Ch. 339

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

or § 32-112(d)(2) of the Transportation Article because the individual has not renewed a
driver's license, certificate of title, registration, or identification card.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Motor Vehicle
Administration shall promulgate, in consultation with appropriate members of the public
and private sectors, regulations and procedures to implement this Act in a timely and cost
effective manner.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, September 1. 1997.

Approved May 8, 1997.

CHAPTER 339
(House Bill 710)

AN ACT concerning

Motor Vehicle Administration - Access to Public Records

FOR the purpose of prohibiting the disclosure of Motor Vehicle Administration records
containing certain personal information, unless the information is used by certain
persons for certain purposes and under certain circumstances; requiring the
Administration to disclose certain personal information under certain
circumstances; prohibiting the person who receives personal information from using
it in certain ways; requiring the Administration to provide certain notice to certain
individuals under certain circumstances; authorizing certain individuals to prohibit
the disclosure of certain personal information under certain circumstances;
authorizing the Administration to disclose personal information under certain
circumstances even if the individual has not received a certain notice from the
Administration; prohibiting the use of personal information disclosed by the
Administration for purposes of telephone solicitation; authorizing individuals who
suffer damage due to a violation of certain provisions of law to recover their
damages in a civil action; authorizing a criminal penalty for certain misuse of
disclosed personal information under certain circumstances; requiring the
Administration to adopt certain regulations; authorizing the Administration to
monitor compliance with certain provisions; defining certain terms; making stylistic
changes; providing for the effective date of this Act; and generally relating to access
to certain public records of the Motor Vehicle Administration under certain
circumstances.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-611 and 10-626
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

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