1506                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 544

the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and
1971 Supplement), TITLE "VEHICLE LAWS," SUBTITLE 5, LI-
CENSING OF DEALERS, WRECKERS, SCRAP PROCESSORS,
AND VEHICLE SALESMEN, is hereby repealed and re-enacted,
with amendments, to read as follows:

Subtitle 5. Licensing of Dealers, Wreckers, Scrap Processors,
[and] Vehicle Salesmen [.], Manufacturers, Distributors and Fac-
tory Branches.

Sec. 3. And be it further enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new subheading "Part VII—Manufacturers, Dis-
tributors, and Factory Branches," consisting of Sections 5-701 to
5-709, inclusive, be and it is hereby added to Article 66˝ of the An-
notated Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume)", title "Ve-
hicle Laws," subtitle 5, LICENSING OF DEALERS, WRECKERS,
SCRAP PROCESSORS AND VEHICLE SALESMEN, to follow im-
mediately after Part VI thereof as follows:

PART VII—Manufacturers, Distributors, and Factory Branches
5-701.

Any manufacturer, distributor, or factory branch who or which
engages directly or indirectly in purposeful contacts with the State
of Maryland in connection with the offering or advertising for sale
of Class A or Class B vehicles or has business dealings with respect
to Class A or Class B vehicles within this State shall be subject to
the provisions of this Part and shall be subject to the jurisdiction
of the courts of this State, upon service of process in accordance with
the provisions of Section 5-702(c).

5-702.

(a)    No Class A or Class B vehicle of a manufacturer or dis-
tributor may be sold in this State unless either the manufacturer,
in the case of such vehicles manufactured in the United States, or
the distributor, in the case of such vehicles not manufactured in the
United States, is licensed by the Department to do so under this sub-
title.

(b)    No person may carry on, conduct, or engage in the business
of factory branch in Class A or Class B vehicles unless he is licensed
by the Department to do so under this subtitle.

(c)    The acceptance by any person of a license under this Part
shall be deemed equivalent to an appointment by him of the Secretary
of State, or his successor in office, to be his, their, or its true and
lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful processes in
any action or proceeding instituted, filed or pending against Mm,
them or it growing out of any transaction or operation connected
with or incidental to any activities of such person carried, on under
the license and the acceptance of his license shall be a signification
of his, their, or its agreement that the process be of the same legal
force and validity as if served on him, them, or it personally.
Service of the process shall be in accordance with and in the same
manner as provided for service of process upon non-residents under
the provisions of subtitle 9, Part III of this Article.