American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/Underwriters Laboratories (UL) standards 217 and 2034 or ANSI/UL 268 and 2075.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-1507 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 15 / Section 12-1507
§12–1507.
Status: in_force

The Commissioner may adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle.
Md. Code, Economic Development § 12-902 — MD Code / Article gec / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-902
§12–902.
Status: in_force

There is a Prince George’s Gateway Development Authority in Prince George’s County.
Md. Code, Transportation § 12-409 — MD Code / Article gtr / Title 12 / Subtitle 4 / Section 12-409
§12–409.
Status: in_force

If, as to any other jurisdiction, an agreement, arrangement, or declaration is not in effect as authorized by this subtitle, any vehicle registered or licensed in that other jurisdiction and for which evidence of compliance is supplied, shall receive, while operated in this State, the same benefits, privileges, and exemptions granted by the other jurisdiction to vehicles registered in this State. Reciprocity extended under this section applies only to vehicles that are engaged exclusively in interstate operations.
Md. Code, Local Government § 12-204 — MD Code / Article glg / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-204
§12–204.
Status: in_force

The governing body of Dorchester County may include the employees of the Dorchester County liquor control board and the Dorchester County Sheriff’s department in any pension plan or group insurance program established by the governing body.
Md. Code, State Personnel and Pensions § 12-403 — MD Code / Article gsp / Title 12 / Subtitle 4 / Section 12-403
§12–403.
Status: in_force

(a) On conclusion of each step of a grievance proceeding, a copy of the grievance and its disposition shall be given to the grievant and the grievant’s representative.

(b) A copy of the grievance and disposition required to be provided under subsection (a) of this section may be transmitted electronically.
Md. Code, Education § 12-109 — MD Code / Article ged / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-109
§12–109.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Except as provided in Subtitle 3 of this title, and subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, in consultation with the Chancellor and after a thorough search, the Board of Regents shall appoint a qualified person as president of each constituent institution.

(2) The Board of Regents shall approve the membership of any search committee convened to recommend a qualified person as president of a constituent institution.

(b) The president of each constituent institution is entitled to the compensation established by the Board of Regents.

(c) The president of each constituent institution serves at the pleasure of the Board of Regents.

(d) The president of each constituent institution shall:

(1) Serve as the chief executive officer of the institution;

(2) Be responsible and accountable to the Board for the discipline and successful conduct of the institution and supervision of each of its departments; and

(3) Take every initiative in:

(i) Implementing the policies of the Board and the constituent institution; and

(ii) Promoting the institution’s development and efficiency.

(e) Subject to the authority and applicable regulations and policies of the Board of Regents, each president shall:

(1) Develop a plan of institutional mission in accordance with Title 11, Subtitle 3 of this article;

(2) Have the authority to develop new academic programs and curtail or eliminate existing programs in accordance with the procedures set forth in §§ 11–206 and 11–206.1 of this article;

(3) Formulate operating and capital budget requests designed to further the mission of the institution;

(4) Appoint, promote, fix salaries, grant tenure, assign duties, and terminate personnel;

(5) Subject to the provisions of subsection (g) of this section, have authority to create any position within existing funds available to the University, to the extent the cost of the position, including the cost of any fringe benefits, is funded from existing funds;

(6) Establish admissions standards;

(7) Subject to subsection (h) of this section, set tuition and fees;

(8) Administer financial aid;

(9) Enter into contracts and cooperative agreements;

(10) Have the authority to accept gifts and grants and maintain and manage endowment income;

(11) Have the authority to recommend change in the name or status of the institution;

(12) Regulate and administer athletic and student activities;

(13) In compliance with State, federal, and Board mandates and policies, oversee affirmative action and equal employment opportunities;

(14) Establish organizations for the administration of campus alumni affairs;

(15) Be responsible for all academic matters;

(16) Have the authority to establish and appoint an institutional board to:

(i) Provide advice to the president;

(ii) Assist in community relations;

(iii) Assist in institutional development; or

(iv) Provide any other assistance requested by the president;

(17) Establish traffic regulations for the campus;

(18) Designate one or more representatives to participate as a party in collective bargaining on behalf of the institution in accordance with Title 3 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article; and

(19) Perform any other duties assigned by the Board.

(f) (1) The institutional boards established under subsection (e)(16) of this section shall be known as boards of visitors. Each board shall submit a report by October 1 of each year to:

(i) The Governor;

(ii) The Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University System of Maryland;

(iii) The Secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission; and

(iv) The presiding officers of the Maryland General Assembly.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, each report submitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include the comments of the appropriate board on the institution’s progress toward meeting its goals consistent with its mission.

(3) The report of the University of Maryland, College Park Campus Board of Visitors shall include:

(i) The Board of Visitors’ evaluation of the status of the effort by the University System of Maryland and the State in meeting the requirements of the Maryland Charter for Higher Education set forth in § 10–209 of this article which require the University System of Maryland to:

1. Provide the College Park Campus with the level of operating funding and facilities necessary to place it among the upper echelon of its peer institutions;

2. Maintain and enhance the College Park Campus as the State’s flagship campus with programs and faculty nationally and internationally recognized for excellence in research and the advancement of knowledge;

3. Admit as freshmen to the College Park Campus highly qualified students who have academic profiles that suggest exceptional ability; and

4. Provide access to the upper division undergraduate level of the College Park Campus for students who have excelled in completing lower division study;

(ii) A status report on the effort of the College Park Campus to achieve national eminence;

(iii) A status report on success in attaining federal research grants, private gifts, and other sources of nonstate revenue; and

(iv) Other matters in support of institutional priorities as determined by the Board of Visitors.

