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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="12-207" title_number="12" title_name="Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers and Pawnbrokers" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Secondhand Precious Metal Object Dealers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless a license is renewed for a 2-year term as provided in this section, the license expires on the first April 30 that comes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>after the effective date of the license; 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 license expires, the Secretary shall mail or electronically transmit to the licensee:</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 license expires; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the amount of the renewal fee.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an electronic transmission under paragraph (1) of this subsection is returned to the Secretary as undeliverable, the Secretary shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee, the materials required under paragraph (1) of this subsection within 10 business days of the date the Secretary received the notice that the electronic transmission was undeliverable.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before a license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional 2–year term, if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>submits to the Secretary a renewal application on the form that the Secretary provides;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>signs the renewal application under oath;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>updates the information submitted in the original application and states that the information is current;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, agrees to comply with each requirement applicable to the original application;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>states that the licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>has not violated this title;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has not been convicted of an offense specified in § 12–209 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>has not had a similar license denied, suspended, or revoked in another jurisdiction;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>otherwise is entitled to be licensed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>pays to the Secretary a renewal fee of $265.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Secretary may require a licensee to submit a national and State criminal history records check with the renewal application.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Secretary shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A license is not transferable and may be used only to benefit the licensee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensee may change the place of business for which a license is issued only if the licensee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submits to the Secretary an application to transfer the license to a new business location on a form that the Secretary provides; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>receives the written approval of the Secretary.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Within 45 days after the application is filed with the Secretary, the Secretary shall approve or disapprove the application and notify the licensee of the approval or disapproval, in writing.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If the Secretary approves a proposed change of place of business, the licensee shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>submit to the Secretary a current list of names of each employee to be employed at the new location; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>attach the written approval of the Secretary to the license until an amended license is received by the licensee.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>The Secretary may determine that licenses issued under this subtitle shall expire on a staggered basis.</text>
  </level>
</section>
