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MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  6-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 6 - High Voltage Lines|Section 6-105 - Administrative Search Warrant

    (a)    Whenever an individual who is authorized to inspect property in the State is denied access after the individual makes a proper request for access to inspect to the owner, lessee, or other person in charge of the property, the individual may apply to the District Court for an administrative search warrant under this title.    (b)    Each application under this section shall:        (1)    state the nature, purpose, and scope of the inspection; and        (2)    show that:            (i)    the applicant:                1.    is authorized by law to make the inspection; and                2.    requested access at a reasonable time;            (ii)    access was denied; and            (iii)    the inspection is for a purpose related to safety or health.    (c)    An application may not be submitted to the District Court unless approved by the Attorney General.    (d)    On application in accordance with this section, the District Court may issue an administrative search warrant.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  6-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 6 - High Voltage Lines|Section 6-106 - Restrictions on Activity Within 10 Feet of High Voltage Line

    If any part of an individual or object will come within 10 feet of a high voltage line while performing the activity, a person shall comply with § 6-107 of this title before the person may perform, or require or allow an employee to perform, any of the following activities:         (1)    moving all or any part of a building or other structure;        (2)    trimming a tree or doing any similar activity; or        (3)    erecting, operating, storing, transporting, or otherwise handling any object, including:            (i)    an antenna;            (ii)    an antenna support;            (iii)    equipment;            (iv)    a flagpole;            (v)    machinery;            (vi)    material;            (vii)    tools; or            (viii)    other apparatus.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  6-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 6 - High Voltage Lines|Section 6-107 - Duty of Person Performing Activity

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, whenever an activity listed under § 6–106 of this title is to be performed within 10 feet of a high voltage line, the person responsible for performing the activity shall:        (1)    promptly notify the owner or operator of the high voltage line of the activity to be performed;        (2)    make any appropriate arrangements with the owner or operator of the high voltage line to carry out any safety measures required by item (3) of this subsection; and        (3)    with any necessary cooperation from and subject to any necessary agreement with the owner or operator of the high voltage line, ensure that the high voltage line has been effectively guarded against accidental contact by:            (i)    installing physical barriers to prevent physical contact with the high voltage line;            (ii)    relocating the high voltage line; or            (iii)    de–energizing and grounding the high voltage line.    (b)    (1)    This subsection applies only when a local government performs maintenance on street lighting equipment owned by the local government.        (2)    Whenever an activity listed under § 6–106 of this title is to be performed within 10 feet of a high voltage line, the person responsible for performing the activity shall:            (i)    comply with the National Electrical Safety Code; and            (ii)    be qualified as defined in the National Electrical Safety Code.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  6-108 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 6 - High Voltage Lines|Section 6-108 - Duty of Owner or Operator of High Voltage Line

    (a)    The owner or operator of a high voltage line shall perform any act that is reasonably necessary to carry out the safety measures required by § 6-107 of this title to guard effectively against accidental contact with the high voltage line:        (1)    after notification from a person who intends to perform an activity listed under § 6-106 of this subtitle within 10 feet of a high voltage line;        (2)    after the person who intends to perform the activity has made any appropriate arrangements; and        (3)    within a reasonable time.    (b)    This section does not require an owner or operator of a high voltage line to:        (1)    bear the expense of any safety measure required by this title; or        (2)    de-energize or ground any high voltage line if doing so would:            (i)    substantially interfere with service to the public; or            (ii)    endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the public.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  6-109 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 6 - High Voltage Lines|Section 6-109 - Duty of Owner, Lessee, or User of Equipment

    (a)    “Equipment” includes a crane, derrick, pile driver, power shovel, trimming rig, or similar apparatus.    (b)    This section applies to any equipment if all or any part of the equipment may be used near any high voltage line.    (c)    The owner, lessee, or user of any equipment to which this section applies shall become acquainted and acquaint its employees with this title and regulations adopted to carry out this title.    (d)    (1)    The owner, lessee, or user of any equipment to which this section applies shall keep a warning sign posted:            (i)    on the equipment in clear view of its operator while at the controls of the equipment;            (ii)    on the outside of the equipment in clear view of each individual helping the operator from outside of the equipment; and            (iii)    on the boom of each crane or derrick so that, when the boom is raised, the sign is at the eye level of the operator.        (2)    Each sign shall state, in lettering that is legible from a distance of at least 12 feet: “Unlawful to operate this equipment within 10 feet of any electric wire”.        (3)    Each sign shall be permanent and weather resistant.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  6-110 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 6 - High Voltage Lines|Section 6-110 - Penalties

