Maryland 2023 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB948 Compare Versions

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3	3		EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4		[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
5		-	Underlining indicates amendments to bill.
6		-	Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by
7		-	amendment.
8	5		hb0948
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10	7		HOUSE BILL 948
11	8		R4, R5 3lr1975
12	9		SB 76/22 – JPR CF SB 374
13	10		By: Charles County Delegation
14	11		Introduced and read first time: February 10, 2023
15	12		Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
16		-	Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
17		-	House action: Adopted
18		-	Read second time: March 11, 2023
19	13
20		-	~~CHAPTER ______~~
	14	+	A BILL ENTITLED
21	15
22	16		AN ACT concerning 1
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24	18		Motor Vehicle Registration – Exceptions for Golf Carts and Low Speed Vehicles 2
25	19		– Cobb Island 3
26	20
27	21		FOR the purpose of establishing exceptions to motor vehicle registration requirements for 4
28	22		golf carts and low speed vehicles on Cobb Island in Charles County, subject to certain 5
29	23		requirements; and generally relating to exceptions to motor vehicle registration 6
30	24		requirements for golf carts and low speed vehicles on Cobb Island. 7
31	25
32	26		BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 8
33	27		Article – Transportation 9
34	28		Section 11–130.1 and 13–402(a)(1) 10
35	29		Annotated Code of Maryland 11
36	30		(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 12
37	31
38	32		BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 13
39	33		Article – Transportation 14
40	34		Section 13–402(c) 15
41	35		Annotated Code of Maryland 16
42	36		(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 17
43	37
44	38		BY adding to 18
45	39		Article – Transportation 19
46	40		Section 21–104.7 and 21–104.8 20
47	41		Annotated Code of Maryland 21
48		-	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 22 2 HOUSE BILL 948
	42	+	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 22
	43	+
	44	+	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE G ENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 23
	45	+	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 24
	46	+
	47	+	Article – Transportation 25
	48	+	2 HOUSE BILL 948
	49	+
	50	+
	51	+	11–130.1. 1
	52	+
	53	+	“Low speed vehicle” means a four–wheeled motor vehicle that has a maximum speed 2
	54	+	capability that exceeds 20 miles per hour but is less than 25 miles per hour. 3
	55	+
	56	+	13–402. 4
	57	+
	58	+	(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or elsewhere in the 5
	59	+	Maryland Vehicle Law, each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer driven on 6
	60	+	a highway shall be registered under this subtitle. 7
	61	+
	62	+	(c) Registration under this subtitle is not required for: 8
	63	+
	64	+	(1) A vehicle that is driven on a highway: 9
	65	+
	66	+	(i) In conformity with the provisions of this title relating to 10
	67	+	manufacturers, transporters, dealers, secured parties, owners or operators of special mobile 11
	68	+	equipment, or nonresidents; or 12
	69	+
	70	+	(ii) Under a temporary registration card issued by the 13
	71	+	Administration; 14
	72	+
	73	+	(2) A vehicle owned and used by the United States, unless an authorized 15
	74	+	officer or employee of the United States requests registration of the vehicle; 16
	75	+
	76	+	(3) A farm tractor or any farm equipment; 17
	77	+
	78	+	(4) A vehicle the front or rear wheels of which are lifted from the highway; 18
	79	+
	80	+	(5) A towed vehicle that is attached to the towing vehicle by a tow bar and 19
	81	+	for which no driver is necessary; 20
	82	+
	83	+	(6) A vehicle owned by and in the possession of a licensed dealer for purpose 21
	84	+	of sale; 22
	85	+
	86	+	(7) A vehicle owned by a new resident of this State during the first 60 days 23
	87	+	of residency provided the vehicle displays valid registration issued by the jurisdiction of the 24
	88	+	resident’s former domicile; 25
	89	+
	90	+	(8) New vehicles being operated as part of a shuttle, as defined in § 13–626 26
	91	+	of this title, while following a registered vehicle displaying a shuttle permit issued by the 27
	92	+	Administration; 28
	93	+
	94	+	(9) A vehicle operated in connection with maritime commerce exclusively 29
	95	+	within any terminal owned or leased by the Maryland Port Administration; 30
	96	+	HOUSE BILL 948 3
	97	+
	98	+
	99	+	(10) A snowmobile that is operated on highways and roadways as prescribed 1
	100	+	by § 25–102(a)(14) of this article; 2
	101	+
	102	+	(11) A golf cart that is operated on a highway on Smith Island, provided that 3
	103	+	the golf cart is equipped with lighting devices as required by the Administration if it is 4
	104	+	operated on a highway between dusk and dawn; 5
	105	+
	106	+	(12) A golf cart that is operated on a highway in accordance with § 21–104.2, 6
	107	+	§ 21–104.3, § 21–104.4, [or] § 21–104.6, OR § 21–104.7 of this article; 7
	108	+
	109	+	(13) A golf cart that is operated on an Allegany County highway as allowed 8
	110	+	by the county under § 25–102(a)(16) of this article; 9
	111	+
	