Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. § 16.5-203
License application
Effective Jan 1, 2021Added by Acts 2010, c. 388, § 1, eff. May 1, 2011. Amended by Acts 2013, c. 86, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2019, c. 12, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.State of Maryland
(a) An applicant for a license to act as a licensed other tobacco products manufacturer shall:
- (1) submit an application to the Executive Director on the form and containing the information that the Executive Director requires; and
- (2) pay to the Executive Director a fee of $25.
(b)
(1) An applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products retailer or a tobacconist:
- (i) shall obtain a county license by submitting to the clerk an application for each permanent or temporary place of business located in the same enclosure and operated by the same applicant; and
- (ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, shall pay to the clerk a fee of $15.
- (2) A person who has a license issued under Title 16 of this article to act as a cigarette retailer or to act as a special cigarette retailer is not required to pay the license fee.
(3) The application shall:
- (i) be made on the form that the clerk requires; and
- (ii) contain the information that the Executive Director requires.
(c) An applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products storage warehouse shall:
- (1) submit an application to the Executive Director on the form and containing the information that the Executive Director requires; and
- (2) pay to the Executive Director a fee of $25.
(d)
(1) An applicant for a license to act as an other tobacco products wholesaler shall:
- (i) submit an application to the Executive Director on the form and containing the information that the Executive Director requires; and
- (ii) except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, pay to the Executive Director a fee of $250.
- (2) A person who has a license issued under Title 16 of this article to act as a cigarette wholesaler or to act as a cigarette subwholesaler is not required to pay the license fee.
- (e) A licensee shall display a license in the way that the Executive Director requires by regulation.
- (f) If a person has had a license revoked under § 16.5-208 of this subtitle, the person may not reapply for a license within 1 year after the date when the prior license was revoked.
Added by Acts 2010, c. 388, § 1, eff. May 1, 2011. Amended by Acts 2013, c. 86, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2019, c. 12, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.