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with respect to any guaranteed bail bond certificates issued in such
year by an automobile club, association, or insurance company au-
thorized to write automobile liability insurance within this State by
filing with the State Insurance Department of Maryland an under-
taking thus to become surety.

(c)    [Rules and regulations relative to forms and procedure in
the use of said guaranteed bail bond certificate shall be prescribed
by the State Insurance Department of Maryland.] No guaranteed bail
bond certificate shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this State
unless the form has been filed with and approved by the Insurance
Commissioner. At the expiration of thirty days (30) after the
form has been filed, it shall be deemed approved unless prior thereto
it has been affirmatively approved or disapproved by order of the
Commissioner. Any order of the Commissioner disapproving any
such form or withdrawing previous approval shall state the grounds
therefor.

(d)    No guaranteed bail bond certificate shall be acceptable as a
part of or as a contribution to any surety undertaking or bail bond
requirement of an amount in excess of two hundred dollars ($200.).

(e)    Any guaranteed bail bond certificate with respect to which a
surety company has become surety, shall, when posted by the person
whose signature appears thereon, be accepted in lieu of cash bail or
other bond in an amount not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.)
as a bail bond, to guarantee the appearance of such person in any
court in this State, including all municipal courts in this State, people's
court and trial magistrates, at such time as may be required by such
court, when the person is arrested for violation of any motor vehicle
law of this State or any motor vehicle ordinance of any county or
municipality in this State except for the offense of driving under the
influence of intoxicating liquors or of drugs or for any felony com-
mitted prior to the date of expiration shown on such guaranteed
bail bond certificates. Any such guaranteed bail bond certificate
so posted as bail bond in any court in this State shall be subject to
the forfeiture and enforcement provisions with respect to bail bonds
in criminal cases as otherwise provided by law or as hereafter may
be provided by law, and any such guaranteed bail bond certificate
posted as a bail bond in any municipal court of this State shall be
subject to the forfeiture and enforcement provisions, if any, of the
charter or ordinance of the particular county or municipality per-
taining to bail bonds posted. The provisions of this section are to
apply both to resident and nonresident persons.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1968.

Approved May 7, 1968.

CHAPTER 716
(House Bill 731)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 224A(a)
of Article 48A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1964 Re-