BLAIR LEE III, Acting Governor

1939

(House Bill 736)

AN ACT concerning

Motor Vehicles - Minors' Driver Licenses

FOR the purpose of removing the requirement that a certain
person who cosigns a minor's driver license application
may be liable for the negligence of that minor; and
deleting a certain titling requirement; and relating
generally to minors' driver licenses.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article — Transportation
Section 16-107 and 16-108
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article — Transportation

16-107.

[(a)] (1) The application of a minor for a license
shall be cosigned by:

(i) A parent or guardian of the
applicant;

(ii) If the applicant has no parent or
guardian or is married, by an adult employer of the
applicant or any other responsible adult [willing to assume
the liability imposed by this section on the cosigner of an
application of a minor].

[(2) The administration shall include on the
application a clear statement of the liability assumed under
this section by the individual cosigning it.

(3) ] (2) The individual cosigning the
application of a minor shall certify that the statements
made in the application are true to the best of his
knowledge, information, and belief.

[(b) Except as provided in this section and §16—108 of
this subtitle, the negligence of a minor while driving a
motor vehicle on a highway in this State is imputed to the
individual who has cosigned the license application of the
minor, and that individual is liable jointly and severally
with the minor for any carnages caused by the negligence.

(c) While the minor maintains proof of financial
security in the form and amounts required by Title 17 of