<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-101" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Executive Director” means the Executive Director of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Goods” means tangible personal property, items of trade, merchandise, or other types of products sold at wholesale or retail.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“License” means a license issued under this title.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>“Sale” means the exchange or transfer, or the agreement to change or transfer, title or possession of goods in any manner for consideration.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Sale” includes barter.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Sell” includes barter.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Stock–in–trade” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>goods held for sale and reported as inventory on the Business Personal Property Tax Return filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>except for alcoholic beverages, goods held for sale and reported as inventory on the Business Personal Property Tax Return filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation for determining the valuation of a trader’s license under Subtitle 18 of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Trader” means a person who operates a room or other place of business for selling goods, including goods sold at auction.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Trader’s license” means a license issued by the clerk to do business as a trader.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-102" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This title applies to a person who is engaged in a for–profit business.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This title does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a person who is engaged in a not–for–profit business or a business exempt from taxation under the federal Internal Revenue Code; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a governmental unit.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-201" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administration and Enforcement"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle, “license” means a license issued by a clerk under this title.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In this subtitle, “license” includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a construction license issued under Subtitle 6 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a nonresident construction license issued under Subtitle 6 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a garage license issued under Subtitle 8 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a peddler license issued under Subtitle 9 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a Calvert County magazine seller license issued under Subtitle 9 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a junk dealer or scrap metal processor license issued under Subtitle 10 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>an agent license issued under Subtitle 10 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>a Calvert County junk dealer or scrap metal processor license issued under Subtitle 10 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>a license to do the business of cleaning, dyeing, pressing, or laundering on–site issued under Subtitle 11 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>a storage warehouse license issued under Subtitle 12 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>a promoter license issued under Subtitle 14 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>a restaurant license issued under Subtitle 16 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>a trader’s license issued under Subtitle 18 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="14"> <text>a chain store license issued under Subtitle 17A of this title; and</text> </level> <level label="15"> <text>a vending machine license issued under Subtitle 19 of this title.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-202" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administration and Enforcement"> <level label="a"> <text>The Comptroller or the Executive Director shall enforce this title.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Comptroller:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall appoint a chief license inspector; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>may appoint assistant license inspectors.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The chief license inspector and each assistant license inspector is entitled to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>compensation in accordance with the State budget; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Comptroller may delegate any power or duty of the Comptroller under this title.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>To enforce this title, the Comptroller may make investigations and hold hearings on any matter covered by this title, at any time or place in the State, and, in connection with an investigation or hearing, may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>administer oaths;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>examine witnesses;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>receive evidence; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses to testify or to produce evidence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Comptroller shall make all license materials, including stickers, available to the clerks on or before April 1 each year.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The Executive Director, or an officer of the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission, may make investigations and issue citations to enforce this title.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>The Comptroller may adopt regulations to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>carry out this title; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>define any term used in this title.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-203" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administration and Enforcement"> <level label="a"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a Calvert County peddler license or magazine seller license issued under Subtitle 9 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a junk dealer or scrap metal processor license or agent license issued under Subtitle 10 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a storage warehouse license issued under Subtitle 12 of this title;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a promoter license issued under Subtitle 14 of this title; or</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a vending machine license issued under Subtitle 19 of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as provided in subsections (a) and (c) of this section or otherwise in this title, each clerk shall account for and distribute the license fees received for licenses issued under this title as follows:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the clerk shall pay into the General Fund of the State:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the percentage of license fees authorized under § 2–213 of the Courts Article; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>3% of license fees to defray the expenses of the State License Bureau; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the clerk shall distribute the remaining license fees:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to the municipal corporation where the licensed business or activity is located, if the licensed business or activity is located in a municipal corporation; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to the county where the licensed business or activity is located, if the licensed business or activity is not located in a municipal corporation.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A clerk shall account for and pay into the General Fund of the State the entire fee received for a trader’s license issued in a county or municipal corporation that selects a uniform license fee under § 17–1806 of this title.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The clerk shall pay all issuance fees into the General Fund of the State.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>For purposes of this subsection, per capita revenue shall be computed by using the population figures from the later of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the most recent federal census; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an official local census.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The clerk may not distribute license fees to a county or municipal corporation unless the county or municipal corporation:</text> <level label="i"> <text>levies, in its current fiscal year, taxes sufficient to collect at least $1.00 per capita in revenue; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>certifies to the Comptroller a copy of the levy.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Comptroller shall notify the clerk if a county or municipality has not certified a copy of the levy as required under paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The clerk shall pay into the General Fund of the State any money that is not distributed at the end of the fiscal year of a county or municipal corporation because the county or municipal corporation failed to make the levy and certification required by paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-301" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Business Licensing Provisions"> <text>In this subtitle, “license” has the meaning stated in §§ 17–101 and 17–201 of this title.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-302" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Business Licensing Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and except as otherwise provided in this title, an applicant for a new license under this title shall submit to the clerk:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an application that the clerk provides; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>payment of the appropriate license fee required by this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If an applicant is applying for a new trader’s license in a county or municipality that has not selected a uniform license fee under § 17–1806 of this title, the applicant shall submit to the clerk a certification by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, or other certification acceptable to the clerk, of the value of the stock–in–trade reported as inventory on the Business Personal Property Tax Return in each county where the business is located for the appropriate valuation year.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and except as otherwise provided in this title, a licensee applying for renewal of a license shall submit to the clerk, electronically or otherwise:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a certification by the county treasurer under subsection (c) of this section that there are no unpaid taxes due to the State or county on the fixtures or stock–in–trade; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>payment of the appropriate license fee required by this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a licensee is applying to renew a trader’s license under this title, the licensee shall submit to the clerk a certification by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, or other certification acceptable to the clerk, of the value of the fixtures and stock–in–trade reported as inventory on the Business Personal Property Tax Return in each county where the business is located for the applicant’s business for the appropriate valuation year.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>In this subsection, “county treasurer” includes the Director of Finance or other chief fiscal officer of a county that does not have a county treasurer.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This subsection does not apply to a domestic corporation that has shares subject to taxation under State law.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, a licensee applying for renewal of a license shall submit to the clerk, electronically or otherwise:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a certification by the county treasurer of that county, if applicable, that there are no unpaid taxes due to the county on the fixtures or stock–in–trade;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a certification by the municipal corporation, if any, where the business is located that there are no unpaid taxes due to the municipal corporation on the fixtures or stock–in–trade; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a certification by the Comptroller that there are no unpaid taxes due to the State.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>In this section, the valuation year:</text> <level label="1"> <text>in Washington County, is the fiscal year that includes May 1 of the calendar year when the license is issued; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>in each other county, is the second preceding calendar year before the year for which the license is sought.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection applies only in Calvert County.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The clerk may not issue a license under this title for the first time to a business that will be located in Calvert County unless the applicant submits to the clerk a certification that the location of the business for which the license is sought is zoned for the type of business for which the applicant is seeking a license.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The certification must be issued from:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Calvert County Department of Planning and Zoning; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the appropriate municipal corporation, if the location of the proposed business is within the boundaries of a municipal corporation.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Each application for a license shall contain any information required by the Comptroller in regulation.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-303" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Business Licensing Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>The minimum license fee under this title is $2.50.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, the license fee shall be prorated quarterly, but not below $2.50, if an applicant applies after May 1 for a license that will become effective before the following April 30.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>A person who must have a license under this title but does not get the license on time shall pay to the clerk, in addition to the required license fee, a late fee.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the late fee shall be the sum of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>10% 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="ii"> <text>2% of the required license fee for each calendar month or part of a month after that.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A late fee imposed under this subsection may not exceed 30% of the required license fee for the license year.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Comptroller shall charge an issuance fee for each license that is issued or transferred.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-304" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Business Licensing Provisions"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, the clerk shall issue an appropriate license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this title.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-305" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Business Licensing Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, a license is effective on May 1.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Whenever a person begins business after May 31, the clerk shall issue a license that is effective on the date of issuance.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this title, a license expires on the first April 30 after its effective date.