# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 20. Automated Purchasing Machines

### Subtitle 1. Definitions; General Provisions

#### Section 20-102

(a) This title does not apply to an automated purchasing machine that is used exclusively for collecting recyclable materials in accordance with a recycling program approved by the Department of the Environment.

(b)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this title:

    (i) preempts the right of a county or municipality to regulate automated purchasing machines and operators of automated purchasing machines; and

    (ii) supersedes any existing law of a county or municipality that regulates automated purchasing machines and operators of automated purchasing machines.

  (2) This title does not limit the power of a county or municipality to:

    (i) license automated purchasing machines and operators of automated purchasing machines; or

    (ii) prohibit the installation or operation of automated purchasing machines within the county or municipality.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)