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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTING LA W. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0976* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 976 |
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| 8 | 8 | | R4 4lr1260 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 840 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senators Carozza and West |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | |
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| 18 | 18 | | Vehicle Laws – Annual Vehicle Shows – Motor and Trailer Homes 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | FOR the purpose of repealing a certain limitation on an exemption for motor and trailer 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | home dealers, and salesmen employed by dealers, from restrictions on the number 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | of annual vehicle shows in which the dealers or salesmen may participate; and 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | generally relating to annual motor and trailer home shows. 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Article – Transportation 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 15–304(c) 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 11 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – Transportation 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15–304. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section: 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) A new vehicle dealer, or a licensed vehicle salesman who is employed 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | by the dealer, may participate in 2 annual vehicle shows for each dealer location. 18 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) A display or exhibit of vehicles provided by a vehicle manufacturer is 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | not a vehicle show under this section if buyers’ orders are not executed and deposits are not 20 |
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| 45 | 45 | | accepted. 21 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2 SENATE BILL 976 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) [(i) A new vehicle dealer franchised to sell Class M motor homes or 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Class G trailers, or a licensed salesman who is employed by the dealer, may participate in 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | more than 2 annual vehicle shows, if the shows are limited to Class M motor homes or Class 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | G trailers. 4 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (ii)] A new vehicle dealer franchised to sell motorcycles, CLASS M 5 |
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| 55 | 55 | | MOTOR HOMES , OR CLASS G TRAILERS, or a licensed salesman who is employed by the 6 |
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| 56 | 56 | | dealer, may participate in more than 2 annual vehicle shows. 7 |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8 |
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| 59 | 59 | | October 1, 2024. 9 |
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