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HOUSE BILL 652
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By: Delegate Boyce
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2023
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Vehicle Laws – Special and Commemorative Registration Plate – Maryland 2
Heroes 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with the 4
Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, to design and issue 5
a Maryland Heroes registration plate that features the images of Harriet Tubman 6
and Frederick Douglass; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to charge 7
certain additional registration fees related to the issuance and renewal of the 8
Maryland Heroes registration plate and to distribute revenue from the additional 9
registration fees in a certain manner; and generally relating to the specially designed 10
Maryland Heroes Commemorative Registration Plate. 11
BY adding to 12
Article – Transportation 13
Section 13–619.4 14
Annotated Code of Maryland 15
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 16
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 17
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 18
Article – Transportation 19
13–619.4. 20
(A) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ISSUE A SPECIAL MARYLAND HEROES 21
COMMEMORATIVE REGISTRATION PLATE. 22
(B) THE OWNER OF A VEHICL E, OR A LESSEE OF THE V EHICLE UNDER A 23
LEASE NOT INTENDED A S SECURITY, OR A DIRECTOR , AN OFFICER, AN EMPLOYEE , 24 2 HOUSE BILL 652
OR A PARTNER OF A BU SINESS ENTITY THAT OWNS THE VEHICLE CONSIDER ED 1
ELIGIBLE BY THE ADMINISTRATION MAY AP PLY TO THE ADMINISTRATION FOR TH E 2
ASSIGNMENT OF A COMM EMORATIVE REGISTRATI ON PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION IF 3
THE VEHICLE IS INCLU DED IN ONE OF THE FO LLOWING CLASSES : 4
(1) A CLASS A (PASSENGER) VEHICLE; 5
(2) A CLASS E (TRUCK) VEHICLE WITH A MANUF ACTURER’S RATED 6
CAPACITY OF ONE TON OR LESS; 7
(3) A CLASS E (FARM TRUCK ) VEHICLE; 8
(4) A CLASS G (TRAILER) VEHICLE; OR 9
(5) A CLASS M (MULTIPURPOSE ) VEHICLE. 10
(C) (1) IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL REGIST RATION FEE OTHERWISE 11
REQUIRED UNDER THIS TITLE, AN OWNER OF A VEHICL E ASSIGNED A 12
COMMEMORATIVE REGIST RATION PLATE UNDER T HIS SECTION SHALL PA Y: 13
(I) AN ADDITIONAL INITIAL REGISTRATION FEE SET BY THE 14
ADMINISTRATION WHEN T HE NEW REGIST RATION PLATES ARE IS SUED TO THE 15
VEHICLE UNDER THIS S ECTION; OR 16
(II) AN ADDITIONAL RENEWAL FEE SET BY THE 17
ADMINISTRATION EACH T IME THE PLATE IS REN EWED. 18
(2) (I) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL SET THE ADDITIONAL I NITIAL 19
REGISTRATION FEE AT A LEVEL THAT WILL ENABLE THE ADMINISTRATION TO 20
RECOVER ITS COSTS UN DER THIS SECTION . 21
(II) THE ADMINISTRATION MAY SE T THE ADDITIONAL INI TIAL 22
REGISTRATION FEE AT A LEVEL THAT IS SUFF ICIENT TO RESULT IN A SURPLUS 23
AFTER COSTS ARE SUBT RACTED. 24
(III) THE ADMINISTRATION SH ALL RETAIN A PORTION OF THE 25
ADDITIONAL INITIAL R EGISTRATION FEE THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO ALL OW THE 26
ADMINISTRATION TO REC OVER ANY COSTS OF IS SUING AND DISTRIBUTI NG 27
COMMEMORATIVE PLATES UNDER THIS SECTION . 28
(IV) ANY SURPLUS MONEY REM AINING AFTER THE 29
ADMINISTRATION HAS RE COVERED THE COSTS OF ISSUING A COMMEMORAT IVE 30
PLATE UNDER THIS SEC TION AND MONEY COLLE CTED FOR ADDITIONAL RENEWAL 31 HOUSE BILL 652 3
FEES MAY NOT BE RETA INED BY OR TRANSFERR ED TO ANY AGENCY OF THE STATE 1
FOR ANY PURPOSE . 2
(V) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBPA RAGRAPH (IV) OF THIS 3
PARAGRAPH , THE SURPLUS MONEY AN D MONEY COLLECTED FO R ADDITIONAL 4
RENEWAL FEES SHALL B E DISBURSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE MARYLAND 5
COMMISSION ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. 6
(3) NO PORTION OF THE ADD ITIONAL INITIAL REGI STRATION OR 7
RENEWAL FEES MAY BE CREDITED TO THE GASOLINE AND MOTOR VEHICLE 8
REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR DISTRIBUT ION UNDER § 8–403 OR § 8–404 OF THIS 9
ARTICLE. 10
(D) (1) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS NO T 11
INCONSISTENT WITH TH E MARYLAND VEHICLE LAW TO GOVERN THE ISSUANCE OF 12
SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES UNDER THIS SE CTION, INCLUDING REGULATION S 13
DETAILING THE PLAN O F DISTRIBUTION OF TH E FUNDS. 14
(2) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL CONSULT WITH THE MARYLAND 15
COMMISSION ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE TO ESTABLISH A 16
SCHEDULE UNDER WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION WILL T RANSFER TO THE 17
COMMISSION REVENUE CO LLECTED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION UNDER THIS 18
SECTION. 19
(E) THE ADDITIONAL FEES T O THE ANNUAL REGISTR ATION FEE REQUIRED 20
BY THIS SECTION ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR SPE CIAL REGISTR ATION OF A VEHICLE 21
THAT IS EXEMPT UNDER § 13–903 OF THIS TITLE. 22
(F) (1) A COMMEMORATIVE REGIST RATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS 23
SECTION SHALL DISPLA Y: 24
(I) A SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ASSIGNED BY T HE 25
ADMINISTRATION THAT M AY CONSIST OF ANY CO MBINATION O F: 26
1. LETTERS; AND 27
2. NUMERALS; AND 28
(II) A DESIGN APPROVED BY T HE ADMINISTRATION THAT : 29
1. INCLUDES THE IMAGES O F HARRIET TUBMAN AND 30
FREDERICK DOUGLASS; AND 31
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2. ADEQUATELY REFLECTS T HE MARYLAND HEROES 1
THEME THAT THE PLATE COMMEMORATES . 2
(2) THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL CONSULT WITH THE MARYLAND 3
COMMISSION ON AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE WITH RESPECT TO 4
THE DESIGN OF THE MARYLAND HEROES COMMEMORATIVE REGISTRATION PLATE. 5
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 6
October 1, 2023. 7