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name, or company logo, and the city and state of its owner, operator, or lessee. However,
instead of the city and state, one of the following may be used:

(1)     The company unit number;

(2)     The Interstate Commerce Commission number; or

(3)     The number issued by a State agency.
(e) . This section does not apply to:

(1)     Vehicles owned or operated by a gas, electric, telegraph, telephone, or
water company, as defined in Article 78 of the Code;

(2)     Vehicles registered as:

(I)      [farm] FARM trucks under § 13-921 of this article[or as];

(II)     [farm] FARM truck tractors under § 13-924 of this article; OR

(III) FARM AREA MOTOR VEHICLES UNDER § 13-935 OF THIS
ARTICLE;

(3)  School vehicles registered under § 13-932 of this article;

(4)     Trucks registered at 10,000 pounds capacity or less;

(5)     Emergency vehicles;

(6)     Vehicles used primarily to transport money or commercial paper; or

(7)     Vehicles operating within 30 days from the date of purchase.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1996.

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 256
(House Bill 638)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Titling and Security Interests - Electronic Information System

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and
implement an electronic system for the issuance of certificates of title and the
recording and releasing of security interests; providing that the electronic system
may provide for certain transactions without issuance of certain documents and the
transmission of certain data to and from licensed dealers; requiring the Motor
Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations relating to certain electronic
information transfers; and generally relating to authorization for the development

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