(4) The institutional boards of visitors are encouraged to meet periodically with the Chancellor and Board of Regents to develop close working relationships.

(g) Subsection (e)(5) of this section may not be construed to require any additional State General Fund support.

(h) (1) (i) When setting mandatory and nonmandatory student fees, the president of each constituent institution shall ensure that the proposed fees are presented to the student fee committee of record for review.

(ii) The information provided to the committee shall include:

1. The amount of the fee;

2. The students who will be charged the fee; and

3. The proposed use of the revenues generated from the fee.

(2) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the revenues derived from mandatory and nonmandatory fees, as recommended by the student fee committee of record that reviewed the fee, shall be spent by the campus unit or department that requested the fee in a manner consistent with the intended purpose for which the fee exists.

(ii) If the student fee committee of record that reviewed the fee reviews an exception to the use of the fee, the revenues derived from the fee may be spent by the campus unit or department that imposed the fee in a manner beyond the intended purpose for which the fee exists.
Md. Code, Real Property § 12-201 — MD Code / Article grp / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-201
§12–201.
Status: in_force

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated unless otherwise apparent from context.

(b) “Appraisal” means a written statement independently and impartially prepared by a qualified appraiser setting forth an opinion of defined value of an adequately described property as of a specific date, supported by the presentation and analysis of relevant market information.

(c) “Business” means any lawful activity, except a farm operation, conducted primarily:

(1) For the purchase, sale, lease, and rental of personal property and of real property, and for the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities, or any other personal property;

(2) For the sale of services to the public; or

(3) By a nonprofit organization.

(d) “Comparable replacement dwelling” means any dwelling that is:

(1) Decent, safe, and sanitary;

(2) Adequate in size to accommodate the occupants;

(3) Within the financial means of the displaced person;

(4) Functionally equivalent;

(5) In an area not subject to unreasonable adverse environmental conditions;

(6) In a location generally not less desirable than the location of the displaced person’s dwelling with respect to public utilities, facilities, services, and the displaced person’s place of employment; and

(7) Currently available on the private market.

(e) (1) “Displaced person” means:

(i) Any person who moves from real property, or moves his personal property from real property:

1. As a direct result of a written notice of intent to acquire or the acquisition of such real property in whole or in part by a displacing agency; or

2. On which that person is a residential tenant or conducts a small business, a farm operation, or a nonprofit organization, in any case in which the head of the displacing agency determines that displacement is permanent, as a direct result of rehabilitation, demolition, or other displacing activity as the lead agency may prescribe, undertaken by a displacing agency; and

(ii) Solely for the purposes of §§ 12–205(a) and (b) and 12–206 of this subtitle, any person who moves from real property, or moves his personal property from real property:

1. As a direct result of a written notice of intent to acquire or the acquisition of other real property, in whole or in part, on which such person conducts a business or farm operation, by a displacing agency; or

2. As a direct result of rehabilitation, demolition, or other displacing activity as the lead agency may prescribe, of other real property on which such person conducts a business or a farm operation in any case in which the head of the displacing agency determines that displacement is permanent, by a displacing agency.

(2) “Displaced person” does not include:

(i) Except to the extent that this exclusion conflicts with federal financial participation requirements, any person who, on the open market, without threat of condemnation, sells his real property to a displacing agency;

(ii) Unlawful occupants, or anyone occupying such dwelling for the purpose of obtaining assistance under this subtitle; or

(iii) A person who leases from the displacing agency after the displacing agency takes title to the real property, or any person other than a person who was an occupant of such property at the time it was acquired who occupies the property on a rental basis for a short term or period subject to termination when the property is needed for the program or project.

(f) “Displacing agency” means any public or private agency or person carrying out:

(1) A program or project with federal financial assistance;

(2) A public works program or project with State financial assistance; or

(3) Acquisition by eminent domain or by negotiation.

(g) “Farm operation” means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber for sale or home use, and customarily producing these products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator’s support.

(h) “Federal financial assistance” means a grant, loan, or contribution provided by the United States to the State or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or any person, except any federal guarantee or insurance, or any interest reduction payment to an individual in connection with the purchase and occupancy of a residence by that individual, or any federal income tax credit or incentive, or any other tax advantage or interest rate advantage in connection with the issuance of bonds, the income on which is exempt from federal income tax.

(i) “Lead agency” means the United States Department of Transportation.

(j) “Mortgage” means the class of liens commonly given to secure advances on, or the unpaid purchase price of real property together with any credit instrument secured by the real property.

(k) “Person” means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, or any partnership, firm, or association, public or private corporation, a nonprofit organization, or any other entity not defined as a public agency.

(l) “Private agency” means any public or private utility company, railroad, person, or other organization having the right to acquire real property for a public purpose with federal financial assistance or through the use of eminent domain or by negotiation.