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-306" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Business Licensing Provisions"> <text>The holder of a license to do business at a particular place specified in the license shall display the license conspicuously at that place.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-307" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Business Licensing Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>If a specific place for doing business is stated in a license, the licensee may change the place of business only if the clerk endorses the change on the license.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, on application of the licensee, the clerk shall endorse the change on the license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In Baltimore County, the clerk may not endorse a change in the place of business until the zoning commissioner approves the new place.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>In Calvert County, the clerk may not endorse a change in the place of business until the licensee meets the zoning requirements of § 17–302(d) of this subtitle for a license issued for the first time.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-308" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="General Business Licensing Provisions"> <text>If a licensee dies, the surviving spouse or personal representative of the licensee may do business under the license for the rest of the term of the license.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-601" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Construction"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Construction license” means a license issued by the clerk to do construction business.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>“Do construction business” means to agree to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>pave or curb a sidewalk, street, or other public or private property;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>excavate earth, rock, or other material for a foundation or other purpose; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>do work on or in a building or other structure that requires the use of a building material, including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>paint;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>stone;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>brick;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>mortar;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>wood;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>cement;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>structural iron;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>structural steel;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>sheet iron;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>galvanized iron;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>metallic piping;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>tin;</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>lead;</text> </level> <level label="14"> <text>electric wiring; or</text> </level> <level label="15"> <text>any other metal.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Do construction business” does not include home improvement as defined in § 8–101 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Nonresident construction license” means a construction license issued by the clerk to a person who is incorporated or has its principal office in another state.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-602" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Construction"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in § 8–317 of this article, a person must have a construction license whenever the person does construction business in the State.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who is incorporated or has its principal office in another state must have a nonresident construction license, in addition to any other license required by law, whenever the person does construction business in this State.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>A construction license must be issued in the county where the construction business has its principal place of business.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A nonresident construction license must be issued in the county where the construction business first does construction business in the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A construction license or nonresident construction license under this subtitle authorizes the licensee to do construction business in the State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-603" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Construction"> <text>An applicant for a construction license or nonresident construction license shall pay to the clerk a license fee of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>$15 for a license in a county other than Baltimore City, Baltimore County, or Cecil County;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>$40 for a license in Baltimore City or Baltimore County; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>$30 for a license in Cecil County.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-801" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Garages"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Garage” means a building or part of a building where motor vehicles are stored or parked for a fee.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Garage license” means a license issued by the clerk to keep a garage.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-802" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Garages"> <text>A person must have a garage license whenever the person keeps a garage in the State.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-803" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Garages"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>An applicant for a garage license shall pay to the clerk a license fee based on the floor area of each garage.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In a county other than Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$20 for a garage with not more than 2,000 square feet;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$40 for a garage with more than 2,000 and not more than 3,000 square feet;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>$75 for a garage with more than 3,000 and not more than 5,000 square feet;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>$125 for a garage with more than 5,000 and not more than 7,500 square feet;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>$200 for a garage with more than 7,500 and not more than 10,000 square feet; or</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>$200 for a garage with more than 10,000 square feet plus $50 for each additional 5,000 square feet or part of 5,000 square feet.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is $6 for each 100 square feet of each garage.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The floor area on which the license fee is based is the total floor area of all floors of the garage, excluding:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the space occupied by a machine shop that is defined by permanent partitions; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the floor area of a space 15 feet wide and extending the entire length or depth of the garage on each floor on which a law requires that a space be kept open.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-901" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Calvert County magazine seller license” means a license issued by the clerk in Calvert County to act as a nonresident itinerant magazine seller in Calvert County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Foot peddler” means a peddler who travels on foot.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Motor vehicle peddler” means a peddler who travels by motor vehicle.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Nonresident itinerant magazine seller” means a person who is not a resident of Calvert County and who sells or offers to sell a subscription to a magazine or other publication in Calvert County.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“One–horse peddler” means a peddler who travels with a wagon or other vehicle drawn by one horse or other beast of burden.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>“Peddler” means a person who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>does not have a fixed place of business located in a physical structure; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>moves from house to house or place to place carrying articles of merchandise to be sold and delivered concurrently.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Peddler” includes a foot peddler, motor vehicle peddler, one–horse peddler, and two–horse peddler.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Peddler license” means a license issued by the clerk to act as a peddler.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Two–horse peddler” means a peddler who travels with a wagon or other vehicle drawn by two horses or other beasts of burden.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-905" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>Part II of this subtitle does not apply in Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Cecil, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George’s counties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In Allegany County, Part II of this subtitle does not apply to a trader who holds a trader’s license and has kept a regular place of business in Allegany County for at least 5 years.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>In Charles County, Part II of this subtitle:</text> <level label="1"> <text>applies to the sale of goods from a motor vehicle or temporary stand; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>does not apply to the sale of goods from a motor vehicle or temporary stand in connection with a permanent business in Charles County if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the seller has the written permission of the owner of the business; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the motor vehicle or temporary stand is on or adjacent to the premises of the business.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>In Harford County, Part II of this subtitle:</text> <level label="1"> <text>applies to the sale of goods from a vehicle or temporary stand; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>does not apply to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the sale of goods on property that the seller owns or leases; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a nonprofit organization.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>In St. Mary’s County, Part II of this subtitle applies to a nonresident of St. Mary’s County who sells goods from a motor vehicle, temporary stand, or other temporary location.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Except in Harford County, Part II of this subtitle does not apply to the sale of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>fish or oysters in their natural and unpreserved condition; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>perishable fruits or vegetables in their natural condition.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-906" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in Part II of this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, a person must have a peddler license whenever the person acts as a peddler in the State.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-907" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>An applicant for a peddler license shall pay to the clerk the applicable license fee.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the applicant is a foot peddler, the license fee is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in Baltimore City, $200;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in St. Mary’s County, the amount set by the County Commissioners, by resolution; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>in any other county, $100.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If the applicant is a one–horse peddler, the license fee is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in Baltimore City, $250;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in St. Mary’s County, the amount set by the County Commissioners, by resolution; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>in any other county, $150.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>If the applicant is a two–horse peddler, the license fee is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in Baltimore City, $300;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in St. Mary’s County, the amount set by the County Commissioners, by resolution; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>in any other county, $200.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>If the applicant is a motor vehicle peddler, the license fee is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in Baltimore City, $500;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in St. Mary’s County, the amount set by the County Commissioners, by resolution; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>in any other county, $300; but</text> <level label="1"> <text>in Garrett County, the license fee is $100 for a resident of Garrett County; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>in Worcester County, the license fee is $100 for a resident of Worcester County who sells only ice cream.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>In Harford County, an applicant for a peddler license must have the written permission of the owner or lessee of the property where the applicant will do business.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The written permission shall include:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the name, address, and telephone number of the owner or lessee of the property;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the name, permanent address, and telephone number of the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a description of the goods to be sold by the applicant; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the times of day and the number of days per month that the applicant is allowed to do business on the property of the owner or lessee.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-908" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The clerk shall provide a metal tag and license sticker to each peddler who holds a peddler license.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The clerk shall provide a license sticker to each peddler who renews a peddler license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A peddler shall possess the metal tag and license sticker at all times that the individual is acting as a peddler.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A one–horse peddler, two–horse peddler, and motor vehicle peddler shall keep the metal tag and license sticker attached to the vehicle.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-909" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>A peddler license authorizes the holder to act as a peddler only in the county where the peddler license is issued.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In Harford County, a peddler may not sell goods on:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a county right-of-way; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a State right-of-way, unless the peddler gets a lease agreement from the appropriate State unit.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-910" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person may not act as a peddler unless the person has a peddler license.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-911" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>This section does not apply in Allegany and Washington counties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A municipal corporation may not require a local license or impose a local fee or tax to sell fresh fruits, vegetables, or other country produce from a wagon at retail if the seller is the producer.