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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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Ch. 106
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8-710.2.
(a) The Department may design temporary certificates of boat number and
furnish them to any licensed boat dealer [who:
(1) Applies for at least 25 of the certificates on a form that the
Administration requires; and
(2) Submits the fee, not to exceed $1, set by the Department for each
certificate with the application].
[(d) (1) (i) There is a special fund called the Boat Dealer Assurance Fund.
(ii) All fees collected by the Department under this section shall be
credited to the Fund.
(2) The Fund shall be used exclusively as provided in this subsection:
(i) To pay title taxes and fees that boat dealers and manufacturers
have failed to forward to the Department; and
(ii) For administrative costs calculated in accordance with §
1-103(b)(2) of this article.
(3) A payment may be made under this section only if:
(i) A member of the public demonstrates that title taxes and
application fees were paid to a dealer and a manufacturer; and
(ii) The dealer or manufacturer has failed to forward the taxes and
fees to the Department as required by this subtitle.
(4) Attainments to the Fund in excess of an accumulated balance of
$100,000 may be expended by the Department for any purpose authorized under §
8-723 of this subtitle. However, any funds not expended pursuant to this subsection
or § 8-723 of this subtitle:
(i) Shall remain in the Fund; and
(ii) May not revert to the General Fund.]
[(e)] (D) In addition to any other sanction under this subtitle, on failure of a
dealer to forward to the Department taxes and fees within 30 days of collection, the
Department may declare forfeited the bond or other security filed by the dealer under
this subtitle. [The Department shall use funds collected through the forfeiture to
reimburse the Boat Dealer Assurance Fund for the expense of paying title taxes and
fees in accordance with this section.]
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the funds in the Boat
Dealer Assurance Fund, on the effective date of this Act, shall revert to the General
Fund.
SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 2006.
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