Ch. 577

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 577

(House Bill 1541)

AN ACT concerning

Motor Vehicle Leasing Regulatory Act

FOR the purpose of requiring contracts for the lease of a vehicle
to contain certain language; prohibiting certain advertising
practices; requiring a consumer to report certain motor
vehicles to certain persons in a specific manner; providing
for repairs to certain motor vehicles under certain
warranties in certain circumstances; providing for the
replacement or return for refund of certain motor vehicles
in certain circumstances; extending the term of certain
warranties or service periods in certain circumstances;
requiring a manufacturer or factory branch to notify the
Motor Vehicle Administration under certain circumstances;
providing certain consumer rights are not limited by this
Act; requiring certain information on certain written
statements to purchasers; requiring a consumer to resort to
a certain alternative procedure under certain circumstances;
providing that certain agreements are void; requiring
actions brought under this Act be commenced within a certain
time; allowing a court to award attorney's fees under
certain circumstances; defining certain terms; providing
that this Act shall only be construed prospectively; and
generally relating to warranties and the enforcement of
warranties for leased vehicles and vehicle leasing and
brokering of vehicle leases.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Commercial Law

Section 13-301(14)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Commercial Law

Section 14-1901 through 14-1907 to be under the new subtitle

"Subtitle 19. Consumer Motor Vehicle Leasing

Contracts"
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation

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