SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                      1453

In traffic cases turned over to military authorities, points will be
assessed immediately upon notification to the Commissioner that
such military authorities have taken disciplinary action as the result
of arrests of service personnel for moving traffic violations.

(b)  The Commissioner shall have full authority to issue warning
letters, conduct conferences, issue and modify orders of suspension
and revocation of motor vehicle operators' and chauffeurs' licenses
and to conduct hearings.

(c)  The Commissioner shall send a warning letter to each licensee
charged with three points; for five points, he shall call in the licensee
for a conference; for eight points, the license shall be suspended,
and for twelve points, the license shall be revoked. Except as pro-
vided in subsection (d), when any licensee has received eight points,
the Commissioner shall issue a notice of suspension and when any
licensee has received twelve points the Commissioner shall issue a
notice of revocation. Each such notice shall be personally served or
sent by registered or certified mail, shall state the duration of the
suspension or revocation and shall advise the licensee of his right
to request, in writing within ten days after notice is sent by the
Commissioner to the licensee (Saturdays, Sundays and legal holi-
days excepted), a hearing before the Commissioner. Each such
notice of suspension or revocation shall be effective beginning ten
days after said notice is forwarded to the licensee, unless a hearing
shall be requested as provided above. The duration of the initial
suspension shall not be less than two days nor more than thirty
days and the duration of any subsequent suspension shall be for not
less than fifteen days and not more than ninety days. If a license
shall be suspended or revoked as in this subsection (c) provided or
shall be suspended or revoked as in subsection (d) hereafter pro-
vided said license shall not be reinstated unless the former licensee
shall have first passed to the satisfaction of the Department of Motor
Vehicles a re-examination pursuant to the provisions of Section 91
of this Article.

(d)   If the suspension or revocation of a license and driving priv-
ileges would adversely affect the employment or opportunity for
employment of a licensee, the hearing officer is authorized not to
order the suspension or revocation, or to cancel or modify the sus-
pension or revocation. In addition, as to any licensee who is re-
quired to drive a motor vehicle in the course of his regular employ-
ment, the notice of suspension provided for in subsection (c) shall
require fifteen points and the notice of revocation shall require
eighteen points.

(e)   No points assessed hereunder shall be retained for more than
two years after their assessment.

(f)  The right of appeal provided for in Section 109 of this arti-
cle shall be applicable to this subtitle.

(g)   The provisions of this subtitle shall not affect or apply to
suspensions required under the provisions of Sections 116 to 149
of this article, subtitle "Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility,"
or to Section 104 of this article relating to mandatory suspensions
or revocation of licenses.

(h) There is hereby created in the Department of Motor Vehicles
a section to be called the "Driver Improvement Section" for the pur-
pose of carrying out administrative functions as required by this
subtitle.