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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 425

(5)          "MINOR FINISHING OPERATIONS" INCLUDES
PAINTING, UPHOLSTERING, OR OTHER COSMETIC MODIFICATIONS.

(6)           "READILY ATTACHABLE COMPONENTS" INCLUDES
ANY MIRROR, EXTRA LIGHT, OR TIRE AND RIM ASSEMBLY.

(7)          "SECOND-STAGE MANUFACTURER"        MEANS        A
PERSON WHO PERFORMS MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS ON AN
INCOMPLETE VEHICLE SO THAT IT BECOMES A COMPLETED
VEHICLE.

(8)          "TWO-STAGE VEHICLE" MEANS A MOTOR
VEHICLE THAT REQUIRES MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS PERFORMED
BY TWO SEPARATE MANUFACTURERS TO PRODUCE A COMPLETED
VEHICLE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ITS INTENDED FUNCTION.

(B)            (1)          EACH         SECOND-STAGE         MANUFACTURER         WHO
CONSTRUCTS OR ASSEMBLES VEHICLES THAT ARE TO BE SOLD OR
REGISTERED IN THIS STATE SHALL BE LICENSED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SUBTITLE 5, PART VII OF THIS ARTICLE, WHETHER OR NOT
HE IS A MANUFACTURER OF OTHER THAN CLASS A OR B VEHICLES.

(2)         VEHICLE TRANSFERS BY TWO-STAGE

MANUFACTURERS SHALL BE MADE AS FOLLOWS:

(I)          A FIRST-STAGE MANUFACTURER OR HIS
DEALER TRANSFERRING TO A SECOND-STAGE MANUFACTURER [[OR
HIS DEALER]] A NEW INCOMPLETE VEHICLE THAT IS TO BE SOLD
OR REGISTERED IN THIS STATE, SHALL SUPPLY THE
SECOND-STAGE MANUFACTURER [[OR HIS DEALER]], AT THE TIME
OF THE TRANSFER, WITH A [[MANUFACTURERS]] MANUFACTURER'S
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN ASSIGNED TO THE SECOND-STAGE
MANUFACTURER [[OR HIS DEALER]] BY EITHER THE FIRST-STAGE
MANUFACTURER OR HIS FRANCHISED DEALER IN THIS STATE; AND

(II)       A           SECOND-STAGE MANUFACTURER
TRANSFERRING TO HIS DEALER [[OR OTHER TRANSFERREE]] A NEW
COMPLETED VEHICLE THAT IS TO BE SOLD OR REGISTERED IN
THIS STATE, SHALL SUPPLY HIS DEALER [[OR OTHER
TRANSFERREE]], AT THE TIME OF THE TRANSFER, WITH THE
MANUFACTURER'S CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN ISSUED BY BOTH THE
SECOND-STAGE MANUFACTURER AND THE FIRST-STAGE
MANUFACTURER AND ASSIGNED BY THE SECOND-STAGE
MANUFACTURER TO HIS DEALER [[OR OTHER TRANSFERREE]].

(C)            (1)          EACH DEALER IN NEW TWO-STAGE VEHICLES
SHALL HOLD A LICENSE UNDER SUBTITLE 5, PART I OF THIS
ARTICLE AND AN UNEXPIRED FRANCHISE IN THIS STATE FOR THE
PARTICULAR MAKE OF AT LEAST ONE [[STATE]] STAGE OF THE
NEW COMPLETED VEHICLE BEING SOLD.

(2)          VEHICLE TRANSFERS BY DEALERS SHALL BE

MADE AS FOLLOWS:

(I)          IF THE DEALER'S FRANCHISE IS FOR

THE MAKE OF ONLY THE FIRST STAGE OF THE COMPLETED
VEHICLES, THE DEALER MAY TRANSFER THE VEHICLE WITHOUT