<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-101" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <text>There is a Motor Vehicle Administration in the Department.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-102" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>The head of the Administration is the Motor Vehicle Administrator, who shall be appointed by the Secretary with the approval of the Governor.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator serves at the pleasure of the Secretary and shall report directly to him.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to the authority of the Secretary, the Administrator is responsible for carrying out:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The powers and duties vested by law in the Administration; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Those powers and duties vested in the Secretary and delegated to the Administrator by the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Administrator is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, the Administrator shall appoint a chief deputy administrator who has the duties provided by law or delegated by the Administrator.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The chief deputy administrator is the acting administrator during periods when the Administrator is absent or disabled.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The chief deputy administrator serves at the pleasure of the Administrator and is entitled to the salary provided in the State budget.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-103" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>The exercise of the powers and duties of the Administration is subject to the authority of the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>By regulation or directive, the Secretary may require that the exercise of any power or duty of the Administration be subject to the prior approval of the Secretary.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-104" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>In addition to the specific powers granted and duties imposed by this title, the Administration has the powers and duties set forth in this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administration may adopt rules and regulations to carry out:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Those provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law that relate to or are administered and enforced by the Administration; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The provisions of any other law that the Administration is authorized to administer and enforce.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administration shall maintain as many offices in this State as the Administrator considers necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Administration.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each office shall be open on the days and during the hours that the Secretary determines are needed to serve the public.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, the Administration shall employ the deputies, subordinate officers, clerks, investigators, and other employees necessary to carry out the powers and duties of the Administration.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except as otherwise provided by law, and subject to § 2-103.4 of this article, each deputy, officer, and employee of the Administration:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Is in the State Personnel Management System; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Is entitled to the salary provided in the pay plan established under Title 8, Subtitle 1 of the State Personnel and Pensions Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Administration may delegate to the Office of Administrative Hearings the power and authority under the Maryland Vehicle Law to conduct hearings under this article and render final decisions in hearings conducted under this article.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>In accordance with § 6–313 of the Courts Article and the Maryland Rules, the Administration shall serve as the agent to receive a subpoena, a summons, or other process for a nonresident driver named as a party in an action brought in a court of this State.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-104.1" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>The Administrator may designate employees of the Investigative Division of the Administration to exercise the powers specified in subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>An employee appointed under this section may issue citations to the same extent as a police officer if authorized by the Administration, for violations of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The provisions of Title 13 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The provisions of Title 17 of this article relating to required security;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The provisions of Title 14 of this article relating to falsified, altered, or forged documents and plates;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>The provisions of Title 16 of this article relating to unlawful application for a license, vehicle operation during periods of cancellation, revocation, and suspension of a driver’s license, and duplication or reproduction of an identification card or driver’s license;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>The provisions of Title 21 of this article relating to special residential parking permits issued by the Administration;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>The provisions of Title 15 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>The provisions of § 22–415 of this article relating to odometers; and</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>The provisions of this title relating to the issuance of an identification card.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The issuance of citations under this section shall comply with the requirements of § 26–201 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Administration shall adopt regulations establishing:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Qualifications for employees appointed under this section including prerequisites of character, training, experience, and education; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Standards for the performance of the duties assigned to employees appointed under this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-105" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <text>The Administration shall prepare and provide suitable forms for all applications, certificates of title, registration cards, notices of security interests, drivers’ licenses, and other notices and documents needed to carry out the provisions of the Maryland Vehicle Law and any other law that the Administration is required to administer.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-106" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>The Administration shall examine and determine the genuineness, regularity, and legality of each application made to it under the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administration shall reject an application:</text> <level label="1"> <text>If it is not satisfied as to the genuineness, regularity, or legality of the application or the truth of any statement it contains; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For any other reason authorized by law.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-107" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “lease” means the rental or leasing of a vehicle for a period exceeding 180 days.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administration may conduct investigations and inquiries and require additional information concerning:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Any application made to it under the Maryland Vehicle Law; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Any other matter subject to the jurisdiction of the Administration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Each person who leases a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to another person shall keep a record of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The registration number of the leased vehicle; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The name and address of the lessee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Any police officer or authorized representative of the Administration may inspect the records kept under subsection (c) of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-108" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>In any matter subject to its jurisdiction, the Administration may subpoena any person or documents and take the testimony of any person, in the same manner and with the same fees and mileage as provided for by law in civil cases.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If any person fails to comply with a lawful order or subpoena issued by the Administration, the Administration may petition a court of competent jurisdiction to compel obedience to the subpoena or order and to compel the production of relevant documents and other evidence.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>If the Administration concludes that continuing conduct of a person alleged to be in violation of Title 15 of this article may result in substantial harm to any other person, the Administration may sue for injunctive relief against the conduct.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the Administration sues for injunctive relief under this subsection against a person who is alleged to have engaged in conduct that requires a license under Title 15 of this article, but who does not have a license, the Administration need not:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Post bond; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Show that no adequate remedy at law exists.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A suit under this subsection shall be brought in the circuit court for the county where:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The alleged violation occurs; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The principal place of business of the alleged violator is located.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-109" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>In administering the Maryland Vehicle Law, the Administrator or any other officer or employee of the Administration designated by the Administrator may administer oaths and take acknowledgments of signatures.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>If a person is required to submit any statement or information to the Administration under oath, verification, affirmation, certification, affidavit, or any other similar form, the Administration may require instead that the person sign a certification under penalty of perjury.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A certification required under this section shall be substantially in the following form: “I certify, under penalty of perjury, that the statements made herein are true and correct, to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.”