§ 17-101. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandCommercial LawEffective: July 1, 2023
Effective: July 1, 2023
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 17-101
§ 17-101. Definitions
(j) “Insurance corporation” means any association or corporation transacting in the State the business of insurance on the lives of persons or insurance pertaining to life insurance, including endowments and annuities, disability, accident and health insurance, and property, casualty, and surety insurance, as these terms are defined in the Insurance Article.
(l) “Person” includes the State, any county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State, or any of their units, an individual, business association, corporation, business trust, statutory trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(o) “Utility” means any person who owns or operates in the State, for public use, any plant, equipment, property, franchise, or license for the transmission of communications, for the production, storage, transmission, sale, delivery, or furnishing of electricity, water, steam, or gas, or for the transportation of persons or property.
Credits
Added by Acts 1975, c. 49, § 3, eff. July 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1981, c. 752; Acts 1981, c. 773 § 2; Acts 1981, c. 774, § 2; Acts 1996, c. 584, § 1, eff. June 1, 1996; Acts 1997, c. 70, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, c. 732, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1998, c. 663, § 1, eff. June 1, 1998; Acts 2007, c. 125, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2007, c. 126, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2010, c. 611, § 2, eff. June 1, 2010; Acts 2021, c. 678, § 2, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 679, § 1, eff. July 1, 2021; Acts 2022, c. 40, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022; Acts 2022, c. 648, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2022; Acts 2023, c. 641, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 95C, § 1.
MD Code, Commercial Law, § 17-101, MD COML § 17-101
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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