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MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 17-304 - Restrictions on Name and Trademark Similarities

    The Board may not issue a license to an applicant whose trade or fictitious name or trademark is so similar to that used by another licensee that the public may be confused or misled by the similarity.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 17-305 - Issuance of License

    (a)    The Board shall issue a license that is valid for 2 years to any applicant who meets the requirements of this title and any regulation adopted under this title.    (b)    The Board, by regulation, may establish license categories that specify the marine contractor services each license authorizes a licensee to perform.    (c)    The Board shall include on each license that the Board issues:        (1)    The license category;        (2)    The full name of the licensee;        (3)    The license number;        (4)    The location of the principal office and of each branch office if the licensee is an entity;        (5)    The date of issuance of the license;        (6)    The date on which the license expires; and        (7)    The name of the representative member if the licensee is an entity.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 17-306 - Scope of License to Entity

    While a license to an entity is in effect, the license authorizes the entity to:        (1)    Employ as marine contractors individuals who are not licensed marine contractors to provide marine contractor services to the public on behalf of the licensee; and        (2)    Represent itself to the public as a licensed marine contractor entity.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 17-307 - License Number on Advertising and Large Equipment

    A licensed marine contractor shall:        (1)    Include the contractor’s marine contractor license number in all advertising related to the provision of marine contractor services; and        (2)    Prominently display the contractor’s marine contractor license number on all large equipment used in the course of the licensee’s work as a marine contractor.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 17-308 - Term and Renewal of License

    (a)    The Secretary shall adopt regulations to stagger the terms of the licenses.    (b)    A license expires on the date the Secretary sets, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.    (c)    At least 2 months before a license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee, by first–class mail or electronically, to the last known address of the licensee:        (1)    A renewal application form; and        (2)    A notice that states:            (i)    The date on which the current license expires;            (ii)    The date by which the Board must receive the renewal application for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires; and            (iii)    The amount of the renewal fee.    (d)    Before a license expires, the licensee may renew the license for an additional 2–year term if the licensee:        (1)    Is otherwise entitled to be licensed;        (2)    Pays to the Board:            (i)    The required renewal fee set by the Board; and            (ii)    Any outstanding fees; and        (3)    Submits to the Board:            (i)    Satisfactory evidence of compliance with the continuing education requirements established under subsection (e) of this section;            (ii)    Satisfactory evidence of compliance with the insurance requirements established under § 17–302 of this subtitle;            (iii)    Satisfactory evidence of the resolution of any license violations, suspensions, denials, revocations, or other Board actions taken under this title; and            (iv)    A renewal application on the form that the Board provides.    (e)    (1)    A licensee shall complete 12 hours of continuing education instruction covering marine contractor subject matter approved by the Board.        (2)    (i)    The Board shall approve the substance and form of a continuing education course if the course is:                1.    Offered by a qualified instructor; or                2.    Conducted by an educational institution approved by the Board.            (ii)    The licensee is responsible for the cost of any continuing education course.    (f)    The Board shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-309 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 17-309 - Change of Address or Telephone Number; Addition of Branch Office

    Within 5 days after the change, a licensee shall submit to the Board written notice of:        (1)    If the licensee is an individual or entity, any change in the address or telephone number of an existing office or principal place of business; and        (2)    If the licensee is an entity, the addition of a branch office.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-310 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 3 - Licensing|Section 17-310 - Denial, Refusal to Renew, Suspension or Revocation of License

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in § 10–226 of the State Government Article, and subject to the notice and hearing requirements in subsection (c) of this section, the Board may deny, refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke a license if the applicant or licensee:        (1)    Violates any provision of this title or any regulation adopted under this title;        (2)    Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license for the licensee or for another person;        (3)    Fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;        (4)    Commits any gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct while practicing marine contractor services;        (5)    Fails to comply with the terms of a tidal wetlands authorization issued under § 16–202 or § 16–307 of this article;        (6)    Violates any provision of, or regulations adopted under, § 16–202 or § 16–307 of this article; or        (7)    In the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, as defined under § 8–1802 of the Natural Resources Article, fails to comply with:            (i)    The terms of a State or local permit, license, or approval; or            (ii)    Any State or local law, an approved plan, or other legal requirement.    (b)    The Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays, established under Title 8, Subtitle 18 of the Natural Resources Article, shall notify the Board of any licensed marine contractor or applicant for a license that fails to comply with any requirement under subsection (a)(7) of this section.    (c)    (1)    Before the Board takes any final action under subsection (a) of this section, the Board shall give the applicant or licensee against whom the action is contemplated notice and the opportunity for a hearing before the Board.        (2)    The Board shall provide notice and hold a hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.        (3)    At least 30 days before the hearing, the hearing notice shall be:            (i)    Served personally on the individual; or            (ii)    Sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, to the last known address of the individual or entity.        (4)    If, after due notice, the applicant or licensee against whom the action is contemplated fails or refuses to appear, the Board may hear and determine the matter.    (d)    Except as provided under subsection (c) of this section, any person aggrieved by a final decision of the Board may take an appeal as authorized under §§ 10–222 and 10–223 of the State Government Article.    (e)    For purposes of this section, an act or omission of any principal, agent, or employee of an applicant or licensee may be construed to be the act or omission of the applicant or licensee, as well as of the principal, agent, or employee.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 4 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-401 - Practicing Without License

