Maryland legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Maryland HB577: Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Study
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
Requiring the Comptroller to consult with certain stakeholders to study and make recommendations on the enforcement process for miscellaneous State business licenses; and requiring the Comptroller to report the findings and recommendations of the study to the General Assembly by December 1, 2025.
What the bill says
An act concerning Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Enforcement and Penalties Study FOR the purpose of authorizing the Comptroller to issue citations to enforce certain provisions of law concerning business licenses; requiring each application for a certain business license to designate an individual to serve as the license representative for the purpose of being subject to certain penalties…
From the enrolled text, June 4, 2025:
AN ACT concerning Business Regulation - Enforcement for Miscellaneous State Business Licenses - Enforcement and Penalties Study FOR the purpose of authorizing the Comptroller to issue citations to enforce certain provisions of law concerning business licenses; requiring each application for a certain business license to designate an individual to serve as the license representative for the purpose of being subject to certain penalties; establishing that the penalties for violating certain provisions of law apply to certain persons requiring the Comptroller to consult with certain stakeholders to study and make recommendations on the enforcement process for miscellaneous State business licenses; and generally relating to penalties and enforcement for miscellaneous State business licenses. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Business Regulation Section 17-202(d), 17-302(f), and 17-2106 Annotated Code of Maryland (2024 Replacement Volume) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: (a) The Comptroller, in consultation with stakeholders, shall study the process by which the Field Enforcement Bureau of the Comptroller's Office enforces miscellaneous State business licenses under Title 17 of the Business Regulation Article. (b) The Comptroller shall consult with, at a minimum, the following (2) the Maryland Chamber of Commerce; (3) the Maryland Retailers Alliance; (4) the Maryland Restaurant Association; (5) the Job Opportunities Task Force; and …