    A person who fails to comply with or violates any provision of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8.5-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8.5 - Health Care Payroll Assessment|Section 8.5-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Employee” means all individuals employed full time or part time directly by an employer.    (c)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, “employer” has the meaning stated in § 10–905 of the Tax – General Article.        (2)    “Employer” does not include the federal government, the State, another state, or a political subdivision of the State or another state.    (d)    (1)    “Health insurance costs” means the amount paid by an employer to provide health care or health insurance to employees in the State to the extent the costs may be deductible by an employer under federal tax law.        (2)    “Health insurance costs” includes payments for medical care, prescription drugs, vision care, medical savings accounts, and any other costs to provide health benefits as defined in § 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.    (e)    “Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.    (f)    “Wages” has the meaning stated in § 10–905 of the Tax – General Article.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8.5-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8.5 - Health Care Payroll Assessment|Section 8.5-102 - Scope

    This title applies to an employer with 10,000 or more employees in the State.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8.5-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8.5 - Health Care Payroll Assessment|Section 8.5-103 - Annual Report of Payroll Information; Exemptions

    (a)    (1)    On January 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, an employer shall submit on a form and in a manner approved by the Secretary:            (i)    the number of employees of the employer in the State as of 1 day in the year immediately preceding the previous calendar year as determined by the employer on an annual basis;            (ii)    the amount spent by the employer in the year immediately preceding the previous calendar year on health insurance costs in the State; and            (iii)    the percentage of payroll that was spent by the employer in the year immediately preceding the previous calendar year on health insurance costs in the State.        (2)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations that specify the information that an employer shall submit under paragraph (1) of this subsection.        (3)    The information required shall:            (i)    be designated in a report signed by the principal executive officer or an individual performing a similar function; and            (ii)    include an affidavit under penalty of perjury that the information required under paragraph (1) of this subsection:                1.    was reviewed by the signing officer; and                2.    is true to the best of the signing officer’s knowledge, information, and belief.    (b)    When calculating the percentage of payroll under subsection (a)(1)(iii) of this section, an employer may exempt:        (1)    wages paid to any employee in excess of the median household income in the State as published by the United States Census Bureau; and        (2)    wages paid to an employee who is enrolled in or eligible for Medicare.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8.5-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8.5 - Health Care Payroll Assessment|Section 8.5-104 - Computation of Amounts Due; Deductions From Employee Wages Prohibited; Periodic Payments

    (a)    An employer that is organized as a nonprofit organization that does not spend up to 6% of the total wages paid to employees in the State on health insurance costs shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the difference between what the employer spends for health insurance costs and an amount equal to 6% of the total wages paid to employees in the State.    (b)    An employer that is not organized as a nonprofit organization and does not spend up to 8% of the total wages paid to employees in the State on health insurance costs shall pay to the Secretary an amount equal to the difference between what the employer spends for health insurance costs and an amount equal to 8% of the total wages paid to employees in the State.    (c)    An employer may not deduct any payment made under subsection (a) or (b) of this section from the wages of an employee.    (d)    An employer shall make the payment required under this section to the Secretary on a periodic basis as determined by the Secretary.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8.5-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8.5 - Health Care Payroll Assessment|Section 8.5-105 - Failure to Report or to Make Payment; Sanctions

    (a)    Failure to report in accordance with § 8.5-103 of this title shall result in the imposition by the Secretary of a civil penalty of $250 for each day that the report is not timely filed.    (b)    Failure to make the payment required under § 8.5-104 of this title shall result in the imposition by the Secretary of a civil penalty of $250,000.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8.5-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8.5 - Health Care Payroll Assessment|Section 8.5-106 - Reporting by Secretary