    An individual or entity may not conduct, attempt to conduct, or offer to conduct any marine contractor services unless the individual or entity is licensed by the Board to perform the services.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 4 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-402 - Misrepresentation as Authorized Practitioner

    Unless authorized to perform marine contractor services under this title, an individual or entity may not represent to the public by title, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the individual or entity is authorized to perform marine contractor services in the State.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 4 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties|Section 17-403 - Penalties

    (a)    (1)    A person who violates any provision of this title or any regulation adopted under this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.        (2)    Each day that a person conducts marine contractor services without a license constitutes a separate offense.    (b)    (1)    In addition to any other sanction under this subtitle, a civil action may be brought against a person for a violation of this title, or any regulation adopted under this title.        (2)    A person may be liable for a civil penalty under this subsection not to exceed $10,000 for each violation.    (c)    Any penalties collected under this section shall be paid into the Wetlands and Waterways Program Fund, established under § 5–203.1 of this article, to be used for the administration of the Board.
MD. Environment Code Ann. §  17-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Environment|Title 17 - Marine Contractors|Subtitle 5 - Termination of Title|Section 17-501 - Termination of Title

    Subject to the Maryland Program Evaluation Act, the provisions of this title and all regulations adopted under this title creating the Marine Contractors Licensing Board and relating to the regulation of marine contractors are of no effect and may not be enforced after July 1, 2031.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and Use of Terms; Purposes of Titles 1-12|Section 1-102 - Verification

    (a)    When a writing is required to be verified by this article, verification is sufficient if the writing is signed by the person required to make the verification, and if it contains the representation contained in subsection (b) of this section.    (b)    The form of verification is:    I do solemnly declare and affirm under the penalties of perjury that the contents of the foregoing document are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.    (c)    Every inventory, account, and other document containing recitations of fact must be verified.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and Use of Terms; Purposes of Titles 1-12|Section 1-103 - Notice

    (a)    (1)    Unless personal service or some other method of notice is expressly required in this article or by the Maryland Rules, the first notice required to be given a person is sufficient if deposited as first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the addressee at the address last known to the sender.        (2)    At the expense of the estate, the orphans’ court may require or the personal representative may elect to have the first notice given by restricted delivery mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, addressed to the addressee at the address last known to the sender, with delivery restricted to the addressee.    (b)    A subsequent notice is sufficient if deposited as first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the same address at which the first notice was received or, after notice in writing from the addressee of a change of address, to his new address.    (c)    If no return receipt is received apparently signed by the addressee, and there is no proof of actual notice, no action taken in a proceeding may prejudice the rights of the person entitled to notice unless proof is made by verified writing to the satisfaction of the court or register that reasonable efforts to locate the addressee and warn him of the pendency of the action have been made.    (d)    If the person to whom notice is sent is a minor or disabled person, and the minority or disability was not known to the sender at the time of the first notice, but was later discovered, any subsequent notice shall be sent to the judicially appointed guardian, if any, or, if none, the parent of the minor or disabled person, or other person who has assumed responsibility for the minor or disabled person.    (e)    (1)    A person, including a guardian or a guardian ad litem, may waive notice by a writing signed by the person or the person’s attorney and filed in the proceeding.        (2)    A personal representative is not required to give notice to himself or herself.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and Use of Terms; Purposes of Titles 1-12|Section 1-104 - Dedication of Estates and Trusts Article

    This article is dedicated to the memory of Roger D. Redden, Esquire.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 1 - Definitions and Use of Terms; Purposes of Titles 1-12|Section 1-105 - Purpose of Titles 1-12; Liberal Construction; Presumptions Rebuttable

    (a)    (1)    The purpose of the estates of decedents law is to simplify the administration of estates, to reduce the expenses of administration, to clarify the law governing estates of decedents, and to eliminate any provisions of prior law which are archaic, often meaningless under modern procedure and no longer useful.        (2)    This article shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purpose.    (b)    Unless otherwise expressly provided, whenever the estates of decedents law states that a fact is presumed, the presumption is rebuttable.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-201 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Assisted reproduction” has the meaning stated in § 5–1001 of the Family Law Article.    (c)    “Father” has the meaning stated in § 5–1001 of the Family Law Article.    (d)    “Mother” has the meaning stated in § 5–1001 of the Family Law Article.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-201.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-201.1 - Application of Rules of Construction

