PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 204

retain or return a surrendered driver's license; and requiring the Administration to
issue a driver's license under certain circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 16-210
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

16-210.

(a)     On canceling, suspending, or revoking a driver's license, the Administration
shall require that the license be surrendered to [and retained by] the Administration.

(b)     At the end of a suspension period, the Administration shall [return the]
ISSUE A driver's license to the licensee.

(c)     When the Administration suspends or revokes a Maryland driver's license or
issues a restricted license, the suspension, revocation, or restriction is effective at the time
the decision is rendered, unless otherwise ordered by the Administration.

(d)     Credit for the term of the suspension, revocation, or period of restriction shall
begin only after the Administration [is in possession of] HAS RECEIVED;

(1)     The driver's license issued to the licensee immediately prior to the
decision to suspend, revoke, or restrict the license; or

(2)     A certification that:

(i) A Maryland driver's license is not in the possession of the licensee;
and

(ii) If the Maryland driver's license comes into the licensee's
possession, the licensee shall immediately surrender the license to the Administration.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1995.

Approved May 9, 1995.

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