1. A. An applicant shall submit a SWARC application only to SWARC.

2. B. To be considered for the award of a license, an applicant shall:

   1. (1) Complete the SWARC application as required in Regulation .08 of this chapter;

   2. (2) Timely submit its completed SWARC application, which means ensuring that SWARC receives the application as specified in its application instructions:

      1. (a) Through delivery by any means SWARC specifies;
      2. (b) At the location SWARC specifies; and
      3. (c) Before 5 p.m. on the date that SWARC specifies; and
   3. (3) Timely submit the nonrefundable application fee as required under Regulation .04A(2) of this chapter as specified in SWARC’s application instructions.

3. C. SWARC may not accept or consider a SWARC application:

   1. (1) That is not timely submitted; or
   2. (2) For which the SWARC application fee was not timely submitted to the Commission as required under Regulation .04A(2) of this chapter.

Authority: State Government Article, Title 9, Subtitles 1A and 1E, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.19 adopted as an emergency provision effective September 2, 2022 (49:20 Md. R. 912); adopted permanently effective November 14, 2022 (49:23 Md. R. 998)

Regulation .20 adopted as an emergency provision effective December 12, 2023 (50:26 Md. R 1130); adopted permanently effective May 27, 2024 (51:10 Md. R. 529)