Ch. 525                                    1995 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(b)     The police department on whose authority the vehicle was impounded may
apply to the Administration for an assignment of an identification number under §§
13-106.1 and 14-107 of this article.

(c)     The police department on whose authority the vehicle was impounded may
apply to the Administration for a certificate of title to a vehicle, and shall submit as
evidence of ownership:

(1)     A copy of the return receipt or certified mail notice returned as
undeliverable, received under § 25-204 of this subtitle; or                                       

(2)     A copy of the notice published under § 25-205 of this subtitle.

(d)     Notwithstanding the provisions of § 25-207 of this subtitle, the police
department, after satisfying the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of this section,
may retain and use the vehicle for public purposes.

(e)     Any vehicle retained for use under this section:

(1)     May not be dismantled or disassembled for the purpose of using its
component parts; and

(2)     When no longer usable for public purposes, shall be transferred by the
police department to a scrap processor licensed under § 15-502 of this article.

SECTION 2. 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October July .1, 1995.

Approved May 25, 1995.

CHAPTER 525
(Senate Bill 566)

AN ACT concerning

Construction of Piers and Bulkheads - State and Local Regulation

FOR the purpose of requiring the Department of Natural Resources and the Chesapeake
Bay Critical Area Commission jointly to review existing regulations applicable to the
construction of piers and bulkheads in certain areas of the State; requiring the
Department and the Commission to develop a certain procedure to avoid a certain
regulatory duplication by the State and local jurisdictions; providing that a certain
procedure recognize a certain State and local jurisdictional authority for certain
purposes; and generally relating to State and local regulation of piers and
bulkheads.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Natural Resources
Section 9-101(a) and (d)                                 

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