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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 31-58 Auction sales – Dirt bikes, unregistered motorcycles, etc.">
  <section prefix="§" num="31-58" heading="Auction sales – Dirt bikes, unregistered motorcycles, etc.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Definitions.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">In this section, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Abandoned vehicle.">“Abandoned vehicle” has the meaning stated in § 25-201(b) of the State Transportation Article.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Dirt bike.">“Dirt bike” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|19|§40-1"&gt;Article 19, § 40-1&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code.</para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Unregistered motorcycle or similar vehicle.">“Unregistered motorcycle or similar vehicle” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|19|§40-1"&gt;Article 19, § 40-1&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Bidders must be licensed.">Bidders for dirt bikes or for unregistered motorcycles or similar vehicles, other than abandoned vehicles, must be licensed, bonded motorcycle dealers, licensed automotive dismantlers and recyclers, or licensed scrap metal dealers.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Export abroad.">
      <para num="(1)">The purpose of this subsection is to ensure that dirt bikes and unregistered motorcycles or similar vehicles that have been forfeited under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|19"&gt;Article 19&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40, can be put to good use without being returned to the streets of the City.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Forfeited dirt bikes and unregistered motorcycles or similar vehicles may be transferred to 1 or more charitable organizations for export abroad to provide relief to impoverished areas with critical transportation needs.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The procedures used for transfers under this subsection must:<para num="(i)">accord with &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter"&gt;the City Charter&lt;/cite&gt; provisions that govern the disposition of surplus property;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">ensure that all interested charitable organizations have an opportunity submit proposals for the vehicles;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">ensure that the selected organization has the ability to take control of the vehicles and export them; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">require the selected organization to enter into a written agreement with the City that delineates the parties’ respective responsibilities.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 31, §97(b-1)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 69-343</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 69-560</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 87-1047</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 97-212</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 01-243</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 01-285</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-389</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