(m) “Public agency” means the State, a political subdivision, or any of their agencies, boards, or commissions having the right to acquire real property for public purposes with federal financial assistance or through the use of eminent domain or by negotiation. The term does not include a public agency if acquiring real property for Program Open Space or any political subdivision, other than Baltimore City, Baltimore, Anne Arundel, and Montgomery counties, the Board of Education of Montgomery County, the Board of Trustees of Montgomery College or any board or agency of any of them, or any agency, board, or commission of the subdivision when acquiring real property for a public purpose for which relocation assistance is not required by federal law.

(n) “Uneconomic remnant” means a parcel of real property in which the owner is left with an interest after the partial acquisition of the owner’s property and which the displacing agency concerned has determined has little or no value or utility to the owner.
Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-407 — MD Code / Article gho / Title 12 / Subtitle 4 / Section 12-407
§12–407.
Status: in_force

(a) A pharmacy permit expires on the May 31 after its effective date, unless the pharmacy permit is renewed for a 2–year term as provided in this section.

(b) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, on or before March 1 of the year the permit expires, the Board shall send to each pharmacy permit holder a renewal notice for each pharmacy permit by electronic means to the last known e–mail address of the pharmacy permit holder.

(2) If requested by a pharmacy permit holder, the Board shall send to the pharmacy permit holder a renewal notice for each pharmacy permit by first–class mail to the last known address of the pharmacy permit holder.

(3) If a renewal notice sent by electronic means under paragraph (1) of this subsection is returned to the Board as undeliverable, the Board shall send to the pharmacy permit holder a renewal notice for each pharmacy permit by first–class mail to the last known address of the pharmacy permit holder.

(4) A renewal notice sent under this subsection shall state:

(i) The date on which the current pharmacy permit expires;

(ii) The date by which the renewal application must be received by the Board for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the pharmacy permit expires; and

(iii) The amount of the renewal fee.

(c) Before the pharmacy permit expires, the pharmacy permit holder periodically may renew it for an additional 2–year term, if the pharmacy permit holder:

(1) Otherwise is entitled to the pharmacy permit;

(2) Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board; and

(3) Submits a renewal application to the Board on the form that the Board provides.

(d) The Board shall renew the pharmacy permit of each pharmacy permit holder who meets the requirements of this section.

(e) If application for renewal is not made on or before May 1, the pharmacy permit shall expire on the last day of its term and the Board may not reinstate the pharmacy permit unless the applicant:

(1) Provides reason, sufficient to the Board, for the failure to file within the time required; and

(2) Pays, in addition to the renewal fee, a late fee set by the Board.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-2302 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 23 / Section 12-2302
§12–2302.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) On the death of a married license holder or a license holder that holds a license for the benefit of a partnership or corporation, on application to the Board, a new license shall be issued to:

(i) the surviving spouse;

(ii) the surviving partners for the benefit of the partnership; or

(iii) the senior surviving officer of the corporation for the benefit of the corporation.

(2) The new license shall be issued:

(i) for the balance of the license year; and

(ii) without further proceedings.

(b) A renewal license may be issued to the following if they are qualified to hold the license:

(1) the surviving spouse;

(2) the surviving partners of a partnership; or

(3) the senior surviving officer of a corporation for the benefit of the corporation.
Md. Code, Financial Institutions § 12-121 — MD Code / Article gfi / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-121
§12–121.
Status: in_force

Subject to the hearing provisions of § 12–123 of this subtitle, the Commissioner may order a licensee or registrant to cease and desist from a course of conduct if the course of conduct results in an evasion or violation of this subtitle or a regulation adopted under this subtitle.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-109 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-109
§12–109.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Escrow account” means an expense or escrow account which tends to protect the security of a loan by the accumulation of funds for the payment of taxes, insurance premiums, water and sewer facilities assessments, or other expenses.

(3) “Lending institution” means a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association doing business in Maryland.

(4) (i) “Water and sewer facilities assessment” means a fee or charge that is:

1. Assessed on an owner of residential real property that is served by public water or wastewater facilities for which deferred water or sewer charges have been established by a recorded covenant or declaration to cover or defray the cost of installing or maintaining during construction all or part of the public water or wastewater facilities constructed by the developer; and

2. Paid to the lienholder of the lien recorded on the residential real property for public water and wastewater facilities.

(ii) “Water and sewer facilities assessment” includes a front foot benefit fee or charge.

(b) (1) A lending institution which lends money secured by a first mortgage or first deed of trust on any interest in residential real property and creates or is the assignee of an escrow account in connection with that loan shall pay interest to the borrower on the funds in the escrow account at an annual rate not less than the weekly average yield on United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of 1 year, as published by the Federal Reserve in “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) – H.15”, as of the first business day of the calendar year.

(2) Interest on these funds shall be:

(i) Adjusted, if applicable, as of the first day of each calendar year to reflect the rate to be paid during that year, as determined under paragraph (1) of this subsection;

(ii) Computed on the average monthly balance in the escrow account; and

(iii) Paid annually to the borrower by crediting the escrow account with the amount of interest due.

(3) The lending institution shall annually provide the borrower with a statement of the escrow balance.

(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to a lending institution which provides for the payment of taxes, insurance, water and sewer facilities assessments, or other expenses under the direct reduction method by which these expenses, when paid by the lender, are added to the outstanding principal balance of the loan.

(d) This section does not apply if the loan is purchased by an out–of–state lender through the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Government National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and the out–of–state lender as a condition of purchase elects to service the loan. However, this section shall apply if the out–of–state lender sells the loan to a Maryland lender or places the loan with a Maryland lender for servicing.

