WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 284

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

Article - Transportation

12-209.

(a)  Any aggrieved party to a hearing may appeal from a
decision or order of the Administration as follows:

(1)   If the matter concerns the license of the party
to drive and the party is a resident of this State, to the
circuit court for the county in which the party resides;

(2)  If the matter concerns any other license or
privilege of the party, to the circuit court for the county in
which the principal place of business of the party in this State
is located;

(3)  If the party is a nonresident motorist, to the
circuit court for the county in which the party was convicted of
the violation to which the matter relates; and

(4)  If not otherwise provided in this section or
elsewhere in the Maryland Vehicle Law, to the Circuit Court for
Anne Arundel County.

(b)  The Administrative Procedure Act shall govern in an
appeal.

(C) [If] EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN § 16-205.1 OF THIS ARTICLE,
IF an appeal is filed in a case by an aggrieved licensee, the
Administration shall grant a stay of its decision or order for
not more than 60 days, unless it appears to the Administration
that substantial and immediate harm could result to the licensee
or others if the license or privilege is continued pending
appeal.

16-117.

(b) (1) The Administration shall file each accident report
and abstract of court disposition records that it receives under
the laws of this State.

(2) The Administration shall keep convenient records
or make suitable notations showing the convictions or traffic
accidents in which each licensee has been involved and every
probation before judgment disposition of any violation of §
21-902 of this article. A record or notation of a probation
before judgment disposition, OR A FIRST OFFENSE OF DRIVING WITH
AN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF 0.10 OR MORE UNDER § 16-205.1 OF THIS
ARTICLE, shall be segregated by the Administration and shall be
available only to the Administration, the courts, criminal

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