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2005 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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Ch. 242
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staffing of the Task Force; prohibiting a member of the Task Force from
receiving compensation for serving on the Task Force; authorizing a member of
the Task Force to receive reimbursement for certain expenses; requiring a
certain report on or before a certain date; providing for the termination of the
Task Force; and generally relating to the Task Force to Study Identity Theft.
WHEREAS, The Federal Trade Commission recently estimated that 27.3 million
people nationwide have been victims of some form of identity theft over the last 5
years, and 9.9 million people were victims during 2002 alone;
WHEREAS, Approximately 3,500 people in Maryland reported being victims of
identity theft during 2002;
WHEREAS, Fraud based on identity theft cost businesses in the United States
approximately $47.6 billion, or approximately $1,800 per victim on average;
WHEREAS, Victims of identity theft may be forced to spend months or even
years and thousands of dollars to clear their good names and credit records; and
WHEREAS, Victims of identity theft may lose job opportunities, be refused
credit, or even be arrested for Crimes they did not commit; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:
(a) There is a Task Force to Study Identity Theft.
(b) The Task Force consists of the following members:
(1) three two members of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the
President of the Senate;
(2) three members of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker
of the House;
(3) the Attorney General, or the Attorney General's designee;
(4) the Superintendent of State Police, or the Superintendent's designee;
(5) the Commissioner of Financial Regulation;
(6) the Administrator of the Motor Vehicle Administration, or the
Administrator's designee;
(6) (7) the following members, appointed by the Governor:
(i) one representative of the Maryland State's Attorneys'
Association;
(ii) one representative of the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association;
(iii) one representative of the Maryland Sheriffs' Association;
(iv) one representative from a State-chartered commercial bank or
a national banking association having with a branch office in the State; and
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