Clifton E. Luber, Director of Division of Driver Licensing
Owen B. E. McGeeney, Comptroller, Division of Finance and
Statistics

6601 Ritchie Highway, N.E., Glen Burnie Telephone: 761-4500

The Office of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles was established
by Chapter 207, Acts of 1910. The Commissioner, who is a career
employee, serves as the Director of the Department.

The Department issues all drivers' licenses in the State, and appli-
cants are required to pass an eye test, written examination of the
Motor Vehicle Laws of Maryland, and a driving test. These examina-
tions are conducted in Glen Burnie and in twenty-three other cities
and towns throughout the State. All operators' licenses must be re-
newed every two years according to the holder's birthmonth, in the
"odd" year, if born in an "odd" year, or in the "even" year, if born in
an "even" year. The Department titles and registers motor vehicles.
It must issue a title before license plates. The Department collects
an excise tax of two per cent of the fair value of the vehicle for
each title issued. All commercial vehicles operating for hire within
the State must file with the Department a certificate of Financial
Responsibility Insurance in the amounts of $10,000, $20,000, and
$5,000 and obtain a gratis permit to be carried with the vehicle at all
times. All persons involved in accidents resulting in personal injuries
or any property damage in excess of $75.00 must file a report with
the Department and comply with the provisions of the Financial
Besponsibility Law. All persons who fail to pay judgments in excess
of $25.00 are subject to the Financial Besponsibility Law.

The Department maintains a record of each individual driver who
has been convicted of violating the motor vehicle laws. It conducts
hearings to determine whether or not the driver's license should be
suspended or revoked as a result of a motor vehicle conviction. In the
case of habitual violators, persons under the age of twenty-one years
convicted of minor violations, and persons whose licenses were pre-
viously revoked, the Department may require their attendance at
DMV Driver Rehabilitation Clinics; if the individual is proved physi-
cally or mentally unfit to drive, his case comes before the Depart-
ment's Medical Advisory Board for final decision. He may appeal to
the Courts from the decision of the Commissioner, except in those
cases where the revocation is mandatory. On January 1, 1961, the
Point System went into effect.

All fees collected for the registration and titling of motor vehicles
and all fines collected are deposited by the Department to the credit
of the Motor Vehicles Bevenue Fund (Code 1957, Art. 66 1/2, secs. 4-6,
10, 22-29, 90, 116-35, 341; 1961 Supp., Art. 66 1/2, secs. 8, 86A, 114A,
118-123). In 1962 these fees amounted to $49,128,508.69.

Appropriations 1963 1964

Special Funds $4,879,346 $5,697,016
Staff: 744.

UNSATISFIED CLAIM AND JUDGMENT FUND BOARD

Chairman: C. Harold Whittum, 1964
Vice Chairman: Henry B. Suter, 1964
Secretary: Walter W. Falck, 1964

Ex officio members: John B. Jewell, Commissioner of Motor

Vehicles; F. Douglass Sears, Insurance Commissioner.
Appointed member: Warren Nigh, 1964.