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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="3-408" title_number="3" title_name="Architects" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Permits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless a permit is renewed for a 2–year term as provided in this section, the permit expires on the first June 30 that comes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>after the effective date of the permit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>in an even–numbered year.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At least 1 month before a permit expires, the Board shall mail or electronically transmit to the permit holder:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a renewal application form; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a notice that states:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the date on which the current permit expires; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the amount of the permit fee.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an electronic transmission under paragraph (1) of this subsection is returned to the Board as undeliverable, the Board shall mail to the permit holder, at the last known address of the permit holder, the materials required under paragraph (1) of this subsection within 10 business days of the date the Board received the notice that the electronic transmission was undeliverable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before a permit expires, the permit holder periodically may renew it for an additional 2–year term, if the holder:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>meets the qualifications for a permit under § 3–404 of this subtitle;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>otherwise is entitled to a permit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pays to the Board the permit fee set by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>submits to the Board a renewal application on the form that the Board provides.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The renewal application form shall require the same information required on the original application form under § 3–405(b) of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board shall renew the permit of each permit holder who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A corporation, limited liability company, or partnership has a grace period of 30 days after the permit of the corporation, limited liability company, or partnership expires in which to renew it retroactively, if the corporation, limited liability company, or partnership:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>otherwise is entitled to have the permit renewed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pays to the Board the permit fee set by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
