WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 202

CHAPTER 202
(House Bill 31)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Required Security - Notification of Terminations and Lapses

FOR the purpose of requiring an insurer or other provider of required security for a
vehicle registered in the State as a Class B (For Hire) vehicle to notify the Motor
Vehicle Administration within a certain time of any termination or other lapse of
required security that is final and occurs anytime after the required security is
issued or provided; clarifying language; and generally relating to notification
regarding terminations or other lapses of required security for Class B (For Hire)
vehicles.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 17-106(a), (c), and (d)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 17-106(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Transportation

17-106.

(a) If the required security for any vehicle terminates or otherwise lapses at any
time, the registration of that vehicle:

(1)     Is suspended automatically as of the date of termination or lapse; and

(2)     Remains suspended until:

(i) The required security is replaced and the vehicle owner submits
evidence of replaced security on a form as prescribed by the Administration and certified
by an insurer or agent; and

(ii) Any uninsured motorist penalty fee assessed is paid to the
Administration.

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