<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-101" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this article the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="a–1"> <text>“Active duty” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Clock hour” means a minimum of 50 minutes of actual class time for each 60–minute hour.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Consumer member” means a nonprofessional member of a regulatory unit who is appointed from the general public.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“County” means a county of the State and, unless expressly provided otherwise, Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Labor.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Partnership” includes a partnership registered as a limited liability partnership authorized by Title 9A of the Corporations and Associations Article.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Person” means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, or representative of any kind and any partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other entity.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“State” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the District of Columbia.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-201" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>A requirement in this article that a document be under oath means that the document shall be supported by a signed statement made under the penalties of perjury that the contents of the document are true to the best of the knowledge, information, and belief of the individual making the statement.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The oath or affirmation shall be made:</text> <level label="1"> <text>before an individual authorized to administer oaths, who shall certify in writing to have administered the oath or taken the affirmation; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>by a signed statement that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is in the document or attached to and made part of the document; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is made expressly under the penalties for perjury.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If the procedures provided in subsection (b)(2) of this section are used, the affidavit subjects the individual making it to the penalties for perjury to the same extent as an oath or affirmation made before an individual authorized to administer oaths.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-202" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>Before any license or permit may be issued under this article to an employer to engage in an activity in which the employer may employ a covered employee, as defined in § 9-101 of the Labor and Employment Article, the employer shall file with the issuing authority:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a certificate of compliance with the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Act; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the number of a workers’ compensation insurance policy or binder.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-203" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section does not apply in Baltimore City or Prince George’s and Worcester counties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this article or Title 13, Subtitle 1 and Subtitle 3, Part I and §§ 13–205 and 16–115 of the Local Government Article and Title 17, Subtitle 4, Parts V and VI of the Business Regulation Article, a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>require a local license in that county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision to engage in a business or occupation for which a State license is required under this article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>impose a local fee or tax to engage in a business or occupation for which a State license is required under this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State may require a local license if necessary for regulatory purposes in the interest of the public health, safety, or morals.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A public local law passed after October 1, 1941 does not repeal any provision of this section unless the public local law expressly refers to and repeals the provision.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-204" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>Before any license or permit may be issued under this article, the applicant shall certify to the issuing authority that the applicant has paid all undisputed taxes and unemployment insurance contributions payable to the Comptroller or the Maryland Department of Labor or has provided for payment in a manner satisfactory to the unit responsible for collection.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Before any license or permit may be renewed under this article, the issuing authority shall verify through the Office of the Comptroller that the applicant has paid all undisputed taxes and unemployment insurance contributions payable to the Comptroller or the Secretary of Labor or that the applicant has provided for payment in a manner satisfactory to the unit responsible for collection.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-205" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section does not apply to a licensed real estate associate broker or salesperson affiliated with a licensed real estate broker as an independent contractor.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>By August 31 of each year, the Department shall provide to the Department of Assessments and Taxation a list of persons issued licenses, certificates, or permits under this article during the previous fiscal year, to assist the Department of Assessments and Taxation in identifying new businesses within the State.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The list provided under this section shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>be provided free of charge; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>include, for each person on the list:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the name and mailing address of the person; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the federal tax identification number of the person or, if the person does not have a federal tax identification number, the Social Security number of the person.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-206" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>A person who must have a license issued by the Department under this article but does not get the license on time shall pay, in addition to the required license fee, a late fee.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The late fee shall be the sum of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>up to 20% of the required license fee for the calendar month following the calendar month when the required license fee is due; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>up to 4% of the required license fee for each calendar month or part of a month after that.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-207" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “license” means all or any part of permission that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is required by law to be obtained from a unit;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is not required only for revenue purposes; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>is in any form, including:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an approval;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a certificate;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a charter;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a permit; or</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a registration.