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>However, a municipal corporation by ordinance may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>provide for the issuance of identification cards or tags to producers of country produce who sell the produce from a wagon at retail;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>set a fee, not exceeding 50 cents for each producer, for the issuance of identification cards or tags; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>require producers to get and display identification cards or tags.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>A person who is not the producer may not sell or offer to sell any fresh fruits, vegetables, or other country produce from a wagon at retail in a municipal corporation that requires a local license or imposes a local fee or tax to do so without getting the license or paying the fee or tax.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $25.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-916" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>Part III of this subtitle applies only in Calvert County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Part III of this subtitle does not apply to sales by producers of their own vegetables or other perishable farm products.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-917" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in Part III of this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, a person must have a peddler license whenever in Calvert County the person:</text> <level label="1"> <text>sells or offers for sale at wholesale or retail any vegetables, eggs, poultry, meats, or other farm products; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>sells or offers for sale at retail any dry goods or clothing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, a person must have a magazine seller license whenever the person acts as a nonresident itinerant magazine seller in Calvert County.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-918" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>An applicant for a peddler license shall pay to the clerk a license fee of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$75, if the applicant sells at wholesale; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$150, if the applicant sells at retail.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An applicant for a magazine seller license shall pay to the clerk a license fee of $50.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The clerk shall pay all money collected under this subtitle to the County Treasurer of Calvert County to be placed in the general fund of Calvert County.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-919" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <text>The clerk shall issue to each holder of a peddler license a metal tag that indicates that the license fee for the current year has been paid.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-920" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <text>Each holder of a peddler license shall keep the metal tag attached to any vehicle used by the peddler.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-921" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in Part III of this subtitle, unless a person has a peddler license, the person may not in Calvert County:</text> <level label="1"> <text>sell or offer for sale at wholesale or retail any vegetables, eggs, poultry, meats, or other farm products; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>sell or offer for sale at retail any dry goods or clothing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-922" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Peddlers"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not act as a nonresident itinerant magazine seller in Calvert County unless the person has a magazine seller license.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $300.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1001" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Agent” means a person who buys or sells junk or scrap metal for a junk dealer or scrap metal processor.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Agent license” means a license issued by the clerk to act as an agent.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Antique dealer” means a person who does business buying and selling antiques.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Antiques” means objects made in, or typical of, an earlier period of time, that either have special value because of their age or are examples of works of art or handicrafts.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>“Junk” or “scrap metal” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>nonferrous articles made wholly or substantially of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>aluminum;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>babbitt metal;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>brass;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>bronze;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>light copper;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>heavy copper;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>lead;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>low carbon chrome;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>low carbon manganese;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>molybdenum;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>monel metal;</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>pewter;</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>nickel;</text> </level> <level label="14"> <text>stainless steel;</text> </level> <level label="15"> <text>tin;</text> </level> <level label="16"> <text>vanadium;</text> </level> <level label="17"> <text>zinc;</text> </level> <level label="18"> <text>platinum;</text> </level> <level label="19"> <text>gold;</text> </level> <level label="20"> <text>rhodium; or</text> </level> <level label="21"> <text>other nonferrous metals; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the following used articles, made of either ferrous or nonferrous metal:</text> <level label="1"> <text>catalytic converters;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>metal bleachers;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>hard–drawn copper;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>metal beer kegs;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>cemetery urns;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>grave markers;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>propane tanks;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>telecommunications equipment that includes any other used articles owned by a telecommunications company, as defined in § 6–305.1 of the Criminal Law Article, including:</text> </level> <level label="A"> <text>antennae;</text> </level> <level label="B"> <text>burned wires;</text> </level> <level label="C"> <text>busbars;</text> </level> <level label="D"> <text>cell tower batteries;</text> </level> <level label="E"> <text>fiber optic and copper cables;</text> </level> <level label="F"> <text>power inverters;</text> </level> <level label="G"> <text>materials with identifiable markers that indicate ownership by the telecommunications company; and</text> </level> <level label="H"> <text>small cell facilities; and</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>any other used articles owned by a public utility including:</text> </level> <level label="A"> <text>guardrails;</text> </level> <level label="B"> <text>manhole covers;</text> </level> <level label="C"> <text>metal light poles;</text> </level> <level label="D"> <text>tree grates;</text> </level> <level label="E"> <text>water meters; and</text> </level> <level label="F"> <text>street signs.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Junk” or “scrap metal” does not include beverage cans or food cans.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>“Junk dealer” or “scrap metal processor” means a person who does business buying or selling junk or scrap metal.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Junk dealer” or “scrap metal processor” does not include a dealer or pawnbroker licensed under Title 12 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Junk dealer or scrap metal processor license” means a license issued by the clerk to do business as a junk dealer or scrap metal processor.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“Nonresident junk dealer” means a junk dealer who is not a resident of the State.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Nonresident scrap metal processor” means a scrap metal processor who is not a resident of the State.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>“Primary law enforcement unit” means the Department of State Police, a police department, or sheriff, as designated by a resolution of the county or municipal governing body in the county in which the license of the junk dealer or scrap metal processor is held.</text> </level> <level label="l"> <text>“State junk license” includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a junk dealer or scrap metal processor license; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an agent license.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1002" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <level label="a"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a dealer or pawnbroker licensed under Title 12 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a person doing business other than junk business or scrap metal business whenever the person:</text> <level label="i"> <text>buys or transports junk or scrap metal used in the operation of the business; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>transports, for disposal or sale, junk or scrap metal accumulated by the business to dispose of or sell the junk or scrap metal; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a vehicle that a common carrier uses to transport junk or scrap metal in the business of the common carrier.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as provided in § 17–1012 of this subtitle, this subtitle does not apply to antique dealers.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1003" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <level label="a"> <text>A county or municipal governing body in the county in which the license of the junk dealer or scrap metal processor is held shall designate by resolution the primary law enforcement unit to receive records in accordance with § 17–1011(b) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a municipal governing body designates a county police department or sheriff as the primary law enforcement unit under this section, the county may designate the Department of State Police as the primary law enforcement unit.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1005" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, a person must have a junk dealer or scrap metal processor license whenever the person does business as a junk dealer or scrap metal processor in the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This subsection does not apply to a situation in which:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a nonresident junk dealer or nonresident scrap metal processor buys junk or scrap metal from a junk dealer or scrap metal processor licensee who is a resident of the State; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the nonresident junk dealer or nonresident scrap metal processor transports that junk or scrap metal.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If a nonresident junk dealer or nonresident scrap metal processor comes into the State in a vehicle, the nonresident junk dealer or nonresident scrap metal processor may not transport from the State in that vehicle any junk or scrap metal bought in the State unless the nonresident junk dealer or nonresident scrap metal processor holds a junk dealer or scrap metal processor license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, a person must have an agent license whenever the person acts as an agent in the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This subsection does not apply to a salaried employee of a junk dealer or scrap metal processor licensee.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1006" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant for a State junk license shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>certify to the clerk the applicant’s name and business address; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>pay to the clerk a license fee of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$10 for a junk dealer or scrap metal processor license; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$5 for an agent license.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>All license fees collected for issuance of State junk licenses under this section shall be paid to the Comptroller.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1007" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <level label="a"> <text>The clerk shall issue a State junk license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A State junk license is not transferable.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1008" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <text>If a nonresident junk dealer or nonresident scrap metal processor establishes a fixed place of business as a junk dealer or scrap metal processor in the State, the nonresident junk dealer or scrap metal processor shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>obtain a junk dealer or scrap metal processor license; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>comply with all laws and regulations related to the junk dealer or scrap metal processor license.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1009" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>This section applies to all junk dealers and scrap metal processors doing business in the State, including nonresident junk dealers and nonresident scrap metal processors.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, this section applies to an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap metal processor licensed under Title 15, Subtitle 5 of the Transportation Article if the automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap metal processor:</text> <level label="1"> <text>conducts business as a licensed junk dealer or scrap metal processor;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>acquires vehicle parts that qualify as junk or scrap metal as defined under § 17–1001(f) of this subtitle; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>acquires articles that are listed, or made of metals that are listed, in § 17–1001(f) of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Subsection (b)(2) of this section applies to any automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap metal processor licensed under Title 15, Subtitle 5 of the Transportation Article if all or part of a detached catalytic converter is acquired by the automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap metal processor from a person.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>except as provided in paragraph (2)(ii) of this subsection, an automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap metal processor that only acquires whole vehicles for the purpose of dismantling, destroying, or scrapping them for the benefit of their parts or the materials in them; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a person that buys scrap metal to use as raw material to produce 1,000,000 tons of steel or more in the State per calendar year.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, this section preempts the right of a county or municipality to regulate the resale of junk or scrap metal.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>This section does not limit the power of a county or municipality to license junk dealers and scrap metal processors.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>This section supersedes any existing law of a county or municipality that regulates the resale of junk or scrap metal.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>For each purchase of junk or scrap metal in the State, a junk dealer or scrap metal processor shall keep an accurate record in English.