PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 396

FOR the purpose of establishing a Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Liens, Regulation
of Towing Practices, and the Disposition of Unclaimed Vehicles; specifying the
membership of the Task Force; requiring the Governor to designate a chairman;
requiring the Task Force to undertake a specified study; requiring the Motor
Vehicle Administrator to assign staff and provide certain support to the Task Force;
requiring a certain report; providing for the intent of this Act; providing for the
termination of this Act; and generally relating to the establishment of a Task Force
to study the regulation of towing practices, the disposition of unclaimed vehicles,
and the imposition of liens on motor vehicles.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That:

(a) There is a Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Liens, Regulation of Towing
Practices, and the Disposition of Unclaimed Vehicles.

(b) The Task Force consists of the following 17 20 21 members:

(1) One member of the Senate of Maryland, appointed by the President of

the Senate;

(2) One member of the House of Delegates, appointed by the Speaker of

the House;

(3) The Motor Vehicle Administrator, or the Administrator's designee;

(4) The Secretary of the Department of State Police, or the Secretary's
designee; and

(5) Thirteen Sixteen Seventeen Twenty-two members appointed by the
Governor as follows:

(i) A representative of the Maryland Association of Counties;

(ii) A representative of the Maryland Municipal League;

(iii) A representative of the Towing Recovery Professionals of

Maryland;
repair industry;

(iv) A representative of the service station and automotive mechanical

(v) A representative of financial institutions that provide motor
vehicle financing;

(vi) A representative of the motor vehicle dealer industry Maryland
New Car and Truck Dealers Association;

(vii) A representative of the motor vehicle leasing industry;

(viii) A representative of the automotive dismantler and recycler or the
scrap processor industries Maryland Auto and Truck Recyclers Association;

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