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....................................

Consumer credit reporting violations, penalty provisions added........

Consumer motor vehicle leasing contracts, application of law and
consumer protection provisions expanded, repossession provisions
altered, and rights and duties of assignees established ...................

Deposits on new and custom homes, requirements for surety bonds,
escrow accounts, disclosure forms for purchasers, penalties for
violations, subcontractor identification and progress payments, and
disclosure of purchaser exposure to mechanic's lien, provisions
altered .................................................................................................

Divorce decree records, maintenance by clerks of the circuit courts,
requirements altered; fee and penalty provisions eliminated .........

Driver's license or identification card or a facsimile thereof, misuse,
Motor Vehicle Administration authorized to suspend, revoke, or
refuse to issue or renew driver's license as penalty.........................

Driving while "intoxicated per se", made a misdemeanor; homicide by
motor vehicle or vessel while intoxicated per se, provisions added .

Drunk or drugged driving while transporting a minor, penalties
increased .............................................................................................

Harassment, penalty altered .................................................................

Hospice care programs, regulation requirements, penalties, and peer
review program, provisions added.....................................................

Howard County -
Zoning proceeding applicant, disclosure of campaign contribution
to county executive or county council member or candidates for
those offices, provisions added ......................................................

Lead hazard reduction grant and loan programs, established; lead
paint abatement program, abolished; radon gas and asbestos
abatement pilot program, funding provision and termination date
repealed ..............................................................................................

Motor vehicle liability insurance, notice to insured persons of
compulsory nature 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 .......................

Motor vehicles, unlawful taking, new felony crime created................

Nursing home resident transfer and discharge, including involuntary
discharge, and protection of assets, provisions altered; procedures
to obtain funding for patient care, provisions added ......................

Out-of-service orders, violation by operators of commercial motor
vehicles, disqualifications and penalties added ................................

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INDEX

Chapter

Page

352 368	2368 2436
602	3392
569	3271
155	1865
276	2143
498	2861
150 301	1849 2208
153 154	1860 1863
614	3500
335	2277
288 268	2162 2107
547	3159
309	2223