WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 583

(I)      A U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MOTOR CARRIER
NUMBER; OR

(II)     AN INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION MOTOR CARRIER
AUTHORITY NUMBER.

(J) (1) THIS SUBSECTION APPLIES ONLY TO A VEHICLE REQUIRED TO BE
REGISTERED IN THE STATE.

(2)      A PERSON MAY NOT OPERATE A TOW TRUCK FOR HIRE UNLESS THE
TOW TRUCK IS REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION.

(3)      A PERSON CONVICTED OF OPERATING A TOW TRUCK IN VIOLATION
OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO $3,000.

25-203.

(A)     A police department may take any abandoned vehicle into custody. For this
purpose, the police department may use its own personnel, equipment, and facilities or,
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, use other
persons, equipment, and facilities for removing, preserving, and storing abandoned
vehicles.

(B)     A POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY NOT AUTHORIZE THE USE OF A TOW TRUCK
UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION UNLESS THE TOW TRUCK IS REGISTERED
UNDER § 13-920 OF THIS ARTICLE.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved May 27, 1993.

CHAPTER 583
(House Bill 1101)

AN ACT concerning

Property Tax Credit - Increase in Assessments Baltimore City - Vacant Property

FOR the purpose of requiring the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City or the
governing body of a county or of a municipal corporation to grant, by law, a property
tax credit against the county or municipal corporation property tax imposed on
certain residential real property that was vacant before substantial improvements
were made to the property; providing for the computation of the tax credit;
providing for continuing compliance with the local housing code as a condition of
eligibility for the tax credit; providing that the tax credit is transferable; requiring
the Department of Assessments and Taxation to assist the local jurisdictions in the
implementation of this Act; authorizing the Department to adopt certain
regulations; providing for the construction of this Act; providing for a delayed
effective date; and generally relating to a property tax credit for substantially

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