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<chapter num="03" heading="Adjustment of Uninsured Motorist Penalty Fee for Lapse of Insurance" title_num="11" subtitle_num="18">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" heading="Purpose.">
    <text>This chapter establishes guidelines for determining when a penalty assessed under Transportation Article, §17-106(e), Annotated Code of Maryland, may be adjusted.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Adjustment of Penalty Assessment.">
    <text>The penalty may be adjusted in the following situations, upon presentation of:</text>
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>Written verification from a licensed insurance company that the insurance company has erred;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>Written verification from a licensed insurance company that the vehicle was insured during the entire period in question;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>A certified statement and evidence acceptable to the Administration from the vehicle owner that the vehicle:</text>
      <paragraph num="(1)">
        <text>Was not operated during the period of lapse;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(2)">
        <text>Was not involved in an accident or collision during the period of lapse;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(3)">
        <text>Was not issued a citation during the period of lapse; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(4)">
        <text>Had no prior insurance lapse; or</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="D.">
      <text>Written verification from the Maryland Insurance Administration that the vehicle owner, with good intent to be insured, paid the proper premiums to an insurance agent, insurance broker, or insurance company, who failed to provide motor vehicle liability insurance.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Condition of Acceptance.">
    <text>Prior to an adjustment under Regulation .02 of this chapter, the Administration shall review all information submitted and may conduct an investigation to verify its accuracy.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Transportation Article, §§12-104(b) and 17-106(e), Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: August 7, 1989 (16:15 Md. R. 1651)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 amended effective January 1, 1992 (18:25 Md. R. 2756); June 18, 2007 (34:12 Md. R. 1067)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02F amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2061)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended effective June 18, 2007 (34:12 Md. R. 1067)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective June 18, 2007 (34:12 Md. R. 1067)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>