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Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.

CHAPTER 883
(House Bill 285)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 122 and
Section 134(e) of Article 66˝ of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1957 Edition and 1964 Supplement), title "Motor Vehicles," sub-
title "Administration—Registration—Titling," and to add new
Subsection (e) to Section 133 of the said article and subtitle of the
Code (1957 Edition) to provide that taxicabs not operating under
permit from the Public Service Commission may qualify as self-
insurers and furnish proof of financial responsibility under certain
conditions, , AND INCREASING THE CASH OR SECURITY
DEPOSITS REQUIRED FOR PROOF OF FINANCIAL RE-
SPONSIBILITY.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 122 and Section 134 (e) OF ARTICLE 66˝ of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1957 Edition and 1964 Supplement),
title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Administration—Registration—
Titling," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and new Subsection (e) be and it is hereby added to Section
133 of the said article and subtitle of the Code (1957 Edition), and
to read as follows:

122.

(a) Within ninety days after the receipt of a report of a motor
vehicle accident within this State which has resulted in bodily injury
or death, or damage to the property of any one person in excess of one
hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), the Department shall suspend the
license of each operator and all registrations of each owner of a motor
vehicle in any manner involved in such accident, and if such operator
is a nonresident the privilege of operating a motor vehicle within this
State, and if such owner is a nonresident the privilege of the use
within this State of any motor vehicle owned by him, unless such
operator or owner or both shall deposit security in a sum which shall
be sufficient in the judgment of the Department to satisfy any judg-