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be transferable nor shall any refund or proration of the
annual fee therefor be allowed. Provided, however, that
before any licensee changes his place of business he shall
so inform the Superintendent of the Maryland State Police or
his duly authorized agent or agents and surrender his
license, whereupon the Superintendent or his duly authorized
agent or agents shall, if no cause exists for the revocation
of the license, issue a new license, without fee, covering
the new place of business for the duration of the unexpired
term of the surrendered license.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.

Approved April 8, 1980.

CHAPTER 90

(House Bill 682)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Vehicle Manufacturer's Distributors

FOR the purpose of repealing the provision that a
distributor is considered a dealer for certain
purposes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 15-101(b)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1979 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be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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

15-101.

(b) (1) [(i)] "Dealer" means, except as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection a dealer in vehicles of a
type required to be registered under Title 13 of this
article including a person who during any 12-month period
sells five or more vehicles, the ownership of which was
acquired for resale purposes.

[(ii) For the purposes of Sections 15-207
through 15-213 inclusive of this title, relating to the