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section:</text> <level label="1"> <text>applies only to a fee for an initial license issued for a 2-year term under the provisions of this article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>does not apply to a fee renewal of a license; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>may not affect any other law that requires a unit to prorate a fee on any basis for the issuance or renewal of a license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>For a license issued at any time during the first year of the term of the license, the issuing authority shall charge the full amount of the fee to the license applicant.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For a license issued in the second year of the term of the license, the issuing authority shall charge the license applicant:</text> <level label="i"> <text>one-half of the fee, if issued in the first 6 months of the second year; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>one-quarter of the fee, if issued in the last 6 months of the second year.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-208" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>If payment of the fee for the issuance or renewal of a license, issued by the Department or by a unit within the Department, is made by a check or other negotiable instrument that is dishonored, the license for which the fee was paid shall be suspended by operation of law. Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the suspension is effective beginning on the tenth business day after the day on which notice is sent in accordance with subsection (b) of this section until the date that payment of the fee, and any late charge provided for in this article, has been made.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>When the Department or a unit within the Department receives notice that a check or other negotiable instrument, given by an applicant in payment of a license issuance or renewal fee, has been dishonored, it shall inform the applicant by regular mail sent to the applicant’s last known business address, that the license will be suspended by operation of law if within 10 business days from the date of the notice the applicant fails to make payment of the fee, and any late charge, or fails to present evidence to the Department or unit that the notice of dishonor was in error.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An applicant shall be given a prompt opportunity to make payment of the fee, and any late charge, or to present evidence to the Department or unit that the notice of dishonor was in error.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If a license is suspended under subsection (a) of this section, the license shall be reinstated effective the date that the license was suspended, if within 5 business days after the date of the suspension the applicant:</text> <level label="1"> <text>pays the late fee and any late charge; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>presents evidence to the Department or the unit that the notice of dishonor was in error.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Suspension of a license under this section may not affect any otherwise valid claim under any guaranty fund made by a person who dealt in good faith with a licensee, without knowledge of the suspension.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-301" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Survey Stations"> <level label="a"> <text>“Authorized person” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a professional engineer who is licensed under Title 14 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a professional land surveyor who is licensed under Title 15 of this article; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>an authorized representative of the professional engineer or the professional land surveyor who is executing a survey.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If entry is for the purpose of using the horizontal or vertical position data in controlling surveys of land for cadastral purposes or for other private or public engineering purposes, an authorized person may enter on any private land on which there is a marked survey station for which the horizontal or vertical position has been determined:</text> <level label="1"> <text>by or under the direction of the National Geodetic Survey;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>as a part of the Maryland coordinate system; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>by or under the direction of any other organization whose survey stations have been established by or in accordance with the requirements of the State agency authorized to administer the Maryland coordinate system.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-302" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Survey Stations"> <level label="a"> <text>An authorized person may not unnecessarily damage the property on which a survey station stands.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Prior to entry on the property, an authorized person and the owner of the property shall agree on the amount to be paid for any damage to the property.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>On the completion of the work at the survey station, the authorized person shall promptly reimburse the owner of the property for any damage done to the property by the authorized person who entered on the property.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If, prior to entry on the property, the authorized person and the owner of the property have not agreed on the amount to be paid for any damage to the property, the authorized person shall file a surety bond in the circuit court of the county in which the property is located in an amount to be approved by the court, conditioned on the payment of all damages and costs as provided under subsection (d) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The circuit court shall appoint three appraisers who are residents of the county in which the property is located to determine the amount to be paid for any damage to the property.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The proceedings for the ascertainment of damages shall be in accordance with the provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 3 of the Transportation Article relating to the acquisition of private property for a public purpose.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-303" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Survey Stations"> <level label="a"> <text>If the damages awarded under § 1-302(d) of this subtitle do not exceed the amount tendered by the authorized person under § 1-302(b) of this subtitle, the owner of the property shall pay the costs of the proceeding under § 1-302(d) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If the damages awarded under § 1-302(d) of this subtitle exceed the amount tendered by the authorized person, the authorized person shall pay the costs of the proceeding.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="1-304" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Survey Stations"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to any survey station established by or under the direction of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the National Geodetic Survey;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the State agency administering the Maryland coordinate system;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>any other organization whose survey stations have been established by or in accordance with the requirements of the State agency authorized to administer the Maryland coordinate system; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>any other State, municipal, or county agency.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Any person who willfully injures, defaces, or destroys the mark or monument at any survey station described in subsection (a) of this section or offers any obstacles to the proper, reasonable, and legal use of the station is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be sentenced to pay a fine not to exceed $250 for each offense and costs, or shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than 6 months, or both.</text> </level> </section>