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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0837* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 837 |
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| 8 | 8 | | R4 2lr2258 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senator Jennings |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: February 7, 2022 |
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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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| 18 | 18 | | Vehicle Laws – Surrender of Registration Card and Registration Plates – 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Refund of Registration Fee 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to refund a prorated 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | amount of a vehicle registration fee for each full month remaining in the registration 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | period on surrender of the registration card and registration plates; and generally 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | relating to the surrender of registration cards and registration plates and the refund 7 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of vehicle registration fees. 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Article – Transportation 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Section 13–413 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BY adding to 14 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Article – Transportation 15 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 13–413.1 16 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 17 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2021 Supplement) 18 |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 19 |
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| 40 | 40 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 20 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Article – Transportation 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13–413. 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Administration may 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | adopt a system of multiyear registration. 24 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2 SENATE BILL 837 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (b) Vehicle registration plates or validation tabs shall be issued and displayed in 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | accordance with a schedule established by the Administrator. 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (c) The fee for a multiyear registration is the same as the annual registration fee 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | established under this title multiplied by the number of years for which the registration is 4 |
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| 56 | 56 | | issued. 5 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (d) [The Administration shall refund the registration fees upon surrender of the 6 |
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| 59 | 59 | | registration card and registration plates if the return is made before the beginning of any 7 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 12–month registration year for which the application for refund is made. 8 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (e)] The Administration may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this 9 |
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| 63 | 63 | | section. 10 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 13–413.1. 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ON SURRENDER OF A REGISTRATION CARD AN D REGISTRATION PLATES 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | BEFORE EXPIRATION OF THE REGISTRATION PER IOD, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | REFUND ONE –TWELFTH OF THE ANNUA L AMOUNT OF THE REGI STRATION FEE FOR 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | EACH FULL MONTH REMA INING IN THE REGISTR ATION PERIOD. 15 |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, Tha t this Act shall take effect July 16 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 1, 2022. 17 |
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