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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" citation="COMAR 32.02.01.03" title_num="32" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="01" heading="Preliminary Certificate of Registration.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Process to Obtain a Preliminary Certificate of Registration. A person shall file a:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Statement of intent under Regulation .04 of this chapter;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A feasibility study under Regulation .05 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An application under Regulation .06 of this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Forms and Fees for Feasibility Study and Application.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A feasibility study and an application for a preliminary certificate of registration shall be submitted with forms provided by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>When new units are to be created and the project is neither an expansion nor a renovation, the following fees shall accompany the feasibility study:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>$14,000 for 1—99 new units;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>$20,000 for 100—199 new units;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>$30,000 for 200—499 new units;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>$40,000 for 500—999 new units; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>$50,000 for 1,000 or more new units.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The Department may charge an additional fee, not to exceed the original fee, if resubmission of a feasibility study to the Department is required due to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Significant changes in the assumptions upon which the feasibility study was based;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Correction of significant errors in the feasibility study; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>A significant omission in the original feasibility study submission.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>