</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-110" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administration may take possession of any certificate of title, registration card, permit, license, or registration plate:</text> <level label="i"> <text>That is fictitious;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>That is issued by it and that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Has expired;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Has been canceled, suspended, or revoked; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Was issued unlawfully or erroneously; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>That has been issued by another jurisdiction but is being illegally used or displayed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administration may take possession of any registration card or registration plate that has been issued by another jurisdiction but is being used or displayed:</text> <level label="i"> <text>By a person who has been a resident of the State for more than 60 days; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <level label="1"> <text>By a person who has failed to comply with two or more traffic citations, including citations generated by automated traffic enforcement systems;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>By a person whose license or privilege to drive in the State is suspended under § 16–203 of this article; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>On a motor vehicle whose registration has, at any point, been suspended under § 17–106(a) of this article for a period of 6 months or more.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administration shall establish a fee for the issuance of any certificate of title, registration card, permit, license, or registration plate issued as a replacement for any certificate of title, registration card, permit, license, or registration plate repossessed by the Administration under this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The fee is to be retained by the Administration, and may not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account for distribution under § 8-403 or § 8-404 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Any fee imposed under this subsection shall be in addition to any other fee or penalty imposed by the Administration.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-111" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>The Administration shall keep a record of each application or other document filed with it and each certificate or other official document that it issues.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to § 4–320 of the General Provisions Article, and except as otherwise provided by law, all records of the Administration are public records and open to public inspection during office hours.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, the Administrator may classify as confidential and not open to public inspection any record or record entry:</text> <level label="i"> <text>That is over 5 years old; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>That relates to any happening that occurred over 5 years earlier.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to § 4–320 of the General Provisions Article, a record or record entry of any age shall be open to inspection by authorized representatives of any federal, State, or local governmental agency.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Administrator may not open to public inspection any record or record entry that is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>All or part of a licensed driver’s public driving record; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Over 3 years old.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Subject to paragraph (6) of this subsection, the Administration may not permit public inspection of a digital photographic image or signature of an individual, or the actual stored data thereof, recorded by the Administration.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>The Administration may make a digital photographic image or signature of an individual, or the actual stored data thereof, recorded by the Administration available to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The courts;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Criminal justice agencies;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Driver license authorities;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>The individual;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>The individual’s attorney;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>Third parties designated by the individual; and</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>The Child Support Administration.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Except for records required by law to be kept in their original or other specified form, the Administrator may order any record of the Administration to be kept on microfilm or in other microform, and the original destroyed.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Except for records required by law to be kept longer, the Administrator may destroy any record of the Administration that it has kept for 3 years or more and that the Administrator considers obsolete and unnecessary to the work of the Administration.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-112" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>Unless the information is classified as confidential under § 12–111 of this subtitle or otherwise as provided by law, and subject to § 4–320 of the General Provisions Article, the Administration may furnish listings of vehicle registration and other public information in its records to those persons who request them, but only if the Administration approves of the purpose for which the information is requested.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administration shall charge a fee for any listing furnished under this section. The fee charged may not be less than the cost to this State of preparing that listing. The revenue from the fee shall not be subject to the distribution provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 4 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person furnished any information under this section is prohibited from distributing or otherwise using the information for any purpose other than that for which it was furnished.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>In this subsection the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Personal information” has the meaning indicated in § 4–101(g) of the General Provisions Article.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>“Telephone solicitation” has the meaning indicated in § 4–320(a) of the General Provisions Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administration may not disclose personal information for inclusion in listings of information for use in surveys, marketing, or solicitations without written consent from the person in interest.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An individual may allow disclosure of personal information under this section when applying for or renewing a driver’s license, certificate of title, registration, or identification card or by notifying the Administrator in writing at any time.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The Administration may not disclose personal information under this section for use in telephone solicitations.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>This subsection does not prevent the Administration from furnishing personal information under this section:</text> <level label="i"> <text>To another governmental agency, including the Uninsured Division of the Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund to carry out the Uninsured Division’s functions under Title 20 of the Insurance Article; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>For another purpose permissible under § 4–320 of the General Provisions Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-112.1" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>On request, but not less than annually, the Administration shall provide to the jury commissioners:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The list of individuals who are at least 18 years old and have been issued a driver’s license by the Administration; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The list of individuals who are at least 18 years old and have been issued an identification card by the Administration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administration shall provide the lists described in this subsection without cost to the jury commissioners.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>On application by the Attorney General, a circuit court may compel compliance with this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-113" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to § 12–111 of this subtitle and § 4–320 of the General Provisions Article, the Administrator or any other officer or employee of the Administration designated by the Administrator may furnish on request a copy or a certified copy of any record of the Administration.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administration may establish and charge a fee for each record it furnishes or certifies. The revenue from the fee shall not be subject to the distribution provisions of Title 8, Subtitle 4 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>No charge shall be made to a police agency, fire department, or court in this or any other state or a police agency or court of the United States government.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The fee established and charged under this section may exceed the amounts authorized under § 4–206 of the General Provisions Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A certified copy of any record of the Administration or comparable agency of any state is admissible in any judicial proceeding in the same manner as the original of the record.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>A computer printout of any driving record or vehicle registration record of the Administration that has been obtained by a law enforcement unit, as defined in § 10–101(f) of the Criminal Procedure Article, or court through a computer terminal tied into the Administration is admissible in any judicial proceeding in the same manner as the original of the record.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The computer printout of the driving record or vehicle registration record shall contain:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The date the record was printed; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A jurisdiction code identifying the site where the record was printed.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If a subpoena is issued to the Administrator or any other official or employee of the Administration for the production in any judicial proceeding of the original or a copy of any book, paper, entry, record, proceeding, or other document of the Administration:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The Administrator or other official or employee of the Administration need not appear personally; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Submission of a certified copy or photostat of the requested document is full compliance with the subpoena.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>On motion and for good cause shown, the court may compel the attendance of an authorized representative of the Administration to answer the subpoena for the production of documents.