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The record shall state:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the date and time of purchase;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a description of the junk or scrap metal purchased, including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the type and grade of the junk or scrap metal;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>if payment is based on weight, the weight of each type and grade of junk or scrap metal; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>if the junk or scrap metal includes all or part of a detached catalytic converter, the vehicle identification number of the vehicle from which it was obtained;</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the amount paid or other consideration for the junk or scrap metal;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the registration plate number, make, and model of any vehicle used;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>the name and address of the individual from whom the junk or scrap metal is acquired;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>the signature of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the individual from whom the junk or scrap metal is acquired; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the junk dealer, scrap metal processor, or employee who accepted the junk or scrap metal; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>for each individual from whom the junk dealer or scrap metal processor acquires junk or scrap metal:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the date of birth and driver’s license number of the individual; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>identification information about the individual from a valid State–issued photo ID that provides a physical description of the individual, including the sex, race, any distinguishing features, and approximate age, height, and weight of the individual.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The records required under this subsection shall be kept in electronic form.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <level label="i"> <text>Subject to subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the junk dealer or scrap metal processor shall submit a copy of each record required under this paragraph to the primary law enforcement unit in accordance with subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A junk dealer or scrap metal processor shall submit a record by transmitting a copy of the records electronically, in a format acceptable to the receiving primary law enforcement unit, by the end of the first business day following the date of the transaction.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Each copy of a record submitted to the primary law enforcement unit shall include:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the date and time of purchase;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a description of the junk or scrap metal, including its weight if payment is based on weight;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>whether the amount paid or other consideration for the junk or scrap metal exceeds $500;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the registration plate number of any vehicle used by the individual from whom the junk or scrap metal is acquired;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>the name and address of the individual from whom the junk or scrap metal is acquired;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the date of birth and driver’s license number of the individual from whom the junk or scrap metal is acquired;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>identification information about the individual from a valid State–issued photo ID that provides a physical description of the individual, including the sex, race, age, height, and weight of the individual; and</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>an electronic scan or photocopy of the valid State–issued photo ID under item 7 of this subparagraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>The provisions of subparagraphs (i), (ii), and (iii) of this paragraph may not be construed to require a junk dealer or scrap metal processor to incur a substantial financial burden to comply with the requirements of this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>A copy of a record submitted under paragraph (4) of this subsection:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall be kept confidential;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is not a public record; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is not subject to Title 4 of the General Provisions Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>The primary law enforcement unit may destroy the copy of a record submitted under paragraph (4) of this subsection after 1 year from the date that the primary law enforcement unit receives the copy.</text> </level> <level label="7"> <level label="i"> <text>The primary law enforcement unit may waive the holding of electronic records under paragraph (3) of this subsection or the submission of electronic records under paragraph (4) of this subsection by a junk dealer or scrap metal processor.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Any waivers granted under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph shall be limited to authorizing a junk dealer or scrap metal processor to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>extend the reporting deadline under paragraph (4) of this subsection for an extra day;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>hold written records; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>submit records by facsimile or by mail.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection applies to junk dealers and scrap metal processors who are residents of the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each junk dealer or scrap metal processor shall keep the records required by subsection (b) of this section for 1 year after the date of the transaction.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The records kept in accordance with this subsection shall be open to inspection during business hours by State or local law enforcement personnel for an investigation of a specific crime involving the materials listed under § 17–1001(f) of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>A junk dealer or scrap metal processor may not barter, buy, exchange, or accept from a person any junk or scrap metal unless the junk dealer or scrap metal processor keeps records and makes entries in them in accordance with this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A junk dealer or scrap metal processor may not purchase a catalytic converter from an individual unless the individual, at the time of purchase, provides identification as:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a licensed automotive dismantler and recycler or scrap metal processor; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an agent or employee of a licensed commercial enterprise.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>A junk dealer or scrap metal processor may not purchase a cemetery urn, grave marker, or any other item listed under § 17–1001(f)(1)(ii) of this subtitle from an individual unless the individual, at the time of purchase, provides appropriate authorization from a relevant business or unit of federal, State, or local government or from an individual with authorization under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph specifically authorizing the individual to conduct the transaction.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>For a purchase of telecommunications equipment sold as junk or scrap metal, appropriate authorization under this subsection includes a bill of sale, receipt, letter of authorization, or other documentary evidence that the seller has lawful authority to sell the telecommunications equipment.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>State or local law enforcement personnel may request information from the records required under subsection (b) of this section pursuant to an investigation of a specific crime involving the materials listed under § 17–1001(f) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>The record and reporting requirements of subsection (b) of this section do not apply to an item that is acquired from:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a licensed junk dealer or scrap metal processor;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a unit of federal, State, or local government; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a commercial enterprise with a valid business license that has entered into a written contract with a junk dealer or scrap metal processor who has provided to the primary law enforcement unit:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the name and business address of the commercial enterprise; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the type of junk or scrap metal subject to the contract.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a contract under paragraph (1)(iii) of this subsection shall be open to inspection by a local law enforcement agency on the premises of the junk dealer or scrap metal processor during business hours.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Notwithstanding any other law, a contract open to inspection by a local law enforcement agency under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph may not be open for public inspection without the consent of the junk dealer or scrap metal processor.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>If a State or local law enforcement agency has reasonable cause to believe that junk or scrap metal that is in the possession of a junk dealer or scrap metal processor is stolen, the law enforcement agency may issue a written hold notice.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The written hold notice shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>identify the items of junk or scrap metal alleged to be stolen and subject to hold;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>inform the junk dealer or scrap metal processor of the hold imposed on the items of junk or scrap metal; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>specify the time period for the hold, not to exceed 15 days.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>On receipt of a written hold notice from a law enforcement agency, a junk dealer or scrap metal processor may not process or remove from the junk dealer’s or scrap metal processor’s place of business before the end of the hold period any items of junk or scrap metal identified in the hold notice, unless the item is released by the law enforcement agency or by court order.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>Local law enforcement personnel of the county where the place of business of the junk dealer or scrap metal processor is located or where the junk or scrap metal was purchased may enforce this section.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a fine not exceeding $500 for a first offense; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both for a subsequent offense.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1010" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “historic marker or plaque” means a marker, plaque, or tablet commemorating a historic person or event, or identifying a historic place, structure, or object.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies to all junk dealers, scrap metal processors, and antique dealers who are residents of the State.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Each junk dealer, scrap metal processor, or antique dealer subject to this section who purchases a historic marker or plaque shall register with the sheriff or other law enforcement official designated by the governing body of the county in which the business of the junk dealer, scrap metal processor, or antique dealer is located a complete description of the historic marker or plaque.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The description shall include:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the date and time of purchase;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the name and address of the seller;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the license tag number of any vehicle used; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a description of the historic marker or plaque, including the full text, any installation date, and the name of any installation sponsor.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The registration required under this section shall be made within 3 business days after the date of the purchase of the historic marker or plaque.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The sheriff or other law enforcement official promptly shall notify the Maryland Historical Trust with a copy to the junk dealer, scrap metal processor, or antique dealer who registered with the sheriff.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A historic marker or plaque may not be sold or otherwise disposed of for a period of 30 days from the date of the notice required under subsection (d) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1011" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Junk Dealers and Scrap Metal Processors"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person who violates this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $500 for each offense.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1101" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Laundries and Dry Cleaners"> <text>In this subtitle, “license” means a license issued by the clerk to do the business of cleaning, dyeing, pressing, or laundering on–site at the location stated on the license.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1102" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Laundries and Dry Cleaners"> <text>A person must have a license whenever the person does the business of on–site cleaning, dyeing, pressing, or laundering, other than hand laundering, in the State.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1103" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Laundries and Dry Cleaners"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant for a license shall pay to the clerk the applicable license fee.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In a county other than Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is:</text> <level label="1"> <text>$15 for a business that employs not more than 10 individuals;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>$50 for a business that employs 11 to 20 individuals; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>$100 for a business that employs more than 20 individuals.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>In Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is:</text> <level label="1"> <text>$40 for a business that employs not more than 10 individuals;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>$125 for a business that employs 11 to 20 individuals; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>$250 for a business that employs more than 20 individuals.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1201" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Storage Warehouses"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>“Storage warehouse” means a building or structure used for keeping goods for a fee.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Storage warehouse” does not include a self–service storage facility.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Storage warehouse license” means a license issued by the clerk to keep a storage warehouse.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1202" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Storage Warehouses"> <text>A person must have a storage warehouse license whenever the person keeps a storage warehouse where goods are stored for a fee in the State.