    (a)    In this section, “health insurance benefits” includes payments for medical care, prescription drugs, vision care, medical savings accounts, and any other costs to provide health benefits, as defined in § 213(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.    (b)    On or before March 15 of each year, the Secretary shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2-1257 of the State Government Article, to the General Assembly on:        (1)    the name of each nonprofit and for profit employer with 10,000 or more employees in the State;        (2)    the employer’s definition of full-time employee and part-time employee;        (3)    the number of full-time employees;        (4)    the number of full-time employees eligible to receive health insurance benefits;        (5)    the number of full-time employees receiving health insurance benefits from the employer;        (6)    the source of health insurance benefits for those eligible full-time employees not receiving health insurance benefits through an employer subject to reporting under this title;        (7)    the number of part-time employees;        (8)    the number of part-time employees eligible to receive health insurance benefits;        (9)    the number of part-time employees receiving health insurance benefits from the employer; and        (10)    the source of health insurance benefits for those eligible part-time employees not receiving health insurance benefits through an employer subject to reporting under this title.    (c)    The information required under subsection (b) of this section shall be reported as of the information reporting date determined by the employer under § 8.5-103(a)(1)(i) of this title.
MD. Labor and Employment Code Ann. §  8.5-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Labor and Employment|Title 8.5 - Health Care Payroll Assessment|Section 8.5-107 - Duties of Secretary

    The Secretary shall:         (1)    on an annual basis, based on the information reported under § 8.5-103(a)(1)(i) of this title:            (i)    verify which employers have 10,000 or more employees in the State; and            (ii)    ensure that all employers with 10,000 or more employees in the State have made the report required under § 8.5-103 of this title;        (2)    adopt regulations to implement this title; and        (3)    pay the revenue from the payroll assessment into the Fund created under § 15-142 of the Health - General Article.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  15-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 15 - Gas Pipeline Safety|Section 15-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Commission” means the Public Service Commission.    (c)    “Gas” means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas.    (d)    (1)    “Gas pipeline” means an intrastate transmission line or any portion of an interstate transmission line located within the State that:            (i)    transports gas from a gathering line or storage facility to a distribution center, storage facility, or large volume customer that is not downstream from a distribution center;            (ii)    operates at a hoop stress of 20% or more of the specified minimum yield strength of the pipeline; or            (iii)    transports gas within a storage field.        (2)    “Gas pipeline” does not mean any transmission line or distribution line constructed, owned, or operated by a public service company as defined in § 1–101 of the Public Utilities Article.    (e)    (1)    “Gas transmission company” means a person that owns or operates a gas pipeline regulated under this title.        (2)    “Gas transmission company” does not include a person that is primarily in the business of local gas distribution.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  15-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 15 - Gas Pipeline Safety|Section 15-102 - Implementation of Federal Pipeline Safety Laws

    (a)    (1)    On or before December 1, 2013, the Commission shall:            (i)    evaluate the process and criteria the U.S. Secretary of Transportation would use to review an application for certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601 with respect to interstate pipelines located within the State; and            (ii)    determine whether it is in the public interest for the Commission to apply for certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601, to act for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to implement 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601 with respect to interstate gas pipelines located within the State.        (2)    If the Commission determines that it is in the public interest for the Commission to act for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to implement 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601 with respect to interstate pipelines located within the State, the Commission shall, on or before January 1, 2014, apply for certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation.    (b)    If the Commission enters into a certification or agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to act for the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to implement 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601 with respect to interstate pipelines located within the State, the Commission shall, in accordance with federal regulations:        (1)    make periodic certifications and reports to the U.S. Department of Transportation as may be required under 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601; and        (2)    take any other actions necessary to carry out responsibilities under a certification or an agreement with the U.S. Secretary of Transportation under this title.    (c)    The Commission may:        (1)    accept grants–in–aid, cash, and reimbursements made available to the State to implement federal pipeline safety laws or other federal law; and        (2)    charge an owner of an interstate gas pipeline a fee to recover the costs of the inspections of the owner’s interstate gas pipelines located within the State, less any grants provided through the U.S. Department of Transportation for inspecting interstate pipelines.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  1-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this article the following words have the meanings indicated unless otherwise apparent from context.    (b)    “County” includes Baltimore City.    (c)    “Deed” includes any deed, grant, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, assignment, and release, pertaining to land or property or any interest therein or appurtenant thereto, including an interest in rents and profits from rents.    (d)    “Deed of trust” means only a deed of trust which secures a debt or the performance of an obligation, and does not include a voluntary grant unrelated to security purposes.    (e)    “Grant” includes conveyance, assignment, and transfer.    (f)    “Land” has the same meaning as “property”.    (g)    “Landlord” means any landlord, including a “lessor”.    (h)    “Lease” means any oral or written agreement, express or implied, creating a landlord and tenant relationship, including any “sublease” and any further sublease.    (i)    “Mortgage” means any mortgage, including a deed in the nature of mortgage.    (j)    “Person” includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, executor, administrator, fiduciary, or representative of any kind, or any partnership, firm, association, public or private corporation, or any other entity.    (k)    “Property” means real property or any interest therein or appurtenant thereto.    (l)    “Purchaser” has the same meaning as buyer or vendee.    (m)    “Tenant” means any tenant including a “lessee”.    (n)    “Vendor” has the same meaning as seller.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  1-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-102 - Presumptions

