PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 195

2. Of any amount collected that is over $150:

A.      50% to be allocated to the Maryland Automobile Insurance
Fund and the General Fund as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph; and

B.      50% to the Administration].

(ii) The percentage of the penalties specified under subparagraph (i)
of this paragraph shall be distributed as follows:

1.       [In Fiscal Year 1994:

A.      $2,700,000 to the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; and

B.      The balance to the General Fund.

2.       In each fiscal year after Fiscal Year 1994:

A.] The amount distributed to the Maryland Automobile
Insurance Fund in the prior fiscal year under the provisions of this subparagraph adjusted
by the change for the calendar year preceding the fiscal year in the Consumer Price Index
- All Urban Consumers - Medical Care as published by the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics to the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; and

[B.] 2. The balance to the General Fund.

(3)     If the Administration assesses a vehicle owner or co-owner with a
penalty under this subsection, the Administration may not take any of the following
actions until the penalty is paid:

(i) Reinstate a registration suspended under this subsection;

(ii) Issue a new registration for any vehicle that is owned or co-owned
by that person and is titled after the violation date; or

(iii) Renew a registration for a vehicle that is owned or co-owned by
that person and is titled after the violation date.

(4)     (i) In this paragraph, "family member" means any individual whose
relationship to the vehicle owner is one of those listed under § 13-810(b)(l) of this article
as being exempt from paying the excise tax imposed on the transfer of a vehicle.

(ii) The monetary penalties provided in this subsection may not be
avoided by transferring title to the vehicle.

(iii) Regardless of whether money or other valuable consideration is
involved in the transfer, if title to a vehicle is transferred by an individual who has
violated this subtitle to a family member, any suspension of the vehicle's registration that
occurred before the transfer shall continue as if no transfer had occurred and a new
registration may not be issued until the penalty fee is paid.

(5)     An amount equal to the monetary penalties paid to the Administration
under paragraph (2) of this subsection may be used by the Administration only for the
enforcement of this subtitle.

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