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1203" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Storage Warehouses"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant for a storage warehouse license shall pay to the clerk a license fee of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>$30 for a storage warehouse in a municipal corporation with a population of not more than 10,000;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>$50 for a storage warehouse in a municipal corporation or county with a population of 10,001 to 20,000;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>$75 for a storage warehouse in a municipal corporation or county with a population of 20,001 to 50,000; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>$150 for a storage warehouse in a municipal corporation or county with a population of more than 50,000.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>All license fees collected under this section shall be paid to the Comptroller.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1204" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Storage Warehouses"> <level label="a"> <text>Before a moving and storage firm or warehouse that stores household goods provides any service, the moving and storage firm or warehouse shall give written notice to the buyer of the service that the buyer should get insurance to protect the buyer from loss of goods.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1401" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Promoters of Outdoor Musical Festivals"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Health officer” means the health officer for the county where an outdoor musical festival will be held.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Outdoor musical festival” means an event at which a group of individuals participates in musical entertainment:</text> <level label="1"> <text>in an open space;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>not in a permanent structure; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>not on publicly owned property.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>“Promoter” means a person who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>organizes, operates, produces, or stages an outdoor musical festival; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>owns or leases property where an outdoor musical festival is held.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Promoter” does not include the State or a political subdivision of the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Promoter license” means a license issued by the clerk to act as a promoter.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1402" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Promoters of Outdoor Musical Festivals"> <level label="a"> <text>This subtitle does not apply in Baltimore City or Allegany, Howard, and Montgomery counties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to an outdoor musical festival held in:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Carroll County by a college or public school; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Kent County by a nonprofit agricultural, charitable, civic, fraternal, religious, social welfare, or war veterans’ organization operating in Kent County.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>In Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline, Cecil, Charles, Dorchester, Garrett, Harford, Prince George’s, Somerset, St. Mary’s, Talbot, Wicomico, and Worcester counties, this subtitle applies only to an outdoor musical festival with 1,000 or more spectators in attendance.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In Carroll, Frederick, Kent, Queen Anne’s, and Washington counties, this subtitle applies only to an outdoor musical festival with 500 or more spectators in attendance.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>This subtitle applies only if admission is charged to attend the outdoor musical festival.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1403" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Promoters of Outdoor Musical Festivals"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, a person must have a promoter license whenever the person acts as a promoter in the State.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1404" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Promoters of Outdoor Musical Festivals"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant for a promoter license shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>pay to the clerk a license fee of $500; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>get a health permit from the health officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An applicant for a health permit shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>post a bond in accordance with § 17–1405 of this subtitle;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>establish adequate health facilities and sanitation in accordance with any regulations adopted by the Maryland Department of Health to govern outdoor musical festivals; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>show that the applicant has obtained approval of the local law enforcement unit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Approval of a local law enforcement unit under subsection (b)(3) of this section shall be based on the applicant’s ability to provide:</text> <level label="i"> <text>adequate security for the safety of spectators and their property;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adequate arrangements for the orderly flow of traffic to, at, and from the outdoor musical festival; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>adequate security for those persons who might reasonably be affected by the outdoor musical festival and for their property.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Paragraph (1)(iii) of this subsection does not apply in St. Mary’s County.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1405" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Promoters of Outdoor Musical Festivals"> <level label="a"> <text>In St. Mary’s County, this section does not apply if the promoter owns the property where the outdoor musical festival will be held.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection, each promoter shall post a cash bond with the application for a health permit.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The amount of the bond:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall be determined by the health officer; but</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>may not exceed:</text> <level label="1"> <text>$25,000 in Frederick and Washington counties; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>$50,000 in the other counties to which this subtitle applies.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In St. Mary’s County, a promoter may pledge real or personal property instead of posting a cash bond if the promoter submits to the health officer a verified financial statement confirming that the fair market value of the pledged property equals or exceeds the amount of the bond required.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The health officer:</text> <level label="1"> <text>shall keep the bond until 30 days after the end of the outdoor musical festival; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>after that time, shall return to the promoter any money that has not been used and is not needed to satisfy pending claims.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If, within 72 hours after an outdoor musical festival ends, the promoter fails to remove all trash, and to begin repair of any damage to property, including crops and livestock, that the outdoor musical festival or its spectators caused or created, the health officer may use as much of the bond as necessary to remove the trash and repair the damage.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection does not affect any common law remedy that the person has against the promoter.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Any person who has a claim against the bond shall submit the claim to the health officer within 30 days after the outdoor musical festival ends.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If a claim is submitted, the health officer shall determine and keep the amount necessary to cover the claim.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1407" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="14" subtitle_name="Promoters of Outdoor Musical Festivals"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person may not act as a promoter in the State unless the person has a promoter license.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1601" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Restaurants"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Restaurant” means an establishment that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>accommodates the public;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provides seating; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>is equipped with facilities for preparing and serving food.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Restaurant license” means a license issued by the clerk to operate a restaurant or other eating place.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1602" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Restaurants"> <text>This subtitle does not apply in Montgomery County.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1603" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Restaurants"> <text>A person must have a restaurant license whenever the person operates a restaurant or other eating place in the State.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1604" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="16" subtitle_name="Restaurants"> <text>An applicant for a restaurant license shall pay to the clerk a license fee of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>$50 for each place of business in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, or Cecil County;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>$25 for each place of business in a municipal corporation with a population of 8,000 or more in any other county; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>$10 for each place of business elsewhere in the State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1701" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Micro Markets"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Food service facility” has the meaning stated in § 21–301 of the Health – General Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Micro market” means an unstaffed, self–checkout retail food service facility that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>includes one or more micro market displays;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has an automated payment kiosk or other device designed to accept electronic payments that is operated by the consumer;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>is located indoors and within a separate business; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>is generally accessible only to individuals within the building in which the food service facility is located.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Micro market display” means the place where the food being sold by a micro market is displayed, including:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an open rack;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a refrigerator or a refrigerated cooler;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a freezer;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a vending machine;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a beverage dispenser; or</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a single–serve coffee brewer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Micro market license” means a license issued by the clerk to operate a micro market.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1702" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Micro Markets"> <level label="a"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the owner or operator of a micro market may not be required to have a person in charge present during the hours of operation of the micro market if the micro market meets the requirements of this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Food sold at a micro market shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>be commercially prepackaged food or ready–to–eat food;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>be prepackaged in tamper–evident packaging; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>contain the following information on the packaging label:</text> <level label="i"> <text>nutrition information required by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a freshness or expiration date; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>any other information required under Title 21, Subtitle 2 of the Health – General Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Refrigerated or frozen food sold at a micro market shall be stored and displayed in a refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>maintains an internal temperature:</text> <level label="i"> <text>of 41 degrees Fahrenheit or lower; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for food safety determined by the Maryland Department of Health;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has self–closing doors;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>has doors that allow the food on display to be viewed without opening the door to the refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>has an automated self–locking feature that prevents a consumer from accessing the food on the occurrence of any condition that results in the failure of the refrigerator, refrigerated cooler, or freezer to maintain the internal temperature required under item (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The owner or operator of a micro market shall post a sign that is clearly visible to the consumer near the micro market entryway or while using the electronic payment device that includes the following information:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the name of the owner or operator of the micro market to whom complaints and comments regarding the micro market may be addressed;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the business mailing address of the owner or operator;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the business telephone number of the owner or operator; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the e–mail address and website address of the owner or operator, if applicable.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The sign posted under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be in English and, at the discretion of the owner or operator of the micro market, in any other language of the consumers of the micro market.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1703" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Micro Markets"> <level label="a"> <text>The owner or operator of a micro market may secure the product and premises of a micro market by use of video surveillance that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>records consumers viewing, selecting, handling, and purchasing products from the micro market; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>provides sufficient resolution to identify consumers described in item (2) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A video surveillance recording made under subsection (a) of this section shall be maintained by the owner for 14 days after the date of the video surveillance recording.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The owner or operator of a micro market shall make a video surveillance recording available for inspection by the Comptroller or any other regulatory or law enforcement agency:</text> <level label="i"> <text>on the request of the Comptroller or the regulatory or law enforcement agency; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>within 24 hours from the time the request is received by the owner or operator.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1704" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Micro Markets"> <level label="a"> <text>A person must have a micro market license to operate one or more micro markets in the State.