1320                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 421

or body or chassis thereof, and the assessment shall be in the amount
of $5 for each and every six (6) month period the vehicle or body
or chassis thereof remains not scrapped, dismantled, or destroyed.
For the purpose of administering this subsection as it relates to
assessments, vehicles shall not include trucks, truck-tractors or
trailers.

5-205.

The [Department] Administration shall pay a fee of [ten]
twelve dollars [($10.00)] ($12.00) for each vehicle which has been
completely destroyed upon presentation by the scrap processor to
the [Department] Administration of the certificate of title or other
acceptable evidence of ownership for a vehicle formerly titled in
this State, the manufacturer's serial or identification number plate,
satisfactory proof that the vehicle has been completely destroyed
and any other information the [Department] Administration may
deem necessary. The [Department] Administration shall disburse
this fee in the following manner: [five] six dollars [($5.00)]
($6.00) to a scrap processor and [five] six dollars [($5.00)]
($6.00) to the wrecker conveying ownership of the vehicle to be
destroyed to such scrap processor. Scrap processors and wreckers
must be licensed under this [section (part)] part to be eligible for
this fee. No fee shall be paid by the [Department] Administration
for any vehicle destroyed by any scrap processor prior to July 1,
1970, and the [Department] Administration shall require satis-
factory evidence confirming the date that such vehicle was destroyed
in the form and manner prescribed by the [Department] Adminis-
tration.

11-1002.2.

(d) Sale; disposition of proceeds.—If an abandoned motor vehicle
has not been reclaimed as provided for in subsection (c) [subsec-
tions (a) and (b)], the police department shall sell it at public
auction. The purchaser of the motor vehicle shall take title to the
motor vehicle free and clear of all liens and claims of ownership,
shall receive a sales receipt from the police department, and shall
be entitled to register the purchased vehicle and receive a certificate
of title. The sales receipt at such a sale shall be sufficient title only
for purposes of transferring the vehicle to a scrap processor for
demolition, wrecking, or dismantling, and in such case, no further
titling of the vehicle is necessary. From the proceeds of the sale
of an abandoned motor vehicle the police department shall reimburse
itself for the expenses of the auction, the costs of towing, preserv-
ing, and storing the vehicle which resulted from placing the aban-
doned motor vehicle in custody, and all notice and publication costs
incurred pursuant to subsection (c) [subsections (a) and (b),] of
this section. Any remainder from the proceeds of a sale shall be
held for the owner of the vehicle or entitled lienholder for ninety
days, and then shall be deposited with the State Treasurer in the
Abandoned Vehicles Fund, as provided for in Section 3-830. [in a
special fund which shall remain available for the payment of auction,
towing, preservation, storage, and all notice and publication costs
which result from placing other abandoned vehicles in custody,
whenever the proceeds from a sale of such other abandoned motor
vehicles are insufficient to meet these expenses and costs. When-
ever the State Treasurer finds that moneys in the special funds are in