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-113.1" future_version_removed="true" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Agency” means a State police department, the State Highway Administration, a local police department, or another local agency that implements and operates an automated enforcement program.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Appropriate traffic enforcement purpose” means the detection, investigation, or analysis of, or assessment or adjudication of liability for, a violation.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Automated enforcement” means the use of cameras, monitoring devices, and other technology by an agency to capture recorded images of a motor vehicle being operated in violation of a traffic law.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>“Facial recognition technology” means a biometric software application that identifies or verifies the identity of an individual by comparing and analyzing patterns based on an individual’s facial contours.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>“Law enforcement agency” has the meaning stated in § 3–201 of the Public Safety Article.</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>“Program” means an automated enforcement program implemented and operated by an agency.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>“Recorded image or associated data” means any image or data recorded under a program by electronic or digital means, by photographic means, or by way of any other medium that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Shows a motor vehicle;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Clearly identifies the entire registration plate number of the motor vehicle; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>May constitute evidence of a violation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="9"> <text>“Violation” means a traffic violation that a particular automated enforcement system is intended to capture.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Traffic control signal monitoring systems under § 21–202.1 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Automated railroad grade crossing enforcement systems under § 21–704.1 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>School bus monitoring cameras under § 21–706.1 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Stop sign monitoring systems under § 21–707.1 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Speed monitoring systems under § 21–809 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Work zone speed control systems under § 21–810 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>Safety corridor speed monitoring systems under § 21–810.1 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>Bus lane monitoring systems under § 21–1134 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>Noise abatement monitoring systems under § 22–612 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>Vehicle height monitoring systems under § 24–111.3 of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>Any other automated traffic enforcement system authorized under State law.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, an agency may not access or use a recorded image or associated data without a warrant, subpoena, or court order unless the access or use is for an appropriate traffic enforcement purpose.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, a law enforcement agency may access and use a recorded image or associated data already retained by the law enforcement agency if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The law enforcement agency documents a request to access and use the recorded image or associated data that articulates a specific legitimate law enforcement purpose for accessing and using the recorded image or associated data; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The custodian of the recorded image or associated data maintains a written record of the request and whether or not the request was granted.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A law enforcement agency that accesses a recorded image or associated data under this paragraph may use the recorded image or associated data only for the legitimate law enforcement purpose described in the request required by subparagraph (i)1 of this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An employee or a contractor of an agency may access and use a recorded image and associated data:</text> <level label="i"> <text>To administer and process citations or to audit or evaluate the accuracy of the automated enforcement system; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>In a manner consistent with subsection (d) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An agency that knowingly violates this subsection is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each violation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>An agency shall immediately remove from its records and destroy any recorded image or associated data captured under a program that does not constitute evidence of a violation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A recorded image or associated data captured under a program that constitutes evidence of a violation may be retained only until the earlier of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>1 year following the conclusion of any criminal investigation or the exhaustion of all the avenues of adjudication for the violation; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>5 years after the day on which the recorded image or associated data was captured.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Before an agency removes and destroys a recorded image or associated data, the agency may disaggregate the data for analysis purposes in a manner that does not identify any individual or vehicle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>An agency that implements and operates a program shall adopt procedures relating to the operation of the program and the use of automated enforcement systems.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The procedures shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Identify the employee classifications in the agency that have authorization to access or use recorded images and associated data produced by an automated enforcement system;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Establish an audit process to ensure that information obtained through the use of an automated enforcement system is used only for appropriate traffic enforcement purposes as authorized in this section;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Establish procedures and safeguards to ensure that agency personnel with access to recorded images and associated data are adequately screened and trained;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>Establish procedures and safeguards for the secure storage of the recorded images and associated data before the images and data are removed and destroyed; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>Establish procedures for the removal and destruction of recorded images and associated data.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>Recorded images and associated data shall be stored using software that is independent from and inaccessible to other systems and networks.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An automated enforcement system shall be situated and focused in a manner that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Captures recorded images and associated data of violations; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>To the maximum extent possible, does not capture identifying images of the driver, other drivers or vehicles, or pedestrians.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An automated enforcement system may not use biometric identifying technology, including facial recognition technology.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <level label="i"> <text>An agency or a contractor of an agency may not sell or otherwise transfer or share recorded images and associated data with another person other than:</text> <level label="1"> <text>A person alleged to be liable for a civil violation recorded by an automated enforcement system;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court of competent jurisdiction when adjudicating liability; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Another law enforcement agency for use only in an ongoing investigation, after the other law enforcement agency has obtained an appropriate warrant, subpoena, or court order.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A law enforcement agency that receives recorded images or associated data under subparagraph (i)3 of this paragraph is subject to the prohibitions and requirements of this section.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-114" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>Unless another method for giving notice is specifically required, the Administration shall give any notice that it is required or authorized to give under the Maryland Vehicle Law or any other law, either:</text> <level label="1"> <text>By personal delivery to the person to be notified; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>By mail to the person at the address of the person on record with the Administration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If notice is given by mail, the notice is effective at the end of the fifth day after its deposit in the mail.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Proof that notice has been given may be made by the certificate of any officer or employee of the Administration or the affidavit of any adult, naming the person to whom the notice was given and stating the time, place, and manner of giving the notice.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-115" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>The Administration may publish a summary of the laws of this State that relate to the operation of vehicles and may give a copy of the summary, without charge, with each original vehicle registration and original driver’s license that it issues.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administration may publish copies of the Maryland Vehicle Law and related laws and of the rules and regulations adopted under those laws, which shall be made available to the public on request.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administration shall charge a price for each copy, not to exceed the cost of its preparation, publication, and mailing. However, copies of the laws may be given free of charge to law enforcement agencies, public officials, and courts.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-116" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <text>If any person gives a check to the Administration to pay for any charge or for any other purpose and the check is not honored by the bank on which it is drawn, the Administration may impose a service charge to be retained by the Administration for the purpose of recovering check handling costs and shall not be credited to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account for distribution under § 8-403 or § 8-404 of this article. This service charge shall be equal to the greater of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Not more than 10 percent of the amount of the check; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>$25.