Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Prohibition on Cancellation Due to Towing or Emergency Roadside Coverage Claims [SB-125]
Prohibiting an insurer from canceling, refusing to renew, or otherwise terminating coverage for a private passenger motor vehicle insurance policy based on claims made under the policy's towing or emergency roadside coverage; authorizing an insurer to remove towing or emergency roadside service coverage from a certain policy at renewal based on the number of claims pursuant to the towing coverage; and authorizing an insurer to increase a premium of a private passenger motor vehicle insurance policy as a result of certain claims.
SB-125: Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance - Prohibition on Cancellation Due to Towing or Emergency Roadside Coverage Claims
Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Feldman
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 63 on 05/08/2020
Relating To Motor Vehicle Towing. [HB-405]
Requires a tow truck company not operating under a police department or automobile club contract to provide a written estimate for services prior to the attachment of a motor vehicle to the tow truck when towing a motor vehicle from an accident. (HB405 HD1)
HB-405: Relating To Motor Vehicle Towing.
Sponsored by: Rep. Takashi Ohno
Carried Over To 2020 Regular Session. on 12/01/2019
Relating To Motor Vehicles. [HB-369]
Authorizes a police officer to cause to be towed a motor vehicle if the operator is arrested or cited for certain intoxicant-related offenses. Provides exceptions. Provides notice and hearing requirements.
HB-369: Relating To Motor Vehicles.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Pass First Reading on 01/23/2017
Relating To Self-service Storage Facilities. [SB-288]
Authorizes motor vehicle and boat towing options for self-service storage facilities after sixty or more days of delinquency; provided that an occupant is provided notice. Requires owners to notify occupants via electronic mail or regular mail, except for the final demand and notice of sale, which must be provided via electronic mail and certified mail. Allows owners to publish notices of sales in any commercially reasonable manner, and conduct sales online. Requires limitations on value provisions to be provided for in a contract. Requires owners
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SB-288: Relating To Self-service Storage Facilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Stanley Chang
Act 180, On 07/11/2017 (gov. Msg. No. 1294). on 07/12/2017
Relating To Self-service Storage Facilities. [HB-240]
Authorizes motor vehicle and boat towing options for self-service storage facilities after sixty days or more delinquency; provided that an occupant is provided notice. Requires owners to notify occupants via two of the following three methods: telephone number, electronic mail, or postal address. Allows owners to send notices by electronic mail, publish notices of sales in any commercially reasonable manner, conduct sales online, and charge late fees. Authorizes limits on the liability of the owner of self-service storage facilities to be based
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HB-240: Relating To Self-service Storage Facilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Referred To Trn, Cpc, Jud, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/23/2017
Highway Parking - Prohibition Against Prolonged Parking of Inoperable or Disabled Vehicle [HB-1455]
Prohibiting the parking of a disabled or inoperable vehicle on a highway for more than 7 days; requiring that a specified notice be posted on a vehicle parked in violation of the Act at least 72 hours before towing the vehicle; requiring that specified notice be provided following the impounding of a vehicle under the Act; and providing for the application of the Act.
HB-1455: Highway Parking - Prohibition Against Prolonged Parking of Inoperable or Disabled Vehicle
Sponsored by: Rep. Neil Parrott
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/16/2017
Southern Maryland Code Counties - Towing Companies - Authority to Regulate [HB-1320]
Authorizing the county commissioners of a code county in the Southern Maryland class to adopt rules and regulations for the licensing, maintenance, and operation of towing companies in the county for specified purposes; authorizing the rules and regulations adopted by the county commissioners to require a person who operates a towing company in the county to obtain a license and pay a specified fee; requiring the county commissioners, before adopting regulations, to hold a public hearing that is advertised in advance; etc.
Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Tow Trucks [HB-889]
Authorizing a properly registered tow truck to be driven in a high occupancy vehicle lane at all times regardless of the number of passengers in the vehicle while responding to a call for service if the tow truck has been authorized by an appropriate law enforcement agency to use high occupancy vehicle lanes.
HB-889: Vehicle Laws - HOV Lanes - Tow Trucks
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 748 on 05/25/2017
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [SB-302]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have green pavement markings; requiring that a parking space that is for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for specified purposes; applying a penalty of $100 for a violation of the Act; etc.
Vehicle Laws - Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicles - Reserved Parking Spaces [HB-36]
Prohibiting a person from stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle that is not a plug-in electric drive vehicle in a parking space that is designated for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles have green pavement markings; requiring that a parking space for the use of plug-in electric drive vehicles be counted as part of the overall number of parking spaces for specified purposes; applying a civil penalty of $100 for a violation of the Act; etc.