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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="14-117" title_number="14" title_name="Business Opportunities, Franchises, and Multilevel Distribution Companies" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Business Opportunities">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless the registration of a business opportunity is renewed for a 1-year term as provided in this section, the registration expires on the first anniversary of its effective date.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before the registration expires, the registrant periodically may renew it for an additional 1-year term, if the registrant:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>files with the Commissioner:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a renewal application on the form that the Commissioner provides;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a current disclosure document along with any other documents or information that the Commissioner may require by order or regulation; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>proof that the seller has satisfied the bond and trust account requirements under § 14-115 of this subtitle; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>pays a renewal fee of $100.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Commissioner shall renew the registration of a business opportunity if the registrant complies with the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
