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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="20-508" title_number="20" title_name="Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Policies for Covered Vehicles">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A policyholder is entitled to continuation of coverage from the Fund at rates that are reasonably comparable to those charged by standard insurers and approved by the Commissioner if, for 3 continuous years of coverage under a policy issued by the Fund, the policyholder has not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>been charged with a moving traffic violation;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>had a chargeable traffic accident; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>been assessed more than one point by the Motor Vehicle Administration.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A policyholder who meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section is not entitled to a safe driver credit as defined in the rules and rate schedules of the Fund filed with the Commissioner.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In determining eligibility for rates that are reasonably comparable to those charged by standard insurers, the Fund may not consider:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a lapse in coverage of 30 days or less; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the addition of a driver to the policy who has certified in a manner approved by the Fund for the immediately preceding 3 continuous years that the driver has not had a moving traffic violation, has not been assessed more than one point, and has not had a chargeable traffic accident.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