(e) On request of a borrower, a lending institution that lends money secured by a first mortgage or first deed of trust on any interest in residential real property may, at the option of the lending institution, create an escrow account in connection with that loan solely for the payment of water and sewer facilities assessments.
Md. Code, Real Property § 12-211 — MD Code / Article grp / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-211
§12–211.
Status: in_force

Except for any federal or State law providing low income housing assistance, a payment received under this subtitle may not be considered as income for the purposes of Title 10 of the Tax - General Article or for the purposes of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any other State law.
Md. Code, Local Government § 12-532 — MD Code / Article glg / Title 12 / Subtitle 5 / Section 12-532
§12–532.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, Cecil County shall obtain the following by competitively bid contract awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder:

(1) the building or repair of a road; and

(2) the purchase or lease of road or construction equipment or machinery.

(b) (1) The governing body of Cecil County shall advertise for bids on a contract under subsection (a) of this section in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county.

(2) The advertisement shall:

(i) appear at least once;

(ii) appear at least 1 week, but not more than 30 days, before the final date for submitting bids;

(iii) if the contract relates to building or repairing a road, set forth the place where the road is to be built or repaired;

(iv) include a description of the goods or services required under the contract;

(v) state that sealed bids for goods or services will be received until the date designated in the advertisement; and

(vi) designate a date for the opening of the bids.

(c) (1) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to an expenditure that:

(i) is $10,000 or less; or

(ii) the governing body of Cecil County by a recorded majority vote taken at a public meeting declares to be an emergency expenditure.

(2) For an expenditure under this subsection, the governing body may determine:

(i) the manner of providing for the expenditure; and

(ii) if the building or repair is by contract, the manner in which the contract is awarded.

(d) (1) A contract entered into in violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section is void, unless:

(i) a court determines in a judicial action that all parties acted in good faith; and

(ii) the parties have substantially complied with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

(2) If a contract is void under this subsection, the governing body of Cecil County shall compensate the contractor for costs actually incurred if the contractor:

(i) acted in good faith;

(ii) did not directly contribute to the violation; and

(iii) did not know of the violation.

(e) A person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 12-601 — MD Code / Article ghs / Title 12 / Subtitle 6 / Section 12-601
§12–601.
Status: in_force

(a) An authority may develop and administer projects to make safe and sanitary housing available for military personnel.

(b) (1) An authority has all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities under this subtitle that it has under any law relating to the ownership, development, or administration of housing projects for persons of eligible income.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a project is not subject to the limitations under §§ 12-401 and 12-402 of this title, or any other limitation on the amount of rentals or the eligibility of tenants, if an authority, or another authority cooperating with it, administers the project under this subtitle:

(i) with financial aid from the federal government; or

(ii) as agent for the federal government.

(3) An authority may pay the amount that it finds necessary or desirable for any services, facilities, works, privileges, or improvements furnished for or in connection with housing for military personnel.
Md. Code, State Government § 12-203 — MD Code / Article gsg / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-203
§12–203.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Title 5 of the Education Article, to carry out this subtitle, the Governor shall include in the budget bill money that is adequate to satisfy a final judgment that, after the exhaustion of the rights of appeal, is rendered against the State or any of its officers or units.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-1109 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 11 / Section 12-1109
§12–1109.
Status: in_force

(a) An advertisement for a rental-purchase agreement that refers to or states the dollar amount of any payment and the right to acquire ownership for any 1 specific item shall clearly and conspicuously state, as applicable:

(1) That the transaction advertised is a rental-purchase agreement;

(2) The total cost and the number of payments necessary to acquire ownership; and

(3) That the consumer acquires no ownership right if the total amount necessary to acquire ownership is not paid.

(b) Any owner, employee, or agent of any medium in which an advertisement appears or through which it is disseminated may not be liable for violations under this section.

(c) The requirements under subsection (a) of this section do not apply to an advertisement that:

(1) Does not refer to or state the amount of any payment; or

(2) Is published in the yellow pages of a telephone directory or in any similar directory of business.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-125 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-125
§12–125.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Borrower” means a person who makes an application for a loan secured by a first mortgage or first deed of trust on a 1– to 4–family home to be occupied by the borrower as the borrower’s primary residence.

(3) “Commitment” means a written, specific, binding agreement between a borrower and a lender which sets forth the terms of a loan being extended to the borrower.

(4) “Financing agreement” means a written agreement between a borrower and a lender which sets forth the terms of a purchase money loan or a refinancing of an existing loan that:

(i) Results in or is secured by a first mortgage or a first deed of trust on a 1– to 4–family home to be occupied by the borrower; and

(ii) Is offered or extended to the borrower.

(5) (i) “Lender” means a person subject to the licensing requirements of Title 11, Subtitle 5 of the Financial Institutions Article.

(ii) “Lender” does not include a person exempt from licensure under § 11–502 of the Financial Institutions Article.

(6) (i) “Loan application” means any oral or written request for an extension of credit that is made in accordance with procedures established by a lender for the purpose of inducing the lender to seek to procure or make a mortgage loan.

(ii) “Loan application” does not include the use of an account or line of credit to obtain a loan within a previously established credit limit.

