PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
Ch. 338
(3) No charge shall be made to a police agency, fire department, or court in
this or any other state or a police agency or court of the United States government.
(4) The fee established and charged under this section may exceed the
amounts authorized under § 10-621 of the State Government Article.
(b) (1) A certified copy of any record of the Administration or comparable
agency of any state is admissible in any judicial proceeding in the same manner as the
original of the record.
(2) (i) A computer printout of any driving record or vehicle registration
record of the Administration that has been obtained by a police agency or court through
a computer terminal tied into the Administration is admissible in any judicial proceeding
in the same manner as the original of the record.
(ii) The computer printout of the driving record or vehicle registration
record shall contain:
1. The date the record was printed; and
2. A jurisdiction code identifying the site where the record was
printed.
(3) If a subpoena is issued to the Administrator or any other official or
employee of the Administration for the production in any judicial proceeding of the
original or a copy of any book, paper, entry, record, proceeding, or other document of the
Administration:
(i) The Administrator or other official or employee of the
Administration need not appear personally; and
(ii) Submission of a certified copy or photostat of the requested
document is full compliance with the subpoena.
(4) On motion and for good cause shown, the court may compel the
attendance of an authorized representative of the Administration to answer the subpoena
for the production of documents.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Motor Vehicle
Administration shall establish a procedure to allow an individual who, on the effective
date of this Act, has a current driver's license, certificate of title, registration, or
identification card, to contact the Administration for the purpose of prohibiting the
disclosure of personal information as provided in § 10-616(n)(3)(xiii)1 10-616(n)(3) and
(4) of the State Government Article or § 12-112(d)(2) of the Transportation Article.
Nothing in this Act requires the Administration to provide the notice under §
10-616(n)(3)(xiii)1 10-616(n)(3) and (4) of the State Government Article and §
12-112(d)(2) of the Transportation Article before an individual applies for renewal of a
driver's license, certificate of title, registration, or identification card. Unless an
individual has objected to a disclosure of personal information in accordance with the
procedures established by the Administration, the Administration may disclose personal
information as provided by law notwithstanding that the individual has not received
notices under § 10-616(n)(3)(xiii)1 10-616(n)(3) and (4) of the State Government Article
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