(2001)

Dear Marshall H. Feldman

You have asked for our opinion concerning a provision of the Maryland Workers' Compensation Act that requires suspension of an employer's business license when the employer fails to make required payments to the Uninsured Employers' Fund. Specifically, you ask whether that provision applies to a dry cleaners license — a license issued by a circuit court clerk under Title 17 of the Business Regulation Article and designed primarily to raise revenue, rather than to regulate business conduct. In addition, you ask what agency would have authority to suspend such a license…