(b) (1) A lender who offers to make or procure a loan secured by a first mortgage or first deed of trust on a 1– to 4–family home to be occupied by the borrower shall provide the borrower with a financing agreement executed by the lender within 10 business days after the date the loan application is completed.

(2) The financing agreement shall provide:

(i) The term and principal amount of the loan;

(ii) An explanation of the type of mortgage loan being offered;

(iii) The rate of interest that will apply to the loan and, if the rate is subject to change or is a variable rate or is subject to final determination at a future date based on some objective standard, a specific statement of those facts;

(iv) The points, if any, to be paid by the borrower or the seller, or both; and

(v) The term during which the financing agreement remains in effect.

(3) If all the provisions of the financing agreement are not subject to future determination, change, or alteration during its term, the financing agreement shall constitute the final binding agreement between the parties as to the items covered by the financing agreement.

(4) A disclosure provided by a lender to a borrower in compliance with 12 C.F.R. § 1026.37 shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection.

(c) (1) If any of the provisions of the financing agreement are subject to change or determination after its execution, the lender shall provide the borrower with a commitment, executed by the lender, at least 72 hours before the time of settlement agreed to by the parties, providing:

(i) The effective fixed interest rate or initial interest rate that will be applied to the loan; and

(ii) A restatement of all the remaining unchanged provisions of the financing agreement.

(2) Subsequent to execution of the financing agreement, the borrower may waive in writing the 72–hour advance presentation requirement and accept the commitment at settlement only if compliance with the 72–hour requirement is shown by the lender to be infeasible.

(3) A disclosure provided by a lender to a borrower in compliance with 12 C.F.R. § 1026.38 shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection.

(d) If a lender fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the lender shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 11–523 of the Financial Institutions Article.

(e) A borrower aggrieved by any violation of this section shall be entitled to bring a civil suit for damages, including reasonable attorney’s fees, against the lender.

(f) This section may not be construed to exempt a lender from the provisions of §§ 12–119 through 12–122 of this subtitle.
Md. Code, State Government § 12-202 — MD Code / Article gsg / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-202
§12–202.
Status: in_force

A claim under this subtitle is barred unless the claimant files suit within 1 year after the later of:

(1) the date on which the claim arose; or

(2) the completion of the contract that gives rise to the claim.
Md. Code, Environment § 12-302 — MD Code / Article gen / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-302
§12–302.
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary shall adopt rules and regulations for the qualifications of applicants.

(b) To qualify for certification, the applicant shall meet the education and experience requirements that the Secretary sets by rule or regulation under this section.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in this title or the rules and regulations adopted under this title, the applicant shall pass an examination given by the Board under this subtitle.
Md. Code, Local Government § 12-806 — MD Code / Article glg / Title 12 / Subtitle 8 / Section 12-806
§12–806.
Status: in_force

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Alarm system contractor” means a person who installs, maintains, monitors, alters, or services an alarm system.

(3) (i) “Alarm user” means a person in control of an alarm system in, on, or around any building, structure, facility, or site.

(ii) “Alarm user” includes the owner or lessee of an alarm system.

(4) (i) “False alarm” means any request for immediate assistance by a law enforcement agency or fire department or, in Washington County, an emergency services agency, regardless of cause, that is not in response to an actual emergency situation or threatened or suggested criminal activity.

(ii) “False alarm” includes:

1. a negligently or accidentally activated signal;

2. a signal that is the result of faulty, malfunctioning, or improperly installed or maintained equipment;

3. a signal that is purposely activated to summon a law enforcement agency or fire department or, in Washington County, an emergency services agency, in a nonemergency situation;

4. the second and any later signal from an alarm system that is activated two or more times in a 12–hour period when the premises are unoccupied if access to the building is provided to an alarm system contractor and an alarm system contractor responds; and

5. the third or any later signal from an alarm system that is activated two or more times in a 12–hour period when the premises are unoccupied if access to the building is not provided to an alarm system contractor and an alarm system contractor does not respond.

(iii) “False alarm” does not include:

1. a signal activated by unusually severe weather conditions or other causes beyond the control of the alarm user or alarm system contractor; or

2. a signal activated during the initial 60–day period following new installation.

(b) This section applies only to Calvert County, Frederick County, and Washington County.

(c) (1) The governing body of a county may adopt regulations to:

(i) register alarm system contractors operating in the county;

(ii) register alarm users in the county;

(iii) provide penalties for failure to register as an alarm system contractor or alarm user;

(iv) provide civil citations and penalties for false alarms, notwithstanding Title 9, Subtitle 6, Part II of the Criminal Law Article;

(v) provide exemptions from the issuance of civil citations and penalties for false alarms;

(vi) authorize the designated county enforcement agency to maintain a record of the alarm system contractor, monitoring service, and manufacturer of each security system in operation in the county; and

(vii) authorize the designated county enforcement agency, if it finds a pattern of false alarms attributed to a particular manufacturer’s model or to installation by a particular alarm system contractor, to inform:

1. the manufacturer of the model or the alarm system contractor that installed the alarm system; and

2. the appropriate State or national licensing agency or the certification standards entity.

