1876                             Laws of Maryland                       Ch. 670

CHAPTER 670
(Senate Bill 326)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 119(2),
(4)(a), 122(a), and 137(a) of Article 66½ of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume), title "Motor Ve-
hicles," subtitle "Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility"; and to
repeal Sections 118, 138, 139, and 140 of the said Article and
subtitle of the Code to delete certain provisions requiring the
filing of proof of insurance for certain operators of motor vehicles.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 119(2), (4)(a), 122(a), and 137(a) of Article 66½
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Replacement Volume),
title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Motor Vehicle Financial Respon-
sibility," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amend-
ments, and that Sections 118, 138, 139, and 140 of the said Article
and subtitle of the Code be and they are hereby repealed, and all
to read as follows:

[118. Owners and operators of motor vehicles after certain
convictions.

(a)  Suspension of motor vehicle registrations when owner's driv-
ing permit revoked.—Whenever the Department is required under
any law of this State to revoke the operator's or chauffeur's license
of any person upon receiving record of the conviction of such person
for any offense under the motor vehicle laws of this, or any other
state, the Department shall suspend any and all of the registration
certificates or cards and registration plates issued for any motor
vehicle registered in the name of the person so convicted as owner
except that it shall not suspend such evidences of registration in the
event such owner has previously given or shall immediately give
and thereafter maintain, for a period of three (3) years, proof of
financial responsibility in the manner specified by this article with
respect to each and every motor vehicle owned and registered by
such person.

(b)   Proof of financial responsibility prerequisite to renewal of
license or registration.—The suspensions or revocations hereinbefore
required shall remain in effect and the Department shall not issue
to any such person any new license or any renewal of license or
register or reregister in the name of such person any motor vehicle
until permitted under the motor vehicle laws of this State and not
then unless and until said person gives and thereafter maintains
for a period of three (3) years, proof of his financial responsibility,
as defined by Section 122 of this article.

(c)  Effect of conviction in another state.—The Department shall
take action as required in this section upon receiving evidence of
any such conviction of any person in another state.

(d)   Conviction includes forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited
for appearance.—For the purpose of administration of the provi-
sions of this section the term conviction shall include a forfeiture
of bail or collateral deposited to secure a defendant's appearance
in court, which forfeiture has not been vacated, upon a charge which
upon conviction of the defendant requires the Department to revoke
the license of such person.]