H.B. 817                                                 VETOES

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1994 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section(s) 25-201(d) of Article - Transportation of the Annotated
Code of Maryland be renumbered to be Sectiori(s) 25-201(e).

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF

MARYLAND,                                                   

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Transportation

25-201.

(D) (1) "LESSOR" MEANS A PERSON WHO REGULARLY LEASES OR OFFERS
TO LEASE MOTOR VEHICLES.

(2) "LESSOR" INCLUDES:

(I)     AN ASSIGNEE OF LEASES; AND

(II)    A PERSON WHO DURING ANY 12-MONTH PERIOD OFFERS TO
LEASE FIVE OR MORE MOTOR VEHICLES OR WHO IS ASSIGNED FIVE OR MORE
LEASES.

25-204.

(a)     As soon as reasonably possible and within 7 days at most after it takes an
abandoned vehicle into custody, a police department shall send a notice, by certified mail,
return receipt requested, bearing a postmark from the United States Postal Service, to:

(1)     The last known registered owner of the vehicle; and

(2)     Each secured party, as shown on the records of the Administration.

(b)     The notice shall:

(1)     State that the abandoned vehicle has been taken into custody;

(2)     Describe the year, make, model, and vehicle identification number of
the vehicle;

(3)     Give the location of the facility, where the vehicle is held;

(4)     (i) Inform the owner and secured party of the owner's and secured
party's right to reclaim the vehicle within 3 weeks after the date of the notice, on payment
of all towing, preservation, and storage charges resulting from taking or placing the
vehicle in custody; or

(ii) In Baltimore City and Montgomery County, be sent by certified
mail, return receipt requested, and inform the owner and secured party of the owner's
and secured party's right to reclaim the vehicle within 11 working days after the receipt of

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