Consumer motor vehicle leasing contracts, application of law and
consumer protection provisions expanded, repossession provisions

altered, and rights and duties of assignees established ...................

Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund assessment mechanism altered

by prohibiting the certification of a 1994 operating loss .................

Notice to insured persons of compulsory nature of motor vehicle
liability insurance and penalties for lapse, requirements added for
insurers and premium finance companies; submission by premium
finance companies to insurance companies of notice of insurance

cancellation, methods other than mailing permitted .......................

Uninsured Motor Vehicles -
Definition expanded; liability limit of insurer providing uninsured

motorist coverage, altered..............................................................

Notification of injured person's uninsured motorist insurer if a
settlement offer exhausts applicable liability insurance policies of

the wrongdoer, requirements added .............................................

Insurance Administration —
Appropriation to ....................................................................................

Complaint information, adoption of rules and regulations delineating
the types of information required to be collected for the automated
complaint data system, provisions added .........................................

Comprehensive insurance reform, including creation of the Insurance
Fraud Division, expansion of competitive rating, requirements for
marketing plans, underwriting standards, and good driving
discounts, and measures to increase the availability and
affordability of insurance in Baltimore City.....................................

Health maintenance organization (HMO) point-of-service option for
health care and dental benefits, patient continuum of care when
provider terminated from HMO panel, application process for
HMO panel of providers, and method of payment of provider by
insurance carrier, provisions altered.................................................

Insurance Article, new article added ...................................................

Surrender of State positions from the appropriated number for FY

1996, provisions added.......................................................................

Interest —

Somerset County -

Overdue property taxes, interest rate increased ..............................

Interior Designers —

License fees, proration, provisions added ............................................

State Board of Certified, appropriation to ..........................................

International Affairs —

Ballast water management to prevent introduction of unwanted
species via ballast water into the Chesapeake Bay and other waters,
federal government and international organizations urged to
implement programs and fund research ...........................................

International Division, appropriation to ..............................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

602	3392
2	6

288	2162
515	2945
516	2947
7	387 538
475	2691
352	2368
604 605 36	3431 3450 724
7	565
238	2057
538 7	3126 468
JR6 7	3623 508 560