602 Laws of Maryland [Ch. 439
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition), title "Motor
Vehicles", sub-title "Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund", and
to add a new sub-section to Section 162 to be known as Sub-section
(b) (4) and to follow immediately after Sub-section (b) (3) of said
Section 162, providing that applications made by or on behalf of
automobile collision insurance carriers or other insurers seeking
subrogation under the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment Fund shall
be excluded and barred from the benefits thereof, and relating
generally to claims against the Unsatisfied Claim and Judgment
Fund in relation to automobile collision insurers.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sub-section (g) of Section 150 and Sub-section (1) of Section
159 of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1957
Edition), title "Motor Vehicles", sub-title "Unsatisfied Claim and
Judgment Fund", be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, and a new sub-section is hereby added to Section
162, to be known as Sub-section (b) (4) and to follow immediately
after Sub-section (b) (3) of said Section 162, to read as follows:
150.
(g) "Qualified person" means a resident of this State or the owner
of a motor vehicle registered in the State or a resident of another
state, territory or federal district of the United States or province
of the Dominion of Canada, or foreign country, in which recourse is
afforded to resident of this State, of substantially similar character
to that provided for by this sub-title (1) but it shall not include any
automobile collision insurance carrier or other insurer seeking
subrogation.
159.
(1) That the application is not made by or on behalf of any insurer
by reason of the existence of a policy of insurance whereby the in-
surer is liable to pay, in whole or in part, the amount of the judgment
or BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY INSURER FOR any amount
sought or claimed for damages to or destruction to the applicant's
or an insurers real or personal property including automobiles by
reason of collision with an automobile or object or by upset of the
automobile, and that no part of the amount to be paid out of the fund
is sought in lieu of making a claim or receiving a payment which is
payable by reason of the existence of such a policy of insurance, and
that no part of the amount so sought will be paid to an insurer to
reimburse or otherwise indemnify the insurer in respect of any
amount paid or payable by the insurer by reason of the existence of
such a policy of insurance, and
162.
(b) Deductions.—There shall be deducted from the applicable
maximum amount set forth in sub-section (a) of this section or from
the amount of the judgment, whichever is smaller, the total of the
following:
(1) One hundred dollars ($100.00);
(2) All amounts that the applicant has received or, in the opinion
of the court, is likely to receive from any source, in or toward pay-
ment of the judgment;
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