    Unless otherwise expressly provided, whenever this article states that a fact is presumed, the presumption is rebuttable.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  1-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-103 - Successors in Interest

    Unless otherwise expressly provided, any obligation imposed on or right granted to any person automatically is binding on or inures to the benefit of his assigns, successors, heirs, legatees, and personal representatives. However, this section is not to be construed to create or confer any rights of assignment where none would exist otherwise.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  1-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 1 - General Provisions|Section 1-104 - Contractual Modifications

    Any person may vary, by agreement, the effect of any provision in this article, except (1) as provided in this article, (2) the agreement may not affect the rights of persons not parties to or otherwise bound by the agreement, and (3) as provided by § 1-103 of this title.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  2-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 2 - Rules of Construction|Section 2-101 - "Grant" or "Bargain and Sell" Construed to Pass Whole Interest

    The word “grant”, the phrase “bargain and sell”, in a deed, or any other words purporting to transfer the whole estate of the grantor, passes to the grantee the whole interest and estate of the grantor in the land mentioned in the deed unless a limitation or reservation shows, by implication or otherwise, a different intent.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  2-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 2 - Rules of Construction|Section 2-102 - Tenant of Estate Tail May Grant in Fee Simple

    Any person seized of an estate tail, in possession, reversion, or remainder, in any land, tenement, or hereditament may grant and sell it in the form of a grant as if he were seized of an estate in fee simple and the grant is good and available, to all intents and purposes, against every person whom the grantor might debar by any mode of common recovery, or by any other means.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  2-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 2 - Rules of Construction|Section 2-103 - Rights Granted by Assignment of Mortgage

    Every valid assignment of a mortgage is sufficient to grant to the assignee every right which the assignor possessed under the mortgage at the time of the assignment.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  2-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 2 - Rules of Construction|Section 2-104 - Meaning of Term "The Said ... covenants."

    If the words “the said ... covenants” are used in a deed, the words are presumed to have the same effect as if the covenant were expressed to be by the covenantor for himself and as if made with the grantee in the deed.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  2-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 2 - Rules of Construction|Section 2-105 - Effect of General Warranty

    A covenant by the grantor in a deed “that he will warrant generally the property hereby granted” has the same effect as if the grantor had covenanted that he will warrant forever the property to the grantee against every lawful claim and demand of any person.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  2-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 2 - Rules of Construction|Section 2-106 - Effect of Special Warranty

    A covenant by a grantor in a deed “that he will warrant specially the property hereby granted” has the same effect as if the grantor had covenanted that he will warrant forever and defend the property to the grantee against any lawful claim and demand of the grantor and every person claiming or to claim by, through, or under him.
MD. Real Property Code Ann. §  2-107 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Real Property|Title 2 - Rules of Construction|Section 2-107 - Effect of Covenant of Seisin

    A covenant by the grantor in a deed “that he is seized of the land hereby granted” has the same effect as if the grantor had covenanted that the grantor, at the time of the execution and delivery of the deed, is and stands lawfully seized of the land.