Section 13-422 - Registration of vehicles used in vanpool operations. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-422. Registration of vehicles used in vanpool operations.
 

(a)  Required.- A motor vehicle used in vanpool operations shall be registered under this section. 

(b)  Inspection certificate.- Before the Administration initially registers any used vehicle as a vanpool vehicle or renews the registration of any vanpool vehicle, the applicant shall present to the Administration an inspection certificate for the vehicle issued under Title 23 of this article with a date of issuance not more than 90 days prior to the date of application for or renewal of registration. 

(c)  Evidence of insurance.- Before the Administration registers or renews the registration of any vanpool vehicle, the applicant shall present to the Administration evidence of insurance for the vehicle and its occupants in an amount at least equal to: 

(1) Five times the minimum coverage required by § 17-103 (b) (1) of this article for the payment of claims for bodily injury or death; 

(2) The minimum coverage required by § 17-103 (b) (2) of this article for property damage claims; and 

(3) The minimum benefits required by § 17-103 (b) (3) and (4) of this article. 

(d)  Prohibited actions by company organized operation.- If a vanpool operation is a company organized operation, the company may not require participation of an employee as a condition of employment. 

(e)  Discrimination by company organized operation.- If a vanpool operation is a company organized operation, the company may not discriminate against any employee in the use of a vanpool. 
 

[1981, ch. 496; 1986, ch. 472, § 1.]