1340                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 651

Licenses," be and they are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, and
all to read as follows:

6-105.1

Any student 15 years of age or older enrolled in a high school course in driver
education and training may operate a dual control motor vehicle without obtaining
instruction and examination license, when such student is under instruction and
accompanied by a qualified driver training instructor of said course. Any instructor
must be at least [21] 18 years of age and must have had at least two years' driving
experience, and a valid Maryland driver's license.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may accept a certificate as proof of such
applicant's knowledge of the traffic laws of the State without further examination
as to such knowledge.

6-107.

(a)  The application of any person under the age of [21] 18 years shall be signed
by a parent or guardian of the applicant; and if there be no parent or guardian, by
an employer of the minor; and if there be no parent, guardian, or employer, by a
responsible adult who is willing to assume the obligation imposed under this article
upon a person signing the application of a minor. The Commissioner, in his
discretion, may issue a license to a married person under the age of [21] 18 IF the
application is signed by a responsible adult who is willing to assume the obligation
imposed under this article upon a person signing the application of a minor, even if
the parent of the married person under the age of [21] 18 refuses to sign his
application. The Department shall clearly set forth on the application the
responsibilities assumed under this section. Any person signing the application shall
certify that the statements made thereon are true and correct to the best of his
knowledge, information, and belief.

(b)  Any negligence of a minor under the age of [21] 18 years when driving a
motor vehicle upon a highway in this State shall be imputed to the person who has
signed the application of the minor for a license, and the person shall be jointly
and severally liable with the minor for any damages caused by the negligence
except as otherwise provided in Sec. 6-108.

(c)  If a [minor] PERSON UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE deposits
or there is deposited upon his behalf proof of financial responsibility in respect to
the operation of a motor vehicle owned by him, or if not the owner of a motor
vehicle, then with respect to the operation of any motor vehicle, in form and in
amounts as required under the motor vehicle financial responsibility laws of this
State, the Department may accept the application of the minor when signed by one
parent or the guardian of the minor, and while the proof is maintained the parent
or guardian shall not be subject to the liability imposed under this section.

6-108.

Any person who has signed the application of a [minor] PERSON UNDER
EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE for a license thereafter may file with the
Department a written request that the license of the minor so granted be
suspended. Thereupon the Department shall suspend the license of the minor, and
the person who signed the application of the minor shall be relieved from liability
under subsection (b) of Sec. 6-107 incurred after the suspension.