PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

Ch. 71

CHAPTER 71
(Senate Bill 75)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Dealer Licensing Provisions - Exception for Funeral Vehicles

FOR the purpose of modifying a certain definition of "dealer" under the Maryland
Vehicle Law to exclude persons engaged exclusively in the sale of certain vehicles to
licensed funeral establishments, thereby exempting those persons from dealer

licensing requirements and other provisions applicable to licensed dealers

exempting certain vehicle dealers from certain business and location requirements;
and generally relating to vehicle dealers.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article—Transportation
Section 15-101(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 15-101(b) 15-304(b)(l)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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

Article - Transportation

15-101.

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) (1) "Dealer" means, except as provided in paragraph (3) of this subsection,
a dealer in vehicles of a type required to be registered under Title 13 of this article.

(2) "Dealer" includes:

(i) A person who is in the business of buying, selling, or exchanging
vehicles, including a person who during any 12-month period offers to sell five or more of
these vehicles, the ownership of which was acquired for resale purposes; and

(ii) For the purposes of §§ 15-301 through 15-315, inclusive, of this
title, any person who sells vehicles, whether or not that person acquired the vehicles for
personal or business use, if the vehicles are displayed at a fixed location used principally
for the purpose of selling vehicles on a regular basis.

"Dealer" does not include:

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