ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

H.B. 454

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; altering a certain definition;
requiring certain disclosure of a freight charge for a vehicle sale; 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)
(As enacted by Chapters 361 and 362 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2001)

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

Article - Transportation

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