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A license issued to a person authorizes the holder to operate a micro market in the State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1705" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Micro Markets"> <text>An applicant for a micro market license shall provide to the clerk:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a form required by the Comptroller that includes the address of each micro market to be operated by the applicant; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a license fee of $50.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1706" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Micro Markets"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, a person may not operate a micro market in the State unless the person has a micro market license.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person that violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-17A-01" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17A" subtitle_name="Chain Stores"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Chain store license” means a license issued by the clerk to operate two or more stores under the same general management or ownership.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“General management or ownership” means a common or shared management, supervision, or ownership of more than one retail store, regardless of corporate form, purpose, or structure.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-17A-02" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17A" subtitle_name="Chain Stores"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to a retail service station dealer, as defined in § 10–101 of this article, of which the principal business is the sale or distribution of motor fuel.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-17A-03" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17A" subtitle_name="Chain Stores"> <text>A person must have a chain store license and a trader’s license issued under Subtitle 18 of this title whenever the person operates two or more retail stores under the same general management or ownership in the State. </text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-17A-04" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="17A" subtitle_name="Chain Stores"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant for a chain store license shall pay to the clerk a license fee based on the number of locations in the State.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection does not apply in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Cecil County.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The license fee in each county is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>for 2 to 5 stores, $5 for each store;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for 6 to 10 stores, $20 for each store;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>for 11 to 20 stores, $100 for each store; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>for more than 20 stores, $150 for each store.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>In Baltimore City and Baltimore County the license fee is:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for 2 to 5 stores, $12 for each store;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for 6 to 10 stores, $50 for each store;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>for 11 to 20 stores, $250 for each store; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>for more than 20 stores, $150 for each store.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>In Cecil County the license fee is:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for 2 to 5 stores, $10 for each store;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for 6 to 10 stores, $30 for each store;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>for 11 to 20 stores, $100 for each store; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>for more than 20 stores, $300 for each store.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1801" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Blind Industries” means Blind Industries and Services of Maryland.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Exhibitor” means a person who rents space from a promoter to display and sell goods at a show.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Licensed trader” means a trader who is licensed by the clerk under this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Mobile place of business” means a place of business located in a truck, trailer, or other vehicle and not in a building or other fixed structure.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Promoter” means a person who rents space at a show to an exhibitor.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Show” includes an antique show, coin show, flea market, gun show, stamp show, and show of a temporary nature.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1802" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to the sale of alcoholic beverages.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1803" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, a person must have a trader’s license whenever the person:</text> <level label="1"> <text>does business as a trader in the State; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>does business as an exhibitor in the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A separate trader’s license is required for each store or place of business that a person operates in the State.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>A separate trader’s license is required for each mobile place of business that operates exclusively in one fixed location in the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each mobile place of business that operates in more than one location in the State requires a trader’s license and a peddler’s license issued under Subtitle 9 of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a grower, maker, or manufacturer of goods;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a nonresident traveling salesperson, sample merchant, or representative of a foreign mercantile or manufacturing business while selling to or soliciting an order from a licensed trader in the State;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a private individual while publicly selling the individual’s personal effects on the individual’s property, if the individual holds only 1 sale not exceeding 14 consecutive days in a calendar year; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a restaurant licensed under Subtitle 16 of this title that generates 10% or less of its annual sales from nonfood items.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>An exhibitor need not get a trader’s license for a show if the show is promoted by:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a church, as defined in § 5–301(b) of the Corporations and Associations Article;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a governmental unit;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an amateur radio organization;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>an antique vehicle, machine, and equipment organization;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a volunteer fire department or rescue squad; or</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>a model train collectors’ association.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An exhibitor need not get a trader’s license for a show if the exhibitor gives to the promoter an exhibitor’s affidavit stating that the exhibitor:</text> <level label="i"> <text>receives less than 10% of the exhibitor’s annual income from selling the kind of goods that the exhibitor will display and sell at the show; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has not participated in more than three shows, not including participation in one show sponsored by a national organization that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, during the previous 365 days.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An exhibitor at an antique show, coin show, or collector show need not get a trader’s license for the show if the exhibitor gives to the promoter an exhibitor’s affidavit stating that the exhibitor:</text> <level label="i"> <text>will display and sell at the show;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>receives less than 10% of the exhibitor’s annual income in the State from selling the kind of goods that the exhibitor will display and sell at the show; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>has not participated in more than three antique shows, coin shows, or collector shows in the State during the previous 365 days.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An exhibitor who has a trader’s license need not get an additional trader’s license for a show if, before the show, the exhibitor gives the promoter a photocopy of the trader’s license.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1804" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant for a trader’s license shall state in the application the place where the applicant will do business as a trader.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>An applicant for a trader’s license may apply under this subsection if the applicant has a defect in vision such that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>visual acuity in the applicant’s better eye does not exceed 20/140 with correcting lenses; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the widest diameter of the applicant’s visual field subtends an angle not exceeding 20 degrees.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An applicant for a trader’s license under this subsection shall submit to the clerk:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a signed certificate, from a licensed physician who specializes in treatment of the eye, that the applicant’s vision meets the standard of paragraph (1) of this subsection; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an affidavit that the applicant is the owner of the place of business listed in the application.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Blind Industries also may apply for a trader’s license under this subsection for a business that it operates, if Blind Industries submits to the clerk an affidavit that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Blind Industries operates the business listed in the application; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the manager of the business has vision that meets the standard of paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1805" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In Baltimore County, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license for the first time without the approval of the zoning commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In an area of Cecil County where the Cecil County Office of Planning and Zoning has jurisdiction, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license for the first time until the applicant has obtained zoning approval from that office.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>In Howard County, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license for the first time without the approval of the Director of the Office of Planning and Zoning.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Within 3 working days after an application for a trader’s license is submitted for review to the Director of the Office of Planning and Zoning, the Director shall notify the clerk of the approval or disapproval of the application.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>In Calvert County, the clerk may not issue a trader’s license without the approval of the Director of the Office of Planning and Zoning for all new licenses and for any changes to a location for an existing license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The clerk shall indicate on each trader’s license the place where the licensed trader may do business as a trader.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection does not apply to a county or municipal corporation that selects a uniform license fee under § 17–1806 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A clerk may not issue a trader’s license until the clerk reviews the accuracy of the statement made by the applicant on the application for a trader’s license under § 17–1804 of this subtitle regarding the place where the applicant will do business as a trader.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1806" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <text>On or before December 1 each year, the governing body of a county or municipal corporation may select a uniform license fee for a trader’s license under § 17–1807(b) of this subtitle by submitting its selection on a form provided by the Comptroller and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A selection by the governing body of a county or municipal corporation under this section is irrevocable.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1807" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, an applicant for a trader’s license shall pay to the clerk a license fee.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the applicant’s business is located in a county or municipal corporation that selects a uniform license fee under § 17–1806 of this subtitle, the applicant:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall pay the license fee set forth in subsection (b) of this section; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if the county or municipal corporation in which the business is located provides a full tax exemption for commercial inventory, may not be required to submit a certification by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the value of the goods, fixtures, and stock–in–trade under § 17–302 of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If the applicant’s business is located in a county or municipal corporation with a license fee based on the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade, the applicant shall pay the license fee under subsection (c) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection applies only to a county or municipal corporation that selects a uniform license fee for a trader’s license under § 17–1806 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In a county other than Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is $15.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is $20.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection applies only to a county or municipal corporation with a license fee based on the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In a county other than Baltimore City or Baltimore County, the license fee is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$15, if the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade is not more than $1,000;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$18, if the value is more than $1,000 but not more than $1,500;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>$20, if the value is more than $1,500 but not more than $2,500;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>$25, if the value is more than $2,500 but not more than $4,000;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>$30, if the value is more than $4,000 but not more than $6,000;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>$40, if the value is more than $6,000 but not more than $8,000;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>$50, if the value is more than $8,000 but not more than $10,000;</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>$65, if the value is more than $10,000 but not more than $15,000;</text> </level> <level label="ix"> <text>$80, if the value is more than $15,000 but not more than $20,000;</text> </level> <level label="x"> <text>$100, if the value is more than $20,000 but not more than $30,000;</text> </level> <level label="xi"> <text>$125, if the value is more than $30,000 but not more than $40,000;</text> </level> <level label="xii"> <text>$150, if the value is more than $40,000 but not more than $50,000;</text> </level> <level label="xiii"> <text>$200, if the value is more than $50,000 but not more than $75,000;</text> </level> <level label="xiv"> <text>$250, if the value is more than $75,000 but not more than $100,000;</text> </level> <level label="xv"> <text>$300, if the value is more than $100,000 but not more than $150,000;</text> </level> <level label="xvi"> <text>$350, if the value is more than $150,000 but not more than $200,000;</text> </level> <level label="xvii"> <text>$400, if the value is more than $200,000 but not more than $300,000;</text> </level> <level label="xviii"> <text>$500, if the value is more than $300,000 but not more than $400,000;</text> </level> <level label="xix"> <text>$600, if the value is more than $400,000 but not more than $500,000;</text> </level> <level label="xx"> <text>$750, if the value is more than $500,000 but not more than $750,000; and</text> </level> <level label="xxi"> <text>$800, if the value is more than $750,000.