SPIRO T. AGNEW, Governor                     1443

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all matters committed
by this act to the discretion of the Board of Public Works shall be
determined by a majority of said Board.

Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
on June 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 715
(House Bill 722)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 320A of
Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replace-
ment Volume), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Offenses and
Prosecutions," to amend the definition of an automobile club, to
define surety company and to require approval by the Insurance
Commissioner of all guaranteed bail bond certificates.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 320A of Article 66½ of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1967 Replacement Volume), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle
"Offenses and Prosecutions," be and it is hereby repealed and re-
enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

320A.

(a)    Definitions as used in this section:

(1)    An [subject to the approval of the Insurance Commissioner
of Maryland,] automobile club or association [means] is any club
organized for the aid, safety or protection of motorists and motor
vehicles.

(2)    Guaranteed bail bond means any certificate issued by an
automobile club, association, or insurance company, authorized to
write automobile liability insurance within this State, to any of its
members or insureds and containing a printed statement that such
automobile club, association, or insurance company and a surety
company or an insurance company authorized to transact both auto-
mobile liability insurance and surety business guarantee the ap-
pearance of the person to whom the certificate has been issued; and
provided further that they will, in the event of the failure of the
person to appear in court at the time of the trial, pay any fine or
forfeiture imposed on the person in an amount not exceeding two
hundred dollars ($200).

(3)    Surety company [means] includes any company [designated
as such by the provisions of Sections 219 231 SUBTITLE 29 of Arti-
cle 48A of this Code, as amended from time to time] operating as a
surety insurer within the meaning of subtitle 29 of Article 48A of
this Code, as may be amended from time to time.

(b)    Any surety company may in any year become surety in an
amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.) in any one incident