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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="20-516" title_number="20" title_name="Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Policies for Covered Vehicles">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Subject to § 20-517 of this subtitle, the Fund:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>may reject an application of insurance if the applicant owes to the Fund an unpaid premium on an expired or canceled policy;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>at any time may cancel a policy for nonpayment of premiums; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>may reject an application of insurance or at any time may cancel a policy if it is found that the driver’s license of the applicant or policyholder is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>suspended, unless the suspension is for a first offense under § 16-205.1 of the Transportation Article for driving with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>revoked.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Fund shall notify the applicant or policyholder promptly after the Fund rejects an application or cancels a policy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If a person does not have a valid license or other privilege to drive a covered vehicle in the State, or is otherwise ineligible to be insured by the Fund, the Fund may issue the appropriate policy with an excluded driver endorsement under § 27-609 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Fund may cancel a policy if:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the temporary registration issued for the covered vehicle under § 13-405 or § 23-107(b) of the Transportation Article has expired; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the covered vehicle is not otherwise validly registered in the State.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The cancellation may not take effect until the day after the temporary registration of the covered vehicle expires.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