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In Baltimore City, the license fee is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$20, if the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade is not more than $1,000;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$40, if the value is more than $1,000 but not more than $5,000;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>$80, if the value is more than $5,000 but not more than $10,000;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>$160, if the value is more than $10,000 but not more than $50,000;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>$375, if the value is more than $50,000 but not more than $100,000;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>$1,000, if the value is more than $100,000 but not more than $300,000;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>$1,500, if the value is more than $300,000 but not more than $750,000; and</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>$2,125, if the value is more than $750,000.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>In Baltimore County, the license fee is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>$20, if the value of the applicant’s stock–in–trade is not more than $1,000;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>$40, if the value is more than $1,000 but not more than $5,000;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>$80, if the value is more than $5,000 but not more than $10,000;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>$160, if the value is more than $10,000 but not more than $50,000;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>$375, if the value is more than $50,000 but not more than $100,000;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>$450, if the value is more than $100,000 but not more than $200,000;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>$500, if the value is more than $200,000 but not more than $300,000;</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>$775, if the value is more than $300,000 but not more than $400,000;</text> </level> <level label="ix"> <text>$1,000, if the value is more than $400,000 but not more than $500,000;</text> </level> <level label="x"> <text>$1,250, if the value is more than $500,000 but not more than $750,000; and</text> </level> <level label="xi"> <text>$1,600, if the value is more than $750,000.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection does not apply to a domestic corporation that has shares subject to taxation under State law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In determining the value of an applicant’s stock–in–trade, the clerk shall accept as prima facie evidence the values shown on the certification of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, or declaration of inventory from the applicant, as required by § 17–302 of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A license fee shall be waived for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a visually handicapped applicant who meets the standards of § 17–1804(b)(1) of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Blind Industries.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1808" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The clerk shall state on each trader’s license the place where the licensee may do business as a trader.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A trader may keep a place of business only at the place stated on the trader’s license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A trader’s license issued to an exhibitor authorizes the holder to do business as an exhibitor at any show in the State.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A trader’s license issued to a peddler, as defined in § 17–901 of this title, authorizes the holder of the trader’s license to act as a peddler only in the county where the trader’s license was issued.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1809" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>If a trader disputes the value of the trader’s stock–in–trade on which the license fee is based, the trader may submit in accordance with the Tax – Property Article an appeal to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation as to the value of the stock–in–trade.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>To avoid being in default, the trader may pay the license fee and get a trader’s license with the understanding that the trader will get a refund of any excess amount paid for the trader’s license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>If the State Department of Assessments and Taxation reduces the value of the stock–in–trade, resulting in a lower license fee, the licensed trader may get a refund of any excess amount paid by submitting to the clerk who issued the trader’s license:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a claim for the refund; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>supporting evidence of the reduction from the State Department of Assessments and Taxation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>On approving the claim, the clerk shall pay the refund.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If the clerk pays a refund, the clerk shall deduct the amount of the refund from the license fees distributed to the county or municipal corporation that receives the fee.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1810" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a trader may transfer the trader’s license to a person who:</text> <level label="1"> <text>buys the stock–in–trade of the trader; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>buys or rents the place of business of the trader.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A trader’s license issued to a visually handicapped individual or Blind Industries is not transferable.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>However, Blind Industries may change the manager of the place of business for which a trader’s license was issued if the new manager has vision that meets the standard of § 17–1804(b)(1) of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Whenever a trader sells the trader’s stock–in–trade and transfers the trader’s license:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the transfer of the trader’s license shall be reported to the clerk who issued the license; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the clerk shall record the transfer of the trader’s license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>In Baltimore County, the clerk may not issue a transferred trader’s license without the approval of the zoning commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In Calvert County, the clerk may not issue a transferred trader’s license unless the zoning requirements under § 17–307 of this title are met.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A person who buys a trader’s license may do business as a trader for the rest of the term of the trader’s license.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1811" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <level label="a"> <text>A promoter may not allow an exhibitor to do business at a show unless, before the show, the exhibitor submits to the promoter:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a photocopy of the trader’s license of the exhibitor; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an exhibitor’s affidavit in accordance with § 17–1803(d)(2) or (3) of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The exhibitor’s affidavit or the photocopy of the trader’s license shall be displayed conspicuously during the show.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Within 7 days after a show ends, the promoter shall submit to the Comptroller the exhibitors’ affidavits.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1812" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="18" subtitle_name="Traders"> <text>A person, including a licensed physician, who violates or conspires to violate any provision of this subtitle that relates to trader’s licenses for visually handicapped individuals or Blind Industries is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or both.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1901" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Vending Machines"> <text>In this subtitle, “vending machine license” means a license issued by the clerk to sell goods or offer goods for sale through a vending machine.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1902" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Vending Machines"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to: </text> <level label="1"> <text>the sale or offering for sale of newspapers, magazines, paper cups, paper or cloth towels, soap, toilet seat covers, postage stamps, or sanitary napkins;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the sale or offering for sale of merchandise through a bulk vending machine as defined in § 11–201.1 of the Tax – General Article; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the sale of tobacco products through a vending machine under Title 16, Subtitle 3A of this article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1903" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Vending Machines"> <text>Whenever a person sells goods or offers goods for sale through a vending machine in the State, the person must have a vending machine license that covers that machine.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1904" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Vending Machines"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant for a vending machine license shall pay to the clerk a license fee of $2.50 for each vending machine.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>All vending machine license fees collected under this section shall be paid to the Comptroller.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1905" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Vending Machines"> <level label="a"> <text>The Comptroller shall print and deliver to the clerk a license sticker for each vending machine.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The clerk shall give each vending machine licensee a license sticker for each vending machine.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to regulations adopted by the Comptroller, the license sticker shall be attached to the vending machine so that the identification label is easily visible.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In addition, the name and telephone number of the vending machine licensee or owner of the vending machine shall be displayed on each vending machine so that the name and telephone number are easily visible.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>If an inspector finds that a vending machine does not display the license sticker required by this section, the inspector promptly shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>notify the vending machine licensee or owner in writing of the violation; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>require that the vending machine licensee or owner display the license sticker properly within 10 days after receiving notice of the violation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the vending machine licensee or owner fails to display the license sticker properly within 10 days, the inspector shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>seal the vending machine to prevent further use; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>take necessary action to enforce the licensing provisions of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If neither the license sticker nor the name and telephone number of the vending machine licensee or owner are displayed properly, the inspector:</text> <level label="i"> <text>immediately shall seal the vending machine to prevent further use; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>shall take necessary action to enforce this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-1906" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="19" subtitle_name="Vending Machines"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not sell goods or offer goods for sale through a vending machine in the State unless the person has a vending machine license that covers that machine.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An unauthorized person may not remove or tamper with a license sticker or seal on a vending machine.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates any provision of this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-20A-01" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="20A" subtitle_name="Transient Vendors"> <text>In this subtitle:</text> <level label="1"> <text>“transient vendor” means a person who makes sales subject to the sales and use tax in the State from a motor vehicle or from a roadside or temporary location, excluding sales from a location that the vendor owns; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“transient vendor” does not include:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a person whose only activities in the State are the delivery of goods in interstate commerce into the State from outside the State pursuant to orders that were solicited or placed by mail or other means;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a person who hand crafts items for sale at special events, including fairs, carnivals, art and craft shows, and other festivals and celebrations in the State;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an exhibitor, within the meaning of § 17-1801(d) of this title; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>an individual who sells by catalogue, sample, or brochure for future delivery and who makes sales to the owner or legal occupant of the premises pursuant to the invitation of the owner or legal occupant of the premises.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-20A-02" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="20A" subtitle_name="Transient Vendors"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, before conducting business in the State, a transient vendor shall obtain a transient vendor’s license.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Comptroller may not issue a transient vendor’s license unless the transient vendor has a sales and use tax license and any necessary trader’s license and has paid all State taxes.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An application for a transient vendor’s license shall be in the form and contain the information that the Comptroller requires by regulation.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>A license required under this section shall be valid for not more than 90 days.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>The Comptroller may not renew a license required under this section unless the transient vendor has a sales and use tax license and any necessary trader’s license and has paid all State taxes.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A transient vendor shall display the transient vendor’s license at each transient place of business.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The transient vendor’s license shall be on the form specified by the Comptroller.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-20A-03" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="20A" subtitle_name="Transient Vendors"> <level label="a"> <text>The Comptroller may provide by regulation or may order in an individual case that at least 10 days before entering the State to conduct business, a transient vendor shall notify the Comptroller, in writing, of the location or locations where it intends to conduct business and the date or dates on which it intends to conduct business.