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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="19-518" title_number="19" title_name="Property and Casualty Insurance" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Motor Vehicle Insurance -- Primary Coverage">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “volunteer driver” means an individual who provides driving services, including transportation of individuals or goods, without compensation other than for expenses to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a charitable organization, as defined in § 6–101 of the Business Regulation Article, in the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a not–for–profit organization in the State that is exempt from taxation under § 501(c)(3), (4), or (6) of the Internal Revenue Code.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An insurer that issues, sells, or delivers a motor vehicle liability insurance policy in the State may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>cancel the policy of a named insured or refuse to issue the policy to an applicant solely because the named insured or applicant is a volunteer driver; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>impose a surcharge on or otherwise increase the rate for the policy solely because the named insured or applicant, a member of the named insured’s or applicant’s household, or an individual who customarily operates the named insured’s or applicant’s motor vehicle is a volunteer driver.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not prohibit an insurer from canceling, refusing to renew, imposing a surcharge on, or otherwise increasing the rate for a motor vehicle liability insurance policy based on factors other than the status of a driver under the policy as a volunteer driver.</text>
  </level>
</section>
