WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         Ch. 442

Article 48A - Insurance Code

243B.

(h) 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
CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURES:

(1) A NOTICE THAT STATES AT WHAT TIME AND UNDER WHAT
CONDITIONS THE APPLICANT IS ELIGIBLE TO SEEK INSURANCE FROM AN INSURER
OTHER THAN THE FUND; AND

[(1)](2) [In] A NOTICE THAT STATES THAT:

(I) 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)] (II) 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
October 1, 1994.

Approved May 2, 1994.

CHAPTER 442
(House Bill 1521)

AN ACT concerning

Open-Pit Coal Mining - Limited Liability Companies

FOR the purpose of including limited liability companies in the provisions of law relating
to the licensure and regulation of open-pit mining operations; modifying certain
definitions; making stylistic changes; and generally relating to limited liability
companies and open-pit coal mining.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Natural Resources

Section 7-501(o) and (v), 7-504(b) through (d), and 7-517.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1989 Replacement Volume and 1993 Supplement)

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