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-117" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <text>In or near any building or property used by the Administration for its business, a person may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Interfere with any person doing business for or with the Administration; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For a fee charged directly or indirectly, solicit any person:</text> <level label="i"> <text>To assist that person in obtaining a driver’s license, certificate of title, vehicle registration, or other license or document; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>To file any statement for that person.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-118" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as specifically provided by law, all money received under the Maryland Vehicle Law shall be accounted for and remitted to the State Comptroller.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Out of the money remitted to the State Comptroller under the Maryland Vehicle Law, the State Comptroller shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Pay or retain enough to pay all refunds of taxes or fees provided for in the Maryland Vehicle Law;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Credit to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account of the Transportation Trust Fund the revenues specified in § 8–402 of this article, after retaining enough to pay:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The salaries and other expenses of the State Highway Administration in enforcing Title 24 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The salaries and other expenses of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division of the Department of State Police as approved by the Department in enforcing Title 23, Subtitle 4 of this article, Title 24 of this article, the provisions of the Tax – General Article on the motor carrier tax, and the provisions of Title 10 of the Business Regulation Article on motor fuel fraud and motor fuel tax fraud;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Funds required, in addition to the funding provided in § 13–804 of this article, for the salaries and other expenses of the Automotive Safety Enforcement Division of the Department of State Police as approved by the Department in enforcing Title 23 of this article and Subtitle 6 of Title 22 of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>The salaries and other expenses of the Department of State Police and other State agencies, as approved by the Department, in enforcing the provisions of § 25–111 of this article; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Credit the balance to the Transportation Trust Fund.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, notwithstanding any other law and in addition to any other exceptions provided by law, all costs, fines, penalties, and forfeitures received by or paid to the District Court under the Maryland Vehicle Law shall be collected and remitted as provided in the Courts Article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Comptroller shall distribute revenue from the civil fines collected through use of a work zone speed control system controlled by a State agency under § 21–810 of this article to a special fund, to be used only as provided in subsection (e) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Comptroller shall distribute revenue from the civil fines collected through the use of a safety corridor speed monitoring system controlled by a State agency under § 21–810.1 of this article to a special fund to be used only as provided in subsection (f) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, and except for funds received from the Department and the Maryland Transportation Authority for services rendered under agreements with the Department and the Maryland Transportation Authority, the salaries and expenses of the Department of State Police and the State Police Retirement System shall be paid from the general funds of this State.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>Money in the special fund established under subsection (c)(2) of this section:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Shall be distributed first to the Department of State Police and the State Highway Administration to cover the costs of implementing and administering work zone speed control systems;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>After the distribution under item (1) of this subsection, 25% of any remaining balance shall be distributed to the Department of State Police to be used only for the purchase of replacement vehicles and related motor vehicle equipment used to outfit police vehicles; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>After the distributions under items (1) and (2) of this subsection, the remaining balance shall be distributed to the Transportation Trust Fund for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Highway and work zone safety purposes; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>State Highway Administration system preservation.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>Money in the special fund established under subsection (c)(3) of this section shall be distributed first to the State Highway Administration to cover the costs of implementing and administering safety corridor speed monitoring systems.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>After the distribution under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the remaining balance shall be distributed to the Transportation Trust Fund for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Highway safety purposes; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>State Highway Administration system preservation.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Money distributed to the State Highway Administration under paragraph (1) of this subsection is supplemental to and is not intended to take the place of funding that would otherwise be appropriated for the uses described under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-119" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <text>Every rule, regulation, form, order, and directive adopted by or relating to the former Department of Motor Vehicles or the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles remains in effect until changed by the Administration or the Secretary. Every reference in this Code, any other law, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, order, directive, legal action, contract, or any other document referring to the Department of Motor Vehicles or the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles means the Administration or the Administrator, respectively.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-120" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Administration in General"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “miscellaneous fees” means all fees collected by the Administration under this article other than:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The vehicle titling tax;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Three–fourths of the certificate of title fee under §§ 13–802 and 13–805 of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Vehicle registration fees under Part II of Title 13, Subtitle 9 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as provided in this section, the Administration may not alter the miscellaneous fees that the Administration is authorized under this article to establish.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to the limitations under subsection (d) of this section, before the start of any fiscal year the Administration by regulation may alter, effective beginning in the upcoming fiscal year, the levels of the miscellaneous fees that the Administration is authorized under this article to establish.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administration shall alter the levels of miscellaneous fees for the upcoming fiscal year if the projected cost recovery under subsection (d) of this section exceeds 105%.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Administration shall set the levels of miscellaneous fees so that the total amount of projected revenues from all miscellaneous fees for the upcoming fiscal year is at least 100% but does not exceed 105% of the sum of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The operating budget of the Administration for that fiscal year as approved by the General Assembly in the annual State budget;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The average annual capital program of the Administration as reported in the 6–year Consolidated Transportation Program described in § 2–103.1 of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Administration’s portion of the cost for that fiscal year of the Department’s data center operations, except for the cost of data center operations attributable to other administrations’ activities.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administration may not alter miscellaneous fees more than once in any fiscal year.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administration need not reduce fees for the upcoming fiscal year if legislative budget modifications cause the projected cost recovery percentage to exceed 105%.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The level of a miscellaneous fee set by the Administration remains in effect until again altered by the Administration as provided under this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-201" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <text>In this subtitle, “licensee” means the holder of a license issued or privilege granted under the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-202" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in § 16-205.1(f) of this article, if the Maryland Vehicle Law or a rule or regulation of the Administration provides that a license or privilege may be suspended or revoked only after a hearing, the Administration shall give the licensee:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Written notice of the hearing and any charge made; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An opportunity to be heard in person.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The notice required by this section shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Contain the information required by § 12-204 of this subtitle;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Be given at least 10 days before the date of the hearing; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Be sent to the licensee as provided in § 12-114 of this title.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-203" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <level label="a"> <text>If the Maryland Vehicle Law or a rule or regulation of the Administration provides that an applicant or licensee may request a hearing on refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license or privilege, the Administration shall give the applicant or licensee written notice under § 12-114 of this title of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The refusal, suspension, or revocation; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The right of the applicant or licensee to request a hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in the Maryland Vehicle Law, the applicant or licensee may request a hearing within 15 days from the date that the notice required by this section is mailed.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing shall be held within 30 days of the date of the request.