(2) The County Commissioners of Washington County may adopt regulations to establish fees for registering an alarm system contractor or alarm user.
Md. Code, Criminal Law § 12-105 — MD Code / Article gcr / Title 12 / Subtitle 1 / Section 12-105
§12–105.
Status: in_force

(a) This section:

(1) applies notwithstanding the issuance of a license or permit through or by a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State; and

(2) does not authorize an act that is otherwise prohibited by law.

(b) A person may not bet, wager, or gamble or keep, conduct, maintain, or operate a gaming device on:

(1) a vessel or a part of a vessel on water within the State, except as provided in § 6-209 of the Transportation Article; or

(2) all or a part of a building or other structure that is built on or over water within the State, if the building or other structure cannot be entered from the shore of the State by a person on foot.

(c) To conduct, maintain, or operate a gaming device, a person may not establish, keep, rent, use, or occupy, or knowingly allow to be established, kept, rented, used, or occupied:

(1) a vessel on water within the State; or

(2) a building or other structure that is built on or over water within the State, if the building or other structure cannot be entered from the shore of the State by a person on foot.

(d) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine of not less than $200 and not exceeding $1,000 or both for each violation.
Md. Code, Economic Development § 12-1106 — MD Code / Article gec / Title 12 / Subtitle 11 / Section 12-1106
§12–1106.
Status: in_force

§12–1106. IN EFFECT

// EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2029 PER CHAPTERS 527 AND 528 OF 2024 //

(a) The Authority shall support the development and construction of regional recreation facilities to benefit residents and the economic development of Allegany County, including:

(1) athletic fields;

(2) indoor athletic facilities; and

(3) other facilities designed to create recreational tourism.

(b) On or before October 31, 2025, and each October 31 thereafter, the Authority shall report its activities to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, to the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, the House Appropriations Committee, and the House Ways and Means Committee.
Md. Code, Corporations and Associations § 12-207 — MD Code / Article gca / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-207
§12–207.
Status: reserved

(a) A governing instrument may:

(1) Provide that a person shall become a beneficial owner and shall become bound by the governing instrument if the person, or a representative authorized by the person orally, in writing, or by other action such as payment for a beneficial interest, complies with the conditions for becoming a beneficial owner set forth in the governing instrument or any other writing and acquires a beneficial interest;

(2) Consist of one or more agreements, instruments, or other writings and may include or incorporate bylaws containing provisions relating to the business of the statutory trust, the conduct of its affairs, and its rights or powers or the rights or powers of its trustees, beneficial owners, agents, or employees; and

(3) Contain any provision that is not inconsistent with law or with the information contained in the certificate of trust.

(b) A governing instrument may contain any provision relating to the management of the business and affairs of the statutory trust, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the trustees, beneficial owners, and other persons, which is not contrary to any provision or requirement of this title and, without limitation:

(1) May provide for classes, groups, or series of trustees, beneficial owners, or beneficial interests, having the preferences, rights, powers, and duties as the governing instrument may provide, and may provide for the future creation of additional classes, groups, or series of trustees, beneficial owners, or beneficial interests, having the preferences, rights, powers, and duties as may from time to time be established, including preferences, rights, powers, and duties senior or subordinate to, or on parity with, existing or future classes, groups, or series of trustees, beneficial owners, or beneficial interests;

(2) May establish or provide for the establishment of designated classes, groups, or series of trustees, beneficial owners, or beneficial interests having the preferences, rights, powers, and duties as the governing instrument may provide with respect to specified property or obligations of the statutory trust or profits and losses associated with specified property or obligations and, to the extent provided in the governing instrument, any classes, groups, or series of trustees, beneficial owners, or beneficial interests may have a separate business purpose or investment objective;

(3) May provide for the division of beneficial interests in the statutory trust into a fixed or unlimited number of shares or other units or the combination of shares or other units of beneficial interests in the statutory trust;

(4) May provide for the taking of any action, including the amendment of the governing instrument, the accomplishment of a merger or consolidation, the appointment of one or more trustees, the sale, lease, exchange, transfer, pledge, or other disposition of all or any part of the assets of the statutory trust or the assets of any series, the dissolution of the statutory trust, or the creation, under the provisions of the governing instrument, of a class, group, or series of beneficial interests that was not previously outstanding, in any such case without the vote or approval of any particular trustee or beneficial owner, or class, group, or series of trustees or beneficial owners;

(5) May grant to, or withhold from, all or certain trustees or beneficial owners, or a specified class, group, or series of trustees or beneficial owners, the right to vote, separately or with any or all other classes, groups, or series of trustees or beneficial owners, on any matter, such voting being on a per capita, number, financial interest, class, group, series, or any other basis;

(6) May, if and to the extent that voting rights are granted under the governing instrument, set forth provisions relating to notice of the time, place, or purpose of any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on, waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the establishment of record dates, quorum requirements, voting in person, by proxy, or in any other manner, or any other matter with respect to the exercise of the right to vote;

(7) May provide for the present or future creation of more than one statutory trust, including the creation of a future statutory trust to which all or any part of the assets, liabilities, profits, or losses of any existing statutory trust will be transferred, and for the conversion of beneficial interests in an existing statutory trust or series, into beneficial interests in the separate statutory trust or series;

(8) May provide for the appointment, election, or engagement, either as agents or independent contractors of the statutory trust or as delegates of the trustees, officers, employees, managers, or other persons who may manage the business and affairs of the statutory trust and may have the titles and the relative rights, powers, and duties as the governing instrument shall provide;

(9) May provide rights to any person, including a person who is not a party to the governing instrument, to the extent set forth in the governing instrument;

(10) May provide for the manner in which the governing instrument may be amended, including by requiring the approval of a person who is not a party to the governing instrument or the satisfaction of conditions, and to the extent the governing instrument provides for the manner in which it may be amended, the governing instrument may be amended only in that manner or as otherwise permitted by law, provided that the approval of a person may be waived by the person and that conditions may be waived by all persons for whose benefit the conditions were intended; and

(11) May provide for action by or on behalf of the statutory trust in the event there are no trustees.

