(a) (1) An applicant for a license to engage in business as a manufacturer or dealer, to possess explosives other than explosives for use in firearms, or to possess explosives for use in firearms, and an applicant for a blaster’s permit shall:
(i) submit an application to the State Fire Marshal on the form that the State Fire Marshal provides;
(ii) submit the documents required under this section; and
(iii) pay to the State Fire Marshal the fees required under subsection (d) of this section and the cost of the criminal history records check.
(2) The application form shall require the following information:
(i) the name and address of the applicant;
(ii) the reason for desiring the requested license or permit;
(iii) if the applicant is an individual, the citizenship of the individual;
(iv) if the applicant is a partnership, association, or corporation, the names, addresses, and citizenship of the partners of the partnership or officers and directors of the association or corporation; and
(v) proof of liability insurance in the amount that the State Fire Prevention Commission sets.
(b) As part of the application for a license or permit, the applicant shall submit to the State Fire Marshal the fingerprints required under subsection (e)(3)(i) of this section for each applicant and each officer, agent, or employee of the applicant who will be handling explosives.
(c) As part of the application for a license or permit, the State Fire Marshal shall require the applicant to submit with the application:
(1) the place where the explosives will be stored;
(2) the place where the explosives will be used; and
(3) the specific purpose for using the explosives.
(d) Each application for a license or permit shall be accompanied by the following fee:
(1) license to engage in business as a manufacturer of:
(i) less than 500 pounds of explosives $150
(ii) 500 pounds or more of explosives but less than 5,000 pounds $300
(iii) 5,000 pounds or more of explosives but less than 10,000 pounds $750
(iv) 10,000 pounds or more of explosives $1,500
(2) license to engage in business as a dealer for:
(i) retail only $75
(ii) users $150
(iii) wholesale and retail $300
(3) license to possess explosives other than for use in firearms $150
(4) license to possess explosives for use in firearms $150
(5) storage license for:
(i) Class A - 500 pounds or more of explosives $150
(ii) Class B - less than 500 pounds of explosives $75
(6) blaster’s permit $60
(e) (1) In this subsection, “Central Repository” means the Criminal Justice Information System Central Repository of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
(2) The State Fire Marshal shall apply to the Central Repository for a State and national criminal history records check for each applicant and each officer, agent, or employee of the applicant who will be handling explosives.
(3) As part of the application for a criminal history records check, the State Fire Marshal shall submit to the Central Repository:
(i) two complete sets of legible fingerprints of each applicant and each officer, agent, or employee of the applicant who will be handling explosives, taken on forms approved by the Central Repository and the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
(ii) the fee authorized under § 10-221(b)(7) of the Criminal Procedure Article for access to State criminal history records; and
(iii) the mandatory processing fee required by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history records check.
(4) In accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the Criminal Procedure Article, the Central Repository shall forward to the applicant and the State Fire Marshal a printed statement of the criminal history record information of the subject of the criminal history records check.
(5) Information obtained from the Central Repository under this subsection:
(i) shall be confidential and may not be disseminated; and
(ii) shall be used only for the purpose authorized by this subsection.
(6) The subject of a criminal history records check under this subsection may challenge the contents of the printed statement issued by the Central Repository as provided in § 10-223 of the Criminal Procedure Article.