ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 249

CHAPTER 249
(Senate Bill 438)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Dealer Processing and Freight Charges Standards and

Requirements

FOR the purpose of increasing to a certain amount the maximum dealer processing
charge for a vehicle sale; requiring a dealer processing charge to be reasonable
and to reflect certain expenses; expanding the scope of dealer processing charges
to include charges for certain services; requiring a dealer on request to provide a
written disclosure of services included in a dealer processing charge; creating a
certain exception to the requirement that the dealer processing charge be
included in the advertised price of a vehicle; requiring certain disclosure of a
freight charge for a vehicle sale; altering a certain definition; repealing the
requirement that a certain disclosure be preprinted on a contract for sale for a
vehicle; altering certain definitions; including a dealer processing charge in the
definition of a motor vehicle's total purchase price for purposes of imposing a
vehicle excise tax; and generally relating to dealer processing and freight
charges for vehicles.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 15-311.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article — Transportation
Section 13-809(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 13-809(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 13-809(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

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