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Administration shall render a decision within 30 days of a hearing conducted under Title 16, Subtitles 1 through 4 of this article.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-204" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <text>Notice of any hearing scheduled by this Administration shall state:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The date, time, place, and nature of the hearing;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The legal authority and jurisdiction of the Administration to hear the matter;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The facts in sufficient detail to enable a party to prepare his case;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The nature of the proposed action that the Administration is to consider;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>The right of a party to call witnesses and offer documentary evidence under the provisions of § 10-213 of the State Government Article;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>When applicable, the right of a party to request the subpoena of witnesses and the costs thereof;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>That a copy of the hearing procedures is available on request of a party, and the cost to obtain a copy;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>The right of a party to the hearing to be represented by counsel; and</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>If a licensee is a party to the hearing, the right of the Administration, on failure of the licensee to appear, to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Order a suspension of the party’s license or privilege until the party appears for a hearing; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Impose any sanction proposed in the notice.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-205" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <text>Each hearing shall be held on the date, at the approximate time, and at the place that the Administration specifies, subject to any limitations specifically set forth in the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-206" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this article, a hearing held under the Maryland Vehicle Law shall be conducted in accordance with Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article (Administrative Procedure Act - Contested Cases).</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-206.1" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Victim” means a person who dies as the result of the commission of a moving violation by another person.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Victim’s representative” means a member of the family of a victim or a guardian or personal representative of a victim.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>During the investigation of a moving violation, the investigating agency shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Inform the victim’s representative of the right to file a victim’s representation notification form with the Administration to request to be notified of a hearing under 16–206(f) of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Provide the victim’s representative with a copy of the victim’s representation notification form developed by the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy under subsection (e) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A victim’s representation notification form under this subsection may only be filed at least 30 days before a hearing under § 16–206(f) of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>If a victim’s representative files a victim’s representation notification form under subsection (b) of this section and the person who committed the moving violation that resulted in the victim’s death requests a hearing under § 16–206(f) of this article, the Administration shall notify:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The victim’s representative of the hearing in accordance with § 12–114 of this title at least 21 days before the hearing; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The Office of Administrative Hearings that the victim’s representative has filed a victim’s representation notification form under subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Notice provided under this subsection shall state:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The date, time, place, and nature of the hearing;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The legal authority and jurisdiction of the Administration to hear the matter;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The nature of the proposed action that the Administration is to consider;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>That a copy of the hearing procedures is available on request and without cost to the victim’s representative;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>The right of the victim’s representative to be present at the hearing;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>The right of the victim’s representative to submit a written statement for consideration by the Administration at the hearing; and</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>The right of the victim’s representative to make an oral statement for consideration by the Administration at the hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>If a victim’s representative intends to make an oral statement, the victim’s representative shall notify the Administration at least 10 days before the hearing.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If a victim’s representative intends to submit a written statement, the statement shall be submitted to the Administration at least 10 days before the hearing.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>If a victim’s representative provides notice in accordance with subsection (c)(3)(i) of this section, the Administration shall allow the victim’s representative to make an oral statement for consideration by the Administration at the hearing.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a victim’s representative submits a written statement in accordance with subsection (c)(3)(ii) of this section, the Administration shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Provide a copy of the written statement to the licensee before the hearing begins; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Consider the written statement at the hearing.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention and Policy shall develop and, as necessary, update a uniform victim’s representation notification form that may be filed by a victim’s representative under this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-207" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <level label="a"> <text>Any party to a hearing may request that the testimony presented at the hearing be transcribed.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The party requesting the transcription shall pay for its cost. However, if an appeal is taken under § 12-209 of this subtitle, the party need not pay the cost of the transcription if the court finds that the party is indigent.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-208" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <level label="a"> <text>After a hearing, the Administration may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Refuse, suspend, or revoke the license or privilege of an applicant or licensee;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Rescind, continue, or modify any prior action; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Take any other action permitted by the Maryland Vehicle Law.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a decision or order of the Administration is adverse to any party to the hearing, the decision or order:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Shall be made in accordance with § 10-221 of the State Government Article; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Unless service is waived by the party, shall be served on the party or the party’s attorney.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subject to § 10-209(b) and (c) of the State Government Article, and except as otherwise provided in this article, if a party fails to appear for a hearing scheduled under the Maryland Vehicle Law, the Administration may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>For a hearing scheduled under § 12-203 of this subtitle, impose the sanction proposed in the notice; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For a hearing scheduled under § 12-202 of this subtitle, order:</text> <level label="i"> <text>A suspension of the party’s license or privilege until the party appears for a hearing; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The imposition of any sanction proposed in the notice.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-209" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Hearings"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Any aggrieved party to a hearing may appeal from a decision or order of the Administration in accordance with this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the matter concerns the license of an individual to drive and the individual is a resident of this State, the aggrieved party may appeal to the circuit court for the county in which the individual resides.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If the matter concerns any other license or privilege of a person, the aggrieved party may appeal to the circuit court for the county in which the principal place of business of the person in this State is located.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>If the appeal involves a nonresident motorist, the aggrieved party may appeal to the circuit court for the county in which the motorist was convicted of the violation to which the matter relates.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>If not otherwise provided in this section or elsewhere in the Maryland Vehicle Law, the aggrieved party may appeal to the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administrative Procedure Act shall govern in an appeal.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Except as provided in § 16-205.1 of this article, if an appeal is filed in a case by an aggrieved licensee, the Administration shall grant a stay of its decision or order for not more than 120 days, unless it appears to the Administration that substantial and immediate harm could result to the licensee or others if the license or privilege is continued pending appeal.