WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 365

5.       film or microfilm;

6.       a form;

7.       a map;

8.       a photograph or photostat;

9.       a recording; or

10.     a tape.

(2)     "Public record" includes a document that lists the salary of an employee
of a unit or instrumentality of the State government or of a political subdivision.

(3)     "PUBLIC RECORD" DOES NOT INCLUDE A DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
IMAGE OR SIGNATURE OF AN INDIVIDUAL, OR THE ACTUAL STORED DATA
THEREOF. RECORDED BY THE MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION.

Article - Transportation

16-117.

(a) The Administration shall keep a record of:

(1) Each driver's license application that it receives;

(2) Each driver's license that it issues; and

(3) Each licensee whose license to drive the Administration has suspended
or revoked, and the reasons for the action.

(b) (1) The Administration shall file each accident report and abstract of court
disposition records that it receives under the laws of this State.

(2) The Administration shall keep convenient records or make suitable
notations showing the convictions or traffic accidents in which each licensee has been
involved and every probation before judgment disposition of any violation of § 21-902 of
this article. A record or notation of a probation before judgment disposition, or a first
offense of driving with an alcohol concentration of 0.10 or more under § 16-205.1 of this
article, shall be segregated by the Administration and shall bo available only to the
Administration, the courts, criminal justice agencies, and the defendant or his attorney.
However, a record or notation of a probation before judgment, or a first offense of driving
with an alcohol concentration of 0.10 or more under § 16-205.1 of this article, may not be
received or considered by the courts until a plea of guilty or nolo contendere is made by
the defendant or a finding of guilty is made by the court.

(3) Those records or notations shall be made so that they are readily
available for consideration by the Administration of any license renewal application and
at any other suitable time.

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