HARRY HUGHES, Governor                          1521

DEEMED NECESSARY TO MEET THE STANDARD REQUIRED UNDER THIS
PARAGRAPH.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall

take effect June 1, 1986 July 1, 1986.
Approved May 13, 1986.

CHAPTER 398

(Senate Bill 1030)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Dealers - Advertising
Insignia, Logo, or Name Plate

FOR the purpose of prohibiting a dealer or certain other persons

from placing on a vehicle an insignia, logo, or other plate
that advertises the name of the dealer unless certain
conditions are met; authorizing a dealer and a vehicle buyer
to enter into an agreement to compensate the buyer in
exchange for the buyer's consent to the placement of a
certain insignia, logo, or other plate on a vehicle; and
providing a buyer's remedy for dealer noncompliance.

BY adding to

Article - Transportation

Section 15-313(c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Replacement Volume and 1985 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation
15-313.

(C) (1) A DEALER OR AN AGENT OR EMPLOYEE OF A DEALER MAY
NOT PLACE ON A VEHICLE AN INSIGNIA, LOGO, OR OTHER PLATE THAT
ADVERTISES THE NAME OF THE DEALER, UNLESS:

(I)  THE CONTRACT OF SALE FOR THE VEHICLE
CONTAINS A NOTICE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE BUYER DESCRIBED IN THIS
SUBSECTION; AND

(II)  THE BUYER OF THE VEHICLE CONSENTS TO THE
PLACEMENT OF THE INSIGNIA, LOGO, OR OTHER PLATE ON THE VEHICLE.