Ch. 484                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                1093

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(a)   The (Department) ADMINISTRATION shall not suspend a driver's
license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the highways for a period of more
than 1 year, but the [Department] ADMINISTRATION, after notice and
hearing, may suspend for an indefinite period the license of a person whose
physical or mental condition is such that he cannot drive safely. The provisions of
this subsection shall not apply to or affect the suspension of licenses for failure to
comply with the financial responsibility provisions of this article.

(b)  Any person whose license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public
highways has been revoked is not entitled to have the license or privilege renewed
or restored unless the revocation was for a cause which has been removed, after
the expiration of 1 year in cases of second or subsequent revocations, and in all
other revocation cases [after the expiration of 60 days from the date on which the
revoked license was surrendered to and received by the Department,] the person
may apply for a new license as provided by law, THE DAY AFTER THE
REVOKED LICENSE WAS SURRENDERED TO AND RECEIVED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION, and the [Department] ADMINISTRATION may then
issue a new license NOT LESS THAN 60 DAYS AFTER THE REVOKED
LICENSE WAS SURRENDERED TO AND RECEIVED BY THE
ADMINISTRATION if it is satisfied after the investigation of the character,
habits and driving ability of the person that it will be safe to grant him the
privilege of driving a motor vehicle on the public highways. In determining whether
to issue a new license the [Department] ADMINISTRATION shall require the
applicant to submit to examinations the [Department] ADMINISTRATION
deems appropriate.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.

CHAPTER 484
(Senate Bill 1135)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 12 of Chapter 180 of
the Acts of 1972, said Chapter being the "Friendship International Airport
Loan of 1972," to provide that certain employees of the Friendship
International Airport Authority shall be transferred to the employment of the
State of Maryland with no reduction in retirement or other benefits earned and
accrued through prior State service.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 12 of Chapter 180 of the Acts of 1972, said Chapter
being the "Friendship International Airport Loan of 1972," be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

12.

[[As]] That as of the date of transfer of title to the land and improvements
comprising Friendship International Airport to the State of Maryland, all full-time
employees of the Friendship International Airport Authority who have been for a
period of six (6) months or more immediately preceding said transfer of title,