PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 257

of a system for the processing of vehicle certificates of title and security interests
electronically without issuance of certain documents.

BY adding to

Article - Transportation

Section 13-108.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1992 Replacement Volume and 1995 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

13-108.1.

(A)    NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS TITLE, THE
ADMINISTRATION MAY DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR
THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND THE RECORDING AND RELEASING
OF SECURITY INTERESTS.

(B)     THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM MAY PROVIDE FOR:

(1)     RECORDING TITLING AND REGISTRATION DATA WITHOUT THE
ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE; AND

(2)     RECORDING AND RELEASING LIENS WITHOUT THE ISSUANCE OF A
SECURITY INTEREST FILING.

(C)     THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM MAY PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTRONIC
TRANSMISSION OF VEHICLE DATA TO AND FROM LICENSED DEALERS.

(D)    THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO GOVERN THE
ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF TITLING AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SECTION.

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

Approved April 30, 1996.

CHAPTER 257
(House Bill 649)

AN ACT concerning

Worcester County - State's Attorney - Salary and Private Practice Restriction

FOR the purpose of requiring the State's Attorney for Worcester County to serve full
time and prohibiting the private practice of law after a certain date; establishing the

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