(c) (1) A statutory trust is not required to execute its governing instrument.

(2) A statutory trust is bound by its governing instrument whether or not it executes the governing instrument.

(3) A beneficial owner or a trustee is bound by the governing instrument whether or not the beneficial owner or trustee executes the governing instrument.
Md. Code, Public Safety § 12-1206 — MD Code / Article gps / Title 12 / Subtitle 12 / Section 12-1206
§12–1206.
Status: in_force

(a) The Department shall maintain a central automated database in accordance with this section.

(b) (1) At a minimum, the Department shall include in the database:

(i) the Standards;

(ii) local amendments to the Standards;

(iii) the Electrical Code required under Subtitle 6 of this title;

(iv) local amendments to the Electrical Code; and

(v) information compiled by the Department under paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(2) The Department may compile and include in the database:

(i) any information provided by a local jurisdiction on the implementation and interpretation of the Standards by the local jurisdiction; and

(ii) interim amendments to the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code including subsequent printings of the most recent edition.

(c) The Department shall:

(1) make information from the database available to a local jurisdiction, State unit, or other interested party;

(2) provide each local jurisdiction with the necessary hardware or software to enable the local jurisdiction to access the information in the database; and

(3) coordinate with local swimming pool and spa officials, the State Fire Marshal, and local fire officials in compiling information for the database.

(d) (1) (i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the Department may charge a fee for information provided from the database.

(ii) The Department may not charge a fee to a State unit or local jurisdiction.

(2) The Department may not charge a fee to a local jurisdiction for the ongoing maintenance of the database.

(3) Fees collected in accordance with this subsection unexpended at the end of the fiscal year do not revert to the General Fund of the State, but shall be kept in a special fund available to the Department to carry out this subtitle.
Md. Code, Public Utilities § 12-317 — MD Code / Article gpu / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-317
§12–317.
Status: in_force

(a) In accordance with its charter or a public general law or public local law, a county or municipal corporation may issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness to carry out this subtitle.

(b) To pay the principal and interest on bonds or other evidence of indebtedness or an advance from its general fund, a county or municipal corporation may levy property taxes on the assessed value of all real property and classes of assessable personal property within the conversion district.
Md. Code, Housing and Community Development § 12-704 — MD Code / Article ghs / Title 12 / Subtitle 7 / Section 12-704
§12–704.
Status: in_force

(a) In connection with issuing bonds or incurring obligations under leases, and to secure payment of the bonds or obligations, an authority, in addition to its other powers, may:

(1) pledge any or all of the gross or net rents, fees, or revenues that are or will become due to it;

(2) mortgage any or all of the real or personal property that it owns or will own;

(3) covenant against:

(i) pledging any or all of its rents, fees, or other revenue;

(ii) mortgaging any or all of the real or personal property that it owns or will own; or

(iii) suffering any lien on anything listed under item (i) or (ii) of this item;

(4) covenant about limits on its right to sell, lease, or dispose of all or part of a housing project;

(5) covenant as to what other debts or obligations it may incur;

(6) covenant as to:

(i) the bonds to be issued;

(ii) their issuance, in escrow or otherwise; and

(iii) the use and disposition of their proceeds;

(7) provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds;

(8) covenant against extending the time for the payment of its bonds or interest on them;

(9) redeem the bonds, covenant for their redemption, and provide the terms and conditions for their redemption;

(10) covenant, subject to the limitations in this Division II, as to:

(i) the rents and fees to be charged in the operation of a housing project or projects;

(ii) the amount to be raised each year or other period by rents, fees, and other revenues; and

(iii) the use and disposition of the rents, fees, and other revenues;

(11) create or authorize the creation of special funds for money held for construction or operating costs, debt service reserves, or other purposes, and covenant as to the use and disposition of the money held in those funds;

(12) prescribe any procedure by which the terms of contracts with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the dollar amount of bonds whose holders must consent to an amendment or abrogation, and the way in which consent may be given;

(13) covenant as to the use of any or all of the authority’s real or personal property, the replacement of the property, the insurance to be carried on the property, and the use and disposition of insurance money;

(14) covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising on the breach by it of a covenant, condition, or obligation;

(15) covenant and prescribe as to the events of default and terms and conditions on which any or all of its bonds become or may be declared due before maturity, and as to the terms and conditions on which a declaration and its consequences may be waived;

(16) vest in a trustee or trustees or in the bondholders or any proportion of them the right to enforce:

(i) payment of the bonds; or

(ii) covenants securing or relating to the bonds;

(17) vest in a trustee or trustees the right, if the authority defaults, to:

(i) take in possession, use, operate, and manage all or part of a housing project;

(ii) collect the rents and revenues; and

(iii) dispose of the money in accordance with the agreement of the authority with the trustee or trustees;

(18) provide for the powers and duties of a trustee or trustees and limit the liabilities of the trustee or trustees;

(19) provide the terms and conditions on which the trustee or trustees or bondholders or any proportion of them may enforce any covenant or rights securing or relating to the bonds;

(20) make other covenants of a character like or unlike that of the covenants expressly authorized under this section; and

(21) make covenants and do acts and things that, although not listed in this section:

(i) are necessary, convenient, or desirable to secure the bonds of the authority; or

(ii) in the discretion of the authority, will tend to make the bonds more marketable.

