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the same Article, title and subtitle, to follow immediately after
Section 167 (f) thereof and to read as follows:

167.

(a) When the death of, or personal injury to, any person arises
out of the ownership, maintenance or use of a motor vehicle in this
State on or after June 1, 1959, but the identity of the motor vehicle
and of the operator and owner thereof cannot be ascertained or it
is established that the motor vehicle was, at the time said accident
occurred, in the possession of some person other than the owner
without the owner's consent and that the identity of such person
cannot be ascertained, any qualified person who would have a cause
of action against the operator or owner, or both, in respect to such
death or personal injury for a sum in excess of one hundred
dollars ($100.00), exclusive of interests and costs, or the personal
representative of such person, may, upon serving notice on the Board
in compliance with the Maryland Rules in respect to service of
process [upon notice to the Board] apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction for an order permitting him to bring an action therefor
against the Board in such court, and the court shall hold a hearing
upon such application, and may make an order permitting the
applicant to bring such an action against the Board, when the court is
satisfied upon the hearing of the application, that—

(c) The applicant, if the owner or operator of a vehicle involved
in the accident or the personal representative of such owner or

operator, has within fifteen days after the accident made a report

thereof as required by Section 120 of this Article, and was not at the
time of the accident operating or riding in any uninsured motor ve-
hicle owned by him, nor is he the personal representative of a person
who was so operating or riding in such a vehicle.

(g) If the court makes an order permitting the applicant to bring
an action against the Board, it shall not be necessary to serve the
Board with process, provided that there be affixed to the complaint
in such action an affidavit signed by the applicant or his counsel that
a copy of said complaint has been sent by registered mail properly
addressed to the Manager of the fund.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1969.

Approved April 23, 1969.

CHAPTER 211
(Senate Bill 232)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 77 and
84 (a) of Article 96A of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968
Supplement), title "Water Resources," subtitles "Comprehensive
Water Pollution Control Program," and "Well Drillers," amending
certain laws concerning water pollution, water resources and wells
in this state in order to correct the language and references therein.