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insurers during the preceding calendar year; (2) persons registering uninsured motor vehicles are to pay a fee arrived at by dividing the deficiency by the number of uninsured motor vehicles registered during the preceding registration year. Effective June 1, 1965, the Board may set the uninsured motorist fee at its discretion. The uninsured assess- ment for the registration year of 1967-1968 resulted in a $35.00 fee assessed against uninsured motorists. Qualified persons who have suffered property damage or personal injury in motor vehicle accidents involving uninsured motorists and who have recovered judgments of more than $100, but who have been unable to collect the sums due, may apply to the Court for an order directing payment from the Fund. The maximum amounts payable from the Fund after April 1, 1965, are (1) $15,000 for injury or death of one person in any one accident; (2) $30,000 for injury or death of more than one person in any one accident; and (3) $5,000 for damage to property in any one accident less $100 deductible per claim. The $100 deductible does not apply to personal injury judgments arising out of accidents occurring after June 1, 1966. Under certain circum- stances, claims may be settled without court action. Persons who have failed to pay judgments may not hold a driver's license or register a car in Maryland until they have reimbursed the Fund with interest (Code 1957, 1967 Repl. Vol., Art. 66%, sec. 174). Appropriations 1967 1968 Special Funds ......................................... $268,592 $271,464 Staff: 36. MARYLAND TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION Chairman: Aldine R. Bird, 1971 Charles Adler, 1969; Daniel Burkhardt, 1969'; Leroy M. Griffin, 1969; Myles Katz, 1969; Charles A. Newland, 1969; Robert J. Kenney, 1971; James H. Levi, 1971; B. B. Martin, 1971; Theodore J. Phillips, 1971; J. 0. Shuger, 1971; William E. Voyce, Jr„ 1971; T. Gordon Bennett, 1973; Melvin A. Callaman, 1973; Margaret L. German, 1973; Charles W. Moore, 1973; Jay R. Pfeiffer, 1973; Robert A. Sindall, Jr„ 1973. Paul E. Burke, Executive Director Guilford Avenue and 21st Street, Baltimore 21218 Telephone: 383-3010 The Maryland Traffic Safety Commission, organized by Chapter 274, Acts of 1941, consists of eighteen members appointed by the governor for six-year terms, one-third of these terms expiring every two years. The Commission seeks to promote traffic safety on the streets and highways of Maryland; to coordinate the activities of public and private agencies interested in, or affected by, the problems of traffic safety; and to assist such agencies to augment their programs by study, education, and information. The Commission has enlisted the aid of business associations, civic groups and newspapers in the pro- motion of traffic safety. It has also utilized radio, television, news- papers, billboards, safety conferences, lectures and exhibits. The Commission also plans State-wide safety programs and works with national organizations in the promotion of traffic safety. In coopera- tion with the Department of State Police the Commission issues releases to the media on traffic accidents and fatalities in the State (Code 1957, 1967 Repl. Vol., Art. 41, sees. 229-30; 1967 Repl. Vol., Art. 66%, sec. 341d). |
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