    In the absence of express language to the contrary, the rules of construction contained in this subtitle shall be applied in construing all provisions of the estates of decedents law and the terms of a will.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-202 - Surviving Spouse

    (a)    A surviving spouse is not:        (1)    A person who has received an absolute divorce from the decedent or whose marriage to the decedent has been validly annulled;        (2)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who has voluntarily appeared in a proceeding in which an absolute divorce between the decedent and the survivor, or an annulment of their marriage was obtained, even though not recognized as valid in this State;        (3)    A person who participates in a marriage ceremony with a third person, after a decree or judgment of divorce or annulment obtained by the decedent; or        (4)    A person who has been convicted of bigamy while married to the decedent.    (b)    Subsection (a)(2) of this section does not apply if the parties to the divorce or annulment subsequently remarry each other.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-203 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-203 - Degree of Relationship -- Civil Law

    (a)    Degrees of relationship shall be reckoned according to the method of the civil law by beginning with either of the persons in question, ascending to the common ancestor, and then descending to the other person.    (b)    One degree shall be counted for each step both ascending and descending.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-204 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-204 - Degree of Relationship -- Relative of Half Blood

    A relative of the half blood has the same status as a relative of the whole blood of the same degree.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-205 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-205 - Child

    (a)    A child includes:        (1)    A legitimate child, an adopted child, and an illegitimate child to the extent provided in §§ 1–206 through 1–208 of this subtitle; and        (2)    A child conceived from the genetic material of a person after the death of the person if:            (i)    The person consented in a written record to use of the person’s genetic material for posthumous conception in accordance with the requirements of § 20–111 of the Health – General Article;            (ii)    The person consented in a written record to be the parent of a child posthumously conceived using the person’s genetic material;            (iii)    The child is born within 2 years of the person’s death; and            (iv)    With respect to any trust, the person was the creator of the trust and the trust became irrevocable on or after October 1, 2012.    (b)    A child does not include a stepchild, a foster child, or a grandchild or more remote descendant.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-206 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-206 - Legitimate Child

    (a)    (1)    A child born or conceived during a marriage is presumed to be the legitimate child of both spouses.        (2)    Except as provided in § 1–207 of this subtitle, a child born at any time after the child’s parents have participated in a marriage ceremony with each other, even if the marriage is invalid, is presumed to be the legitimate child of both parents.    (b)    (1)    A child conceived by means of assisted reproduction during the marriage of the child’s mother with the consent of the mother’s spouse is the legitimate child of both spouses for all purposes.        (2)    Consent of the mother’s spouse is presumed.        (3)    A child conceived by means of assisted reproduction after the death of the mother’s spouse and using the genetic material of the mother’s spouse is the legitimate child of both spouses if the child qualifies as a child of the mother’s spouse under § 1–205(a)(2) of this subtitle.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-207 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-207 - Adopted Child

    (a)    (1)    An adopted child shall be treated as a natural child of the child’s adopting parent or parents.        (2)    Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, on adoption a child may not be considered a child of either natural parent.        (3)    On adoption by the spouse of a natural parent, the child shall still be considered the child of that natural parent.    (b)    A child who has been adopted more than once shall be considered to be a child of the parent or parents who have adopted the child most recently and shall cease to be considered a child of the child’s previous parents.
MD. Estates and Trusts Code Ann. §  1-208 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Estates and Trusts|Title 1 - Estates of Decedents -- General Provisions|Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship|Section 1-208 - Illegitimate Child

    (a)    A child born to parents who have not participated in a marriage ceremony with each other is the child of the child’s mother.    (b)    A child born to parents who have not participated in a marriage ceremony with each other is the child of the parent who did not give birth to the child if:        (1)    The parent has been judicially determined to be the child’s father in an action brought under Title 5, Subtitle 10 of the Family Law Article, and that determination has not been modified or set aside; or        (2)    The parent and the child’s mother consented to the conception of the child by means of assisted reproduction with the shared express intent to be the parents of the child, subject to the conditions under § 1–205(a)(2) of this subtitle if the child is conceived after the death of the parent.    (c)    There is a rebuttable presumption that a child born to parents who have not participated in a marriage ceremony with each other is the child of an individual who did not give birth to the child if the individual:        (1)    Has acknowledged himself or herself, in writing, to be a parent of the child;        (2)    Has openly and notoriously recognized the child to be the individual’s child; or        (3)    Has subsequently married the mother and has acknowledged himself or herself, orally or in writing, to be a parent of the child.