3506                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 750

Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Commercial Law

SUBTITLE 14. AUTOMOTIVE WARRANTY ENFORCEMENT ACT

14-1401.

(A) (1) IN THIS SECTION THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE
MEANINGS INDICATED.

(2) "CONSUMER" MEANS:

(I)  THE PURCHASER, OTHER THAN FOR PURPOSES OF
RESALE, OF A MOTOR VEHICLE SUBJECT TO A MANUFACTURER'S EXPRESS
WARRANTY;

(II)  ANY PERSON TO WHOM A MOTOR VEHICLE SUBJECT
TO A MANUFACTURER'S EXPRESS WARRANTY IS TRANSFERRED DURING THE
DURATION OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTY APPLICABLE TO SUCH MOTOR
VEHICLE; OR

(III)  ANY OTHER PERSON WHO IS ENTITLED BY THE
TERMS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURER'S EXPRESS WARRANTY TO
ENFORCE THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE WARRANTY.

(3) "MANUFACTURER OR DISTRIBUTOR" MEANS A PERSON,
PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, OR ENTITY ENGAGED IN THE
BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING OR ASSEMBLING MOTOR VEHICLES, OR OF
DISTRIBUTING MOTOR VEHICLES TO MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS AS DEFINED
IN THE TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE, SECTION 15-201(B) AND (E).

(3) (4) (3) (I) "MOTOR VEHICLE" MEANS A VEHICLE THAT
IS REGISTERED IN THIS STATE AS A:

1.  CLASS A (PASSENGER) VEHICLE;

2.  CLASS E (TRUCK) VEHICLE WITH A 3/4 TON
OR LESS MANUFACTURER'S RATED CAPACITY; OR

3.  CLASS M (MULTIPURPOSE) VEHICLE; AND

(II) "MOTOR VEHICLE" DOES NOT INCLUDE A MOTOR
HOME. FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADMINISTERING THIS SECTION, THE MOTOR
VEHICLE ADMINISTRATION SHALL PROMULGATE A REGULATION DEFINING A
MOTOR HOME.

(4) "MANUFACTURER, FACTORY BRANCH, OR DISTRIBUTOR"
MEANS A PERSON, PARTNERSHIP, ASSOCIATION, CORPORATION, OR ENTITY
ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF MANUFACTURING OR ASSEMBLING MOTOR