Ch. 638

LAWS OF MARYLAND

243L.

As used in this subtitle:

(a)  "Administrator" means the Motor Vehicle Administrator.

(b)  "Executive director" means the executive director of
the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund.

(c)  "Automobile" shall include trucks, vans, and trailers,
but shall not include motorcycles or motorbikes.

(d)  "Fund" means the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund.

(e)  "Qualified person" means a resident of this State or
the owner of a motor vehicle registered in this State or a
resident of another state, territory, or federal district of the
United States or province of the Dominion of Canada, or foreign
country, in which recourse is afforded to residents of this
State, of substantially similar character to that provided for by
this subtitle, but it shall' not include: (1) any automobile
collision insurance carrier or other insurer seeking by way of
subrogation any recovery for amounts paid for damages to motor
vehicles, other real or personal property or injuries to persons
under any insurance coverages that may be valid, including but
not limited to collision, fire, theft, medical payments, or
uninsured motorist coverages; or (2) any holder of a certificate
of self-insurance under this article; or (3) an insured under a
policy provision providing coverage for damages sustained by the
insured as a result of the operation of an uninsured motor
vehicle in a form authorized to be included in automobile
liability policies of insurance delivered or issued for delivery
in the State. A vehicle bearing temporary registration plates
issued under Part I of Title 13, Subtitle 6 of the Transportation
Article is not, for the purposes of this section, a motor vehicle
registered in this State, if the owner of the vehicle is a
nonresident of the State of Maryland. "QUALIFIED PERSON"
INCLUDES ANYONE INJURED BY AN UNINSURED MOTORIST WHO LATER FILES
FOR BANKRUPTCY OR OTHER PROTECTION FROM CREDITORS THAT BARS THE
FUND FROM A SUBROGATION RECOVERY.

(f)  "Uninsured motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle as to
which there is not in force security meeting the requirements of
Title 17 of the Transportation Article; and a motor vehicle as to
which there is in force a liability policy meeting the
requirements of that title where a receiver or conservator has
been appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction for the
insurance company issuing said liability policy.

(g)   "Person" includes natural persons, firms,
copartnerships, associations, corporations, and governmental
bodies.

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