(b) (1) A pledge made by an authority is binding from the time the pledge is made.

(2) The lien of the pledge, without any physical delivery or further act, attaches immediately to revenues or property pledged and thereafter received by an authority.

(3) The lien is binding against all persons having claims against the authority, whether or not:

(i) those persons have notice of the pledge; or

(ii) the determination or other instrument has been recorded or filed.
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 12-402 — MD Code / Article gcl / Title 12 / Subtitle 4 / Section 12-402
§12–402.
Status: in_force

A person may not make a loan under this subtitle unless he is licensed under or exempt from the licensing requirements of the Maryland Mortgage Lender Law.
Md. Code, Criminal Law § 12-209 — MD Code / Article gcr / Title 12 / Subtitle 2 / Section 12-209
§12–209.
Status: in_force

A grant, bargain, or transfer of real estate, goods, a right of action, or personal property is void if it occurs while engaging in, or aiding or assisting in a lottery.
Md. Code, Local Government § 12-905 — MD Code / Article glg / Title 12 / Subtitle 9 / Section 12-905
§12–905.
Status: in_force

(a) This section applies only to Anne Arundel County.

(b) (1) If a person fails to obey a subpoena served by the Anne Arundel County Human Relations Commission:

(i) the Commission may apply to a circuit court in any county for an order requiring the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, electronically stored information, documents, and tangible property; and

(ii) the court may issue an order requiring the attendance and testimony of the witness and the production of the books, papers, records, electronically stored information, documents, and tangible property:

1. after notice to the person subpoenaed as a witness or directed to produce books, papers, records, electronically stored information, documents, and tangible property; and

2. on a finding that the attendance and testimony of the witness or the production of the books, papers, records, electronically stored information, documents, and tangible property is relevant or necessary for the proceedings of the Commission.

(2) An order issued by the court under this subsection shall be served on the person to whom it is directed by the sheriff or deputy sheriff.

(3) A failure to obey an order issued by the court under this subsection may be punished by the court as contempt of court.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-1807 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 18 / Section 12-1807
§12–1807.
Status: in_force

Section 12–2103 of this title applies to a holder of a license that has been renewed.
Md. Code, Public Utilities § 12-310 — MD Code / Article gpu / Title 12 / Subtitle 3 / Section 12-310
§12–310.
Status: in_force

(a) After receipt of a petition under § 12-308 of this subtitle, the legislative body of the county or municipal corporation shall order an investigation and a report on the petition.

(b) (1) The report shall include:

(i) the nature of the conversion;

(ii) the estimated cost of the conversion and the proceedings for the conversion;

(iii) funds available from other sources to pay the costs of conversion;

(iv) existing assessments;

(v) the estimated conversion costs on each parcel; and

(vi) the maturity date and probable interest rate of any bonds to be issued.

(2) Engineering details and cost estimates included in the report may not be in any greater detail than necessary for the formulation of a judgment on the feasibility and expense of the proposed conversion.

(c) The report shall be available to the public:

(1) when the notice required under § 12-309 of this subtitle is published; and

(2) at the public hearing, if held, established in the notice.
Md. Code, Health Occupations § 12-6A-07 — MD Code / Article gho / Title 12 / Subtitle 6A / Section 12-6A-07
§12–6A–07.
Status: in_force

(a) A therapy management contract shall apply only to conditions for which protocols have been agreed to by an authorized prescriber and a licensed pharmacist in accordance with the regulations adopted under this subtitle.

(b) A therapy management contract shall include:

(1) A statement that none of the parties involved in the therapy management contract have been coerced, given economic incentives, excluding normal reimbursement for services rendered, or involuntarily required to participate;

(2) Notice to the patient indicating:

(i) That the patient may terminate the therapy management contract at any time; and

(ii) The procedure by which the patient may terminate the therapy management contract;

(3) A procedure for periodic review by the authorized prescriber, of the drugs modified pursuant to the agreement or changed with the consent of the authorized prescriber; and

(4) Reference to a protocol, which will be provided to the patient on request.

(c) (1) A therapy management contract may be entered into in writing or orally.

(2) If a therapy management contract is entered into orally, the parties to the therapy management contract shall reduce the agreement to writing within 30 days after entering into the therapy management contract.

(3) A therapy management contract may be in electronic form.

(d) Any party to the therapy management contract may terminate the contract at any time.

(e) The Board may assess a fee, as established in regulation, for approval of a pharmacist to enter into a prescriber–pharmacist agreement.
Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 12-2402 — MD Code / Article gab / Title 12 / Subtitle 24 / Section 12-2402
§12–2402.
Status: in_force

An order by the Board to revoke a license may be stayed, pending judicial review, only by the court with which a petition under Title 4, Subtitle 9 of this article has been filed.