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(2)  "Motor vehicle" means any Class A passenger new or used motor vehicle,
but it excludes antique motor vehicles as defined elsewhere in this article,
EXCEPT THAT THE DEFINITION INCLUDES [[CLASS E TRUCKS,
CLASS F TRACTORS, AND CLASS G TRAILERS ONLY]] ANY CLASS
OF MOTOR VEHICLE, TRAILER OR SEMI-TRAILER FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ISSUING WARNINGS FOR DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT
AND MECHANISMS AS PROVIDED IN § 13-104.

(3)  "Approved facility" means a registered dealer or a motor vehicle garage,
repair shop or gasoline service station which has been issued a license by the
Division pursuant to § 13-102 of this article.

(4)     ["Department"] "ADMINISTRATION" means the [Department of
Motor Vehicles] MOTOR VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION.

(5)  "State Police" means the Department of Maryland State Police.

(6)  "Certificate" means a written certification by an approved facility, signed
and dated on its behalf by an authorized person actually making an inspection,
that on the date thereof a specified motor vehicle meets or exceeds the standards
for equipment and mechanisms prescribed under this subtitle.

(7)  "Division" means such organizational subdivision of the State Police as is
designated by the Superintendent of State Police to administer the provisions of
this subtitle.

13-103.

Every motor vehicle operated on the highways of the State shall be equipped
with brakes, steering, horn, door handles, MIRRORS, tires, exhaust system,
lights, glass, windshield wipers, odometer, speedometer, bumpers and proper wheel
alignment, wheels, wheel lugs, fenders, floor pans, hood and hood catches, and
[gas tank] FUEL SYSTEM meeting the standards therefor as jointly fixed and
determined by the [Department] ADMINISTRATION and Division. The
(Department] ADMINISTRATION and the Division are authorized to jointly
promulgate the standards by means of rules and regulations.

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

Approved May 24, 1973.

CHAPTER 683
(Senate Bill 428)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 130(a)(2) of Article 23
of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1966 Replacement Volume and 1972
Interim Supplement), title "Corporations," subtitle "1. Stock Corporations,"
subheading "Fees, Recording and Filing With the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation," to require national banks to pay fees to the
Department of Assessments and Taxation for the filing of annual reports and to
change the fees paid by State banks and trust companies for the filing of such
reports.