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HOUSE BILL 211
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(PRE–FILED) CF SB 648
By: Delegate Taveras
Requested: October 30, 2023
Introduced and read first time: January 10, 2024
Assigned to: Economic Matters
Committee Report: Favorable
House action: Adopted with floor amendments
Read second time: February 21, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Business Regulation – Contractors, Subcontractors, and Brokers – Prohibited 2
Conduct 3
FOR the purpose of prohibiting a person from serving or acting as a contractor, a 4
subcontractor, or a broker between a contractor and subcontractor during a certain 5
period after the person was convicted of a certain offense under federal or state law; 6
and generally relating to contractors, subcontractors, and brokers. 7
BY adding to 8
Article – Business Regulation 9
Section 19–107 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2015 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14
Article – Business Regulation 15
19–107. 16
A PERSON MAY NOT SERVE OR ACT AS A CONTRACTOR , A SUBCONTRACTOR , OR 17
A BROKER BETWEEN A CON TRACTOR AND SUBCONTR ACTOR IN THE STATE DURING 18
THE 5–YEAR PERIOD IMMEDIAT ELY FOLLOWING THE DA TE THE PERSON WAS 19 2 HOUSE BILL 211
CONVICTED OF AN OFFE NSE CONSTITUTING CRI MINAL MALFEASANCE , 1
MISFEASANCE , OR NONFEASANCE UNDER ANY FEDERAL OR STATE LAW. 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2024. 4
Approved:
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Governor.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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President of the Senate.