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<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="20-101" title_number="20" title_name="Automated Purchasing Machines" 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>“Automated purchasing machine” means a self–service device that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is designed to dispense money in exchange for personal property; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>is also known as a reverse vending machine.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Buyer” means a person that buys or offers to buy personal property by means of an automated purchasing machine.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Electronic device” means a device capable of facilitating communication through voice, data, text, or other visual or auditory format.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Employee” means an individual who is employed by a buyer to buy or supervise directly the buying of personal property.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“License” means a license issued by the Secretary to do business as a buyer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Personal property” means private property that is moveable.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Personal property” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>property that is serialized or normally has a unique identifier; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>gift cards or vouchers that have monetary value.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <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 automated purchasing machine is located.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Recyclable materials” means material that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>if not recycled, would become solid waste for disposal in a refuse disposal system; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may be collected, separated, or processed and returned to the marketplace in the form of raw materials or products.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Recyclable materials” includes paper, glass, metals, plastics, and cardboard.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Resident agent” means a person registered in the State who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>serves as a primary point of contact;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>regularly conducts business for the licensee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>maintains a physical location in Maryland where the resident agent regularly conducts business and at which the resident agent or an employee of the resident agent is physically present during normal business hours.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Seller” means a person who sells or offers to sell personal property to an automated purchasing machine.</text>
  </level>
</section>
