Ch. 753

LAWS OF MARYLAND

(I) THE APPLICANT OR A NAMED INSURED HAS BEEN
INSURED BY THE FUND FOR THE 3 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE
DATE ON WHICH THE POLICY WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE; AND

(II) THE APPLICANT OR A NAMED INSURED HAS HAD

NO POINTS ASSESSED AGAINST HIM UNDER § 16-402 OF THE

TRANSPORTATION ARTICLE DURING THE 3 YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING
THE DATE OF THE APPLICATION.

(3) IF THE FUND CANNOT SELL OR ISSUE A POLICY OF

PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE LIABILITY INSURANCE TO AN

APPLICANT UNDER PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE FUND MUST
DISCLOSE TO THE APPLICANT THAT AN INSURER MAY NOT REFUSE TO
UNDERWRITE THE RISK UNDER § 234A(E) OF THIS ARTICLE.

243B.

(I) AT THE TIME A POLICY OF PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE
INSURANCE IS ISSUED TO AN APPLICANT, THE FUND SHALL INCLUDE IN
THE CONTRACT A WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE APPLICANT THAT;

(1) IN THE EVENT THAT THE APPLICANT CHOOSES TO SEEK
INSURANCE FROM AN INSURER OTHER THAN THE FUND, AN INSURER MAY NOT
REFUSE TO UNDERWRITE ANY PRIVATE PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE
INSURANCE RISK SOLELY BECAUSE THE APPLICANT OR NAMED INSURED
PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED INSURANCE COVERAGE FROM THE FUND; AND

(2) IF THE APPLICANT SUBSEQUENTLY CHOOSES TO SEEK
INSURANCE FROM AN INSURER OTHER THAN THE FUND AND THAT INSURER
REFUSES TO UNDERWRITE THE APPLICANT SOLELY BECAUSE THE APPLICANT
OR NAMED INSURED PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED INSURANCE FROM THE FUND, THE
APPLICANT HAS THE RIGHT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE INSURANCE
COMMISSIONER AGAINST THAT INSURER.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1988.

Approved May 27, 1988.

CHAPTER 753

(Senate Bill 154)

AN ACT concerning

Capital Projects - Total Project Funding

FOR the purpose of defining total project funding; authorizing
total project funding for the planning, design, and

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