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-301" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"> <level label="a"> <text>On application, the Administration shall issue an identification card to any applicant who:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Is a resident of this State;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Does not have a driver’s license;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Presents a birth certificate or other proof of age and identity acceptable to the Administration;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Provides satisfactory documentary evidence that the applicant has lawful status;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <level label="i"> <text>Provides satisfactory documentary evidence that the applicant has a valid Social Security number by presenting the applicant’s Social Security Administration account card or, if the Social Security Administration account card is not available, any of the following documents bearing the applicant’s Social Security number:</text> <level label="1"> <text>A current W–2 form;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A current SSA–1099 form;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A current non–SSA–1099 form; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>A current pay stub with the applicant’s name and Social Security number on it; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Provides satisfactory documentary evidence that the applicant is not eligible for a Social Security number; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Presents a completed application for an identification card on a form furnished by the Administration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Administration shall establish a fee for the issuance of an identification card and for issuance of a duplicate identification card.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A fee is not required if the applicant for the card:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Is 65 years old or older;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Is legally blind;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Has permanently lost the use of a leg or an arm;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>Is permanently disabled so severely that the applicant cannot move without the aid of crutches or a wheelchair;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits a “major life activity” as defined in the federal Americans with Disabilities Act;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>Presents documentation showing that the applicant was released from a correctional facility within the prior 60 days;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>Presents documentation showing that the applicant is a youth under the care of the Department of Juvenile Services;</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>Presents documentation showing that the applicant is a youth between 15 and 20 years of age, inclusive, who is a participant in a Department of Human Services program, as approved by the Administration;</text> </level> <level label="ix"> <text>Presents documentation showing that the applicant is currently homeless;</text> </level> <level label="x"> <text>Presents documentation showing that the applicant is currently under the care of the Maryland Department of Health; or</text> </level> <level label="xi"> <text>Presents documentation showing that the applicant is participating in another program administered by a State agency that requires the applicant to possess an identification card.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person may not commit any fraud in applying for an identification card issued under this section.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person may not commit any misrepresentation in applying for an identification card issued under this section.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A person may not commit any fraud in using an identification card issued under this section.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A person may not make any misrepresentation in using an identification card issued under this section.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>An identification card shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Of the size and design that the Administration requires; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Tamperproof, to the extent possible.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The card shall contain:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The name and address of the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The birth date of the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The sex of the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>A description of the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>A photograph of the applicant taken by the procedure that the Administration requires;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>The expiration date of the identification card;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>The signature of the applicant; and</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>The signature and seal of the issuing agent.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>An identification card may be used as legal identification of the individual to whom it is issued for any purpose.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) through (4) of this subsection, an identification card issued to an applicant expires at the end of a period of not more than 8 years determined in regulations adopted by the Administration.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Before the expiration of an identification card, if an individual does not possess all of the documents required for renewal, the Administration may extend the individual’s identification card for a period not to exceed 90 days.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>If an applicant has temporary lawful status, the Administration may not issue an identification card to the applicant for a period that extends beyond the expiration date of the applicant’s authorized stay in the United States or, if there is no expiration date, for a period longer than 1 year.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Nothing contained in this paragraph may be construed to allow the issuance of an identification card for a period longer than the period described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Administration shall indicate on the face and in the machine–readable zone of a temporary identification card issued under this paragraph that the card is a temporary identification card.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <level label="i"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the Administration may issue a temporary renewal for an identification card that extends the expiration date for a period not exceeding 2 years for an applicant who:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Has the documentation required by federal law, as enumerated in subsection (a)(4) and (5) of this section, on file with the Administration;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Has a photograph on file with the Administration that will not be 16 years old or older by the expiration date of the temporary renewal; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Has an identification card that was issued for the full term under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The Administration may make temporary renewal of an identification card available to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>An active service member or a spouse or dependent of the active service member;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A member of the Foreign Service of the United States or a spouse or dependent of the member;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A resident of the State who is a student studying outside the State;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>A resident of the State who is temporarily residing outside the State for at least 6 months;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>A resident of the State who holds an identification card that would have otherwise expired during a state of emergency declared by the Governor; or</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Any other resident of the State who meets any requirements approved by the Administration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Administration shall adopt regulations to carry out this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>An identification card may be renewed on application and payment of the fee required by this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="j"> <text>The identification card shall be surrendered by the holder upon being issued a Maryland driver’s license.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>The Administrator may issue an identification card to an applicant:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Whose privilege to drive has been refused, canceled, suspended, or revoked; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Who has been issued a temporary license under § 16–205.1(b)(3)(iii) of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="l"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administration may cancel an identification card issued under this section if the Administration determines that the holder of the identification card:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Was not entitled to be issued the identification card;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Failed to provide accurate or required information in the application for the identification card;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Fraudulently applied for or obtained the identification card; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>Is otherwise in violation of subsection (c), (d), (e), or (f) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the Administration cancels an identification card under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the holder of the identification card immediately shall surrender the canceled identification card to the Administration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="m"> <level label="1"> <text>A person convicted of a violation of subsection (c) or (d) of this section is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $2,500 or both.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A person convicted of a violation of subsection (e) or (f) of this section is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 2 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-301.1" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “Division of Correction” means the Division of Correction of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administration shall issue an identification card under § 12–301 of this subtitle at no cost to an individual who applies for an identification card and presents:</text> <level label="1"> <text>An identification card issued by the Division of Correction that displays:</text> <level label="i"> <text>The individual’s full name;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A photograph of the individual; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>A unique identification number assigned to the individual by the Division of Correction; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The individual’s Social Security card.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-302" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"> <level label="a"> <text>The Administration shall ensure that the driver’s license or identification card of an applicant who presents a certification of veteran status obtained from the Department of Veterans and Military Families in accordance with § 9–905 of the State Government Article, a DD Form 214, or other documentation acceptable to the Administration certifying veteran status, includes a notation indicating that the applicant is a veteran.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>An application for a driver’s license or an identification card shall allow an applicant to indicate that the applicant is a veteran and consents to being contacted by appropriate Executive Branch agencies regarding the applicant’s eligibility for State or federal veterans’ benefits.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In accordance with §§ 4–304 through 4–325 of the General Provisions Article and any other applicable law, and on request by an Executive Branch agency, the Administration shall electronically transmit to the Executive Branch agency appropriate information about each applicant who consents in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Administration may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-303" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administration shall provide for a method by which an individual doing business with the Administration can:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Register as a donor with the State donor registry established under § 4–516 of the Estates and Trusts Article for the purpose of making a gift of all body organs or parts for the purposes of transplantation, therapy, or medical research and education; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Select to have a donor designation on the individual’s driver’s license or identification card.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administration may not require an individual who registers with the State donor registry under paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection to have a donor designation on the individual’s driver’s license or identification card.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If an individual selects to have a donor designation on the individual’s driver’s license or identification card under subsection (a)(1) of this section, the Administration shall make a notation of this fact on a driver’s license or identification card issued to the individual.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Administration shall notify an individual who selects to register as a donor that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>The registration will remain effective until the individual requests that the individual be removed from the State donor registry; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The individual may request to be removed from the State donor registry:</text> <level label="i"> <text>If the individual selected to have a donor designation on the individual’s driver’s license or identification card, by requesting a replacement driver’s license or identification card:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Through the Administration’s Web site; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In person at any full–service Administration office;</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>By requesting to be removed when doing business with the Administration; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Through the State donor registry.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Unless an individual who selected to have a donor designation on the individual’s driver’s license or identification card is removed from the State donor registry as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section, the Administration shall note the individual’s donor designation on all subsequently issued drivers’ licenses or identification cards.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A donor designation noted on a driver’s license or identification card:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Is sufficient legal authority for the removal of a body organ or part on the death of the donor; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, is valid and effective for all purposes under Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Estates and Trusts Article, including the immunity from civil or criminal liability set forth in § 4–514 of the Estates and Trusts Article.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-303.1" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “advance directive” has the meaning stated in § 5–601 of the Health – General Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administration shall provide for a method by which an applicant for a driver’s license or identification card shall be made aware of, and informed how to obtain, the advance directive information sheet developed under § 5–615 of the Health – General Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administration shall provide a method by which a notation indicating that the applicant has an advance directive registered with the Maryland Department of Health may be placed on the driver’s license or identification card.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The notation shall be added only on written request of the applicant.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The notation may be removed at any time on written request.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-304" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only to an adult male applicant under the age of 26 years.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Subject to subsection (c) of this section, the Administration shall provide to the Selective Service Administration in an electronic format, for purposes of registration with the Selective Service as required under federal law, the necessary information concerning a male applicant who applies for a driver’s license or identification card or the renewal of a driver’s license or identification card, including the applicant’s:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Full name;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Current address;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Date of birth;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Gender;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Date of application; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Social Security number, if available.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>A male applicant’s signature on the application indicates that the applicant has selected one of the options specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection concerning Selective Service registration and the forwarding of information to the Selective Service Administration under this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In addition to the information required under this subtitle or Title 16 of this article, an application form for a driver’s license or identification card or renewal of a driver’s license or identification card shall contain a statement that the male applicant:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Has already registered with the Selective Service Administration; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Has not registered with the Selective Service Administration and:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Consents to forwarding the information in subsection (b) of this section to the Selective Service Administration; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Refuses to consent to the forwarding of the information in subsection (b) of this section to the Selective Service Administration.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Refusal to consent to the forwarding of the information in subsection (b) of this section to the Selective Service Administration may not be grounds for denial of an application for a driver’s license or identification card or renewal of a driver’s license or identification card.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-305" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"> <level label="a"> <text>An application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit shall allow an applicant to indicate that the sex the applicant identifies as is:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Female;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Male; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Unspecified or other.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administration shall ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit of an applicant who has indicated an unspecified or other sex on an application displays an “X” in the location on the license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit that indicates the applicant’s sex.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Administration may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Require an applicant for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit to provide proof of the applicant’s sex; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Deny an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit because the sex selected by the applicant does not match the sex indicated on another document associated with the applicant.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-306" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Identification Cards; Donors Under Uniform Anatomical Gift Act"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section, “nonapparent disability” means a disability or health condition that is not immediately obvious or visible.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Nonapparent disability” includes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Developmental disabilities; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Intellectual disabilities.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An initial and a renewal application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit shall allow an applicant to choose to indicate on the document that the applicant has a nonapparent disability.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Administration shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit of an applicant who has indicated a nonapparent disability on an application includes a notation of the nonapparent disability on the bottom of the license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Consult with developmental disability and intellectual disability advocacy groups with respect to the design of the nonapparent disability notation;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Notify an individual with a nonapparent disability notation on a license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit that turns 18 years of age that the individual may request that the nonapparent disability notation be removed;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Delete any record of an individual’s nonapparent disability notation on request by the individual at any time; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Establish public outreach efforts to educate the general public on the availability of the nonapparent disability notation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>There is no fee for a nonapparent disability notation on a license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit, including for the issuance of a corrected document if no other corrections are made.