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>While conducting business in the State, a transient vendor shall permit the Comptroller to inspect:</text> <level label="1"> <text>its sales records, including sales receipts and inventory or price lists; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the goods offered for sale.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the Comptroller may suspend or revoke a license issued to a transient vendor under this subtitle if the transient vendor:</text> <level label="1"> <text>fails to notify the Comptroller as required under subsection (a) of this section;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provides false information to the Comptroller;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>fails to collect the sales and use tax on all sales as required under Title 11 of the Tax - General Article; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>otherwise fails to comply with the provisions of the sales and use tax law or the provisions of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 10-226 of the State Government Article, before the Comptroller takes any final action under this section, the Comptroller shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Comptroller.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Comptroller shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Comptroller may administer oaths in a proceeding under this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>If, after due notice, the person against whom the action is contemplated does not appear, nevertheless the Comptroller may hear and determine the matter.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-20A-04" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="20A" subtitle_name="Transient Vendors"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of subsection (b) of this section, if a transient vendor conducting business in the State fails to display a valid transient vendor’s license, the Comptroller may order an immediate stop sale until a transient vendor’s license is obtained or may order a law enforcement officer to seize the goods that the transient vendor is offering or has offered for sale.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to the hearing provisions of subsection (b) of this section, if a transient vendor sells or offers to sell goods in the State without stating and charging the sales and use tax separately from the sale price as required under Title 11 of the Tax - General Article, the transient vendor’s license is void and shall be seized by the law enforcement officer and returned to the Comptroller, and the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection apply.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Comptroller may order summarily a stop sale or a seizure of the transient vendor’s goods or license if the Comptroller:</text> <level label="i"> <text>finds that the public health, safety, or welfare requires emergency action; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>promptly gives the licensee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>written notice of the stop sale or seizure, the finding, and the reasons that support the finding; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an opportunity to be heard.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>If the Comptroller finds that emergency action is not necessary under paragraph (1) of this subsection, before the Comptroller takes any final action under subsection (a) of this section, the Comptroller shall give the person against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the Comptroller.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The Comptroller shall give notice and hold the hearing in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Comptroller may administer oaths in a proceeding under this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>If, after due notice, the person against whom the action is contemplated does not appear, nevertheless the Comptroller may hear and determine the matter.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>All property seized by a law enforcement officer under this section shall be deemed prima facie to be contraband of law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>All rights, title, and interest in the property seized shall vest immediately in and to the local government, if seized by a law enforcement official of a local government, or to the State, if seized by State authorities, and may not be returned to the vendor or any other person, except as provided in this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>If the ultimate disposition of charges, in connection with which the property may have been seized, results in a record of conviction being entered against the vendor, the State Treasurer or the fiscal officer of the local government, within 90 days from the date of the record of the entry of conviction, unless the case is appealed, shall apply to the District Court or circuit court of the county for an order declaring and ordering that the property be forfeited to the sole use of the State or local government.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Before the court to which an application is directed shall proceed to order a forfeiture of the property to the State or local government, the court shall establish to its satisfaction that there is no pending and undetermined suit or proceeding that has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction against the State or the local government seeking a return or recovery of the property held in custody.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>All applications for the forfeiture of contraband shall be by petition.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>A copy of the petition and show cause order shall be served in the first instance in accordance with the Maryland Rules.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>On disposition of a charge resulting in acquittal, dismissal, a stet, a nolle prosequi, or probation under § 6-220 of the Criminal Procedure Article, a vendor claiming that the seized property is not contraband of law under subsection (c) of this section and should be returned to the vendor may apply, within 1 year after the date the judgment or order was entered or the action was taken that constituted the disposition and on giving 10 days’ prior written notice to the State Treasurer or appropriate local fiscal officer, to the appropriate court for a determination that the property is the property of the claimant and for an order that it be returned.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In a proceeding on that application, an acquittal, dismissal, or nolle prosequi with respect to any indictment involved in the seizure of the property is prima facie evidence that the property is not contraband.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A conviction, plea of guilty or of nolo contendere, or probation under the provisions of § 6-220 of the Criminal Procedure Article is prima facie evidence that the property is contraband.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>No presumption in the proceeding shall attach to an entry of stet.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>If a petition is not timely and properly filed, or if it is finally decided against the claimant, the seized property shall be forfeited to the custodian without further judicial action.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Timely notice shall be given by certified mail or other appropriate means to any known claimants, at their last known address, of the requirements of this section for making claim for the return of the seized property or the seized property may not be forfeited as provided in paragraph (5) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The provisions of this section shall be enforced by any State or local law enforcement officer.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-20A-05" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="20A" subtitle_name="Transient Vendors"> <text>A transient vendor who conducts business in the State without displaying a valid transient vendor’s license is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is subject to a fine not to exceed $500 for each offense.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-20A-06" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="20A" subtitle_name="Transient Vendors"> <text>The requirements of this subtitle are in addition to and do not exempt or otherwise alter the obligations of a transient vendor under the requirements of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the sales and use tax law under Titles 11 and 13 of the Tax - General Article; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>any other licensing or permit requirements under this title or under any other laws of the State or a subdivision of the State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2101" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="General Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>In this subtitle, “license” has the meaning stated in §§ 17–101 and 17–201 of this title.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2102" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="General Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>A person may not do any business in the State for which a license is required under this title unless the person has an appropriate license.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2103" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="General Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>A person may not fail to display a license, license sticker, or metal tag as required by this title.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2104" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="General Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>With the approval of the Comptroller or the Executive Director, as appropriate, the chief license inspector, an assistant license inspector, or an agent of the Field Enforcement Division of the Alcohol and Tobacco Commission shall begin proceedings to prosecute each person who:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is required to get a license from a clerk under this title; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>fails to get the license or to pay an adequate license fee.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2105" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="General Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <text>In a prosecution for selling goods without an appropriate license, proof that the defendant displayed or offered the goods for sale or kept a place of business where the goods were displayed or offered for sale is prima facie evidence that the defendant sold goods.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2106" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="21" subtitle_name="General Prohibited Acts; Penalties"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise specifically provided in this title, a person who violates this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $300 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Each agent or officer of a corporation convicted of violating this subtitle who actually engaged in the unlicensed business is individually subject to the penalties provided by law.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The penalty provided in this section does not affect any other penalty specifically provided by law for a violation of a license law.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2201" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="22"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Independent agent” means a person that offers or undertakes to arrange for or provide the travel services specified in subsection (c)(1)(ii) of this section but does not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>receive money or other valuable consideration directly from the purchaser for the sale of travel services or from the ultimate travel supplier;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>possess at any time any unissued ticket stock or travel document; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>have the ability to issue tickets, vacation certificates, or any other travel documents.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>“Seller of travel” means a person that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is located in the State or offers to sell travel services to a person located in the State;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>offers or undertakes to arrange or provide for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>travel reservations or accommodations;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>tickets for travel by any mode of transportation;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>hotel or motel accommodations;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>car rentals; or</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>sightseeing tours; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>receives valuable consideration directly from the purchaser for the sale of travel services or from the ultimate travel supplier.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Seller of travel” does not include:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an air carrier;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an ocean carrier; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a hotel, motel, person that rents or operates a short–term rental unit as defined in § 11–101 of the Tax – General Article for a period of less than 30 consecutive days, short–term rental platform as defined in § 11–101 of the Tax – General Article, or similar lodging establishment that, in the course of selling, providing, or arranging transient lodging accommodations and related services for its registered guests:</text> <level label="1"> <text>arranges or provides for transportation; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>does not directly or indirectly receive money or other valuable consideration for arranging or providing transportation.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2202" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="22"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Each seller of travel or independent agent shall file annually with the Department proof of professional liability and errors and omissions insurance in the amount of at least $1,000,000 as required by this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each seller of travel shall file annually with the Department a list of independent agents affiliated with the seller of travel.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The annual filing fee is $300.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not receive valuable consideration in payment for services offered for sale by a seller of travel or an independent agent unless, at the time of receiving the payment, the seller of travel or independent agent has met the annual filing requirements under subsection (a) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided by law, the Department shall pay all fees collected under this title to the Comptroller.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Comptroller shall distribute the fees to the Sellers of Travel Services Registration Fund established in § 2–106.17 of this article.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="17-2203" title_number="17" title_name="Miscellaneous State Business Licenses" subtitle_number="22"> <text>The Department shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>provide reasonable notice of the requirements of this subtitle to consumers and sellers of travel;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>enforce the provisions of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>adopt regulations to carry out this subtitle, including regulations establishing requirements and procedures for the registration of sellers of travel and providing for the enforcement of this subtitle.</text> </level> </section>