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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="17-103" title_number="17" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Required Security" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Security Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3) of this subsection, the form of security required under this subtitle is a vehicle liability insurance policy written by an insurer authorized to write these policies in this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Administration may accept another form of security in place of a vehicle liability insurance policy if it finds that the other form of security adequately provides the benefits required by subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <level label="1">
          <text>In this paragraph the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>“Affiliate” means any company that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another company.</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>“Provide taxicab services”, “transportation network company”, and “transportation network operator” have the meanings stated in § 10–101 of the Public Utilities Article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The Administration may accept another form of security from a transportation network company in place of an insurance policy required by § 10–405 of the Public Utilities Article if:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>The other form of security adequately provides the benefits required by § 10–405 of the Public Utilities Article; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>The transportation network company is an affiliate of a company that provides taxicab services and has no fewer than 26 nor more than 300 transportation network operators.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Administration shall, by regulation, assess each self–insurer an annual sum which may not exceed $750, and which shall be used for actuarial studies and audits to determine financial solvency.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The security required under this subtitle shall provide for at least:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The payment of claims for bodily injury or death arising from an accident of up to $30,000 for any one person and up to $60,000 for any two or more persons, in addition to interest and costs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The payment of claims for property of others damaged or destroyed in an accident of up to $15,000, in addition to interest and costs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Unless waived under § 19–506 of the Insurance Article or rejected under § 19–506.1 of the Insurance Article, the benefits described under § 19–505 of the Insurance Article as to basic required primary coverage;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The benefits required under § 19–509 or § 19–509.1 of the Insurance Article as to required additional coverage; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>For vehicles subject to the provisions of § 25–111.1 of this article, the security requirements adopted under 49 C.F.R., Part 387.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