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Administration may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Require an applicant for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit to provide proof of the applicant’s nonapparent disability;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Deny an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit because the nonapparent disability selected by the applicant does not match the nonapparent disability indicated on another document associated with the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Notwithstanding § 4–320 of the General Provisions Article and except as provided in subsection (f) of this section, disclose for any use without a court order information related to an applicant’s:</text> <level label="i"> <text>Indication of a nonapparent disability on an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Request to remove an indication of a nonapparent disability from a license, an identification card, or a moped operator’s permit; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Use information disclosed by a person under this section as a basis for referring the person to the Medical Advisory Board under § 16–118 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The Administration may make information described in subsection (e)(3) of this section available to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>A court;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A criminal justice agency;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A driver licensing authority;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The applicant;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>The applicant’s attorney;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>Any third party designated by the applicant; or</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>The Child Support Administration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>The Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission, in consultation with the Department of State Police and other interested stakeholders, shall implement training concerning interactions with individuals who have a nonapparent disability notation on their license, identification card, or moped operator’s permit.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-401" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>In this subtitle, “jurisdiction” includes any state, foreign country, or state or province of a foreign country.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-402" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>It is the policy of this State to promote and encourage the fullest possible use of its highway system by authorizing vehicle reciprocal or proportional registration agreements, arrangements, and declarations with other jurisdictions as to vehicles registered in this State and in those other jurisdictions, thus contributing to the safety and the economic and social development and growth of this State.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-403" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>The Administrator may make agreements, arrangements, or declarations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-404" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <level label="a"> <text>The Administrator may make an agreement or arrangement with the authorized representative of any other jurisdiction, to grant to drivers or to owners of vehicles that are licensed or registered in that jurisdiction and for which evidence of compliance is supplied, benefits, privileges, and full or partial exemptions from the payment of any taxes, fees, or other charges imposed under the laws of this State on the drivers or owners as to the operation or ownership of the vehicles.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An agreement or arrangement made under this section shall provide that drivers and vehicles licensed or registered in this State, while operated on highways in the other jurisdiction, shall receive benefits, privileges, and exemptions of a similar kind or to a similar degree as are extended to drivers and vehicles licensed or registered in that jurisdiction while operated in this State.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>In the judgment of the Administrator, each agreement or arrangement to be made under this section shall be in the best interest of and fair and equitable to this State and its citizens, as determined on the basis and recognition of the benefits that accrue to the economy of this State from the uninterrupted flow of commerce.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-405" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>An agreement, arrangement, or declaration made under this subtitle may authorize the registration or licensing in another jurisdiction of vehicles that are located in or operated from a base in that jurisdiction and that otherwise would be required to be registered or licensed in this State. In this event, the benefits, privileges, and exemptions extended by the agreement, arrangement, or declaration shall apply to those vehicles, if licensed or registered in the base jurisdiction.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-406" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <level label="a"> <text>If any jurisdiction permits or requires the licensing of fleets of vehicles in interstate or combined interstate and intrastate commerce and the payment of registration, license, or other fixed fees on an apportionment basis commensurate with and determined by the miles traveled on highways in that jurisdiction, as compared with the miles traveled on highways in other jurisdictions, or on any other equitable basis of apportionment, and if that jurisdiction exempts vehicles registered in other jurisdictions under that apportionment basis from the requirements of full payment of its own registration, license, or other fixed fees, the Administrator by agreement may adopt the exemption as to vehicles of those fleets, whether owned by residents or nonresidents of this State and regardless of where the vehicles are based.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Under the terms, conditions, or restrictions that the Administrator considers proper, these agreements may provide:</text> <level label="1"> <text>That owners of vehicles operated in interstate or combined interstate and intrastate commerce in this State may pay registration, license, or other fixed fees on an apportionment basis commensurate with and determined by the miles traveled on highways in this State, as compared with the miles traveled on highways in other jurisdictions, or on any other equitable basis of apportionment; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>For issuance of trip permit registration; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>For collection of a fee for any vehicle or combination of vehicles which may be lawfully operated in the jurisdiction if full registration or proportional registration were obtained.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The registration of fleet vehicles under this section is subject to the rights, terms, and conditions granted by or contained in any applicable agreement, arrangement, or declaration made by the Administrator.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-407" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <level label="a"> <text>In the absence of an agreement or arrangement with another jurisdiction, the Administrator may examine the laws and requirements of the other jurisdiction and declare the extent and nature of benefits, privileges, and exemptions to be extended to vehicles registered or licensed in that jurisdiction or to the owners of the vehicles.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In the judgment of the Administrator, the benefits, privileges, and exemptions to be declared under this section shall be in the best interest of and fair and equitable to this State and its citizens, as determined on the basis and recognition of the benefits that accrue to the economy of this State from the uninterrupted flow of commerce.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-408" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>An agreement, arrangement, or declaration made under this subtitle may contain provisions, terms, and conditions under which a leased vehicle registered by its lessor may be entitled to the exemptions, benefits, and privileges extended by the agreement, arrangement, or declaration.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-409" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>If, as to any other jurisdiction, an agreement, arrangement, or declaration is not in effect as authorized by this subtitle, any vehicle registered or licensed in that other jurisdiction and for which evidence of compliance is supplied, shall receive, while operated in this State, the same benefits, privileges, and exemptions granted by the other jurisdiction to vehicles registered in this State. Reciprocity extended under this section applies only to vehicles that are engaged exclusively in interstate operations.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-410" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>The provisions of this subtitle relating to proportional registration of fleet vehicles do not require any vehicle to be registered proportionally if it is otherwise registered in this State for the operation in which it is engaged, including regular registration, temporary registration, or trip permit.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-411" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>Any agreement, arrangement, or declaration made under this subtitle may authorize the Administration to suspend or cancel the benefits, privileges, or exemptions granted under it to a person who violates any of its conditions or terms or who violates the vehicle laws or regulations of this State.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-411.1" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <level label="a"> <text>The Administrator may make an agreement, an arrangement, or a declaration with the authorized representative of any other jurisdiction to provide for reciprocal enforcement of violations recorded by automated traffic enforcement systems between the State and the other jurisdiction.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An agreement, an arrangement, or a declaration made under this section may authorize the Administration to refuse to register or reregister a motor vehicle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-412" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <level label="a"> <text>Each agreement, arrangement, and declaration made under this subtitle and each amendment to an agreement, arrangement, or declaration:</text> <level label="1"> <text>Shall be in writing and kept on file by the Administration; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Is not effective until approved by the Governor.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Administrator shall file a copy of each agreement, arrangement, declaration, and amendment with the Secretary of State within 30 days after its execution or its effective date, whichever is later. The Administration shall provide copies of these documents for public distribution on request.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-413" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>Every reciprocity and proportional registration agreement, arrangement, and declaration relating to vehicles and in force and effect on July 1, 1971, continues in force and effect until specifically amended or revoked as provided by law or by the agreement, arrangement, or declaration.</text> </section> <section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="12-414" title_number="12" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Motor Vehicle Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Reciprocal Arrangements With Other Jurisdictions"> <text>This subtitle is part of and supplemental to the vehicle registration laws of this State.</text> </section>