MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1791

CHAPTER 502
(House Bill 1118)
AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws — Suspension of License

FOR the purpose of providing a time limit on the Motor
Vehicle Administration acting on the suspension or
revocation of a license and informing the licensee,
and correcting obsolete references.

BY repealing and re—enacting, with amendments.

Article 66 1/2 - Vehicle Laws

Section 6-206(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 6-206(b) of Article 66 1/2 -
Vehicle Laws, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970
Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 66 1/2 - Vehicle Laws
6-206.

(b) Upon suspending or revoking the license of any
person as (hereinbefore] PROVIDED in this section
[authorized], the [Department] ADMINISTRATION immediately
shall give notice to the licensee in writing, and upon
his request shall afford him an opportunity for a
hearing, as early as practical not to exceed 30 days
after receipt of the request, in the county or Baltimore
City, wherein the licensee resides, unless the
[Department] ADMINISTRATION and the licensee agree that
the hearing may be held in some other county or Baltimore
City or at the [Department] ADMINISTRATION. Upon the
hearing the [Commissioner] ADMINISTRATOR or his duly
authorized agent may administer oaths and issue subpoenas
for the attendance of witnesses and the production of
relevant books and papers and may require a reexamination
of the licensee. Upon the hearing the [Department]
ADMINISTRATION either shall rescind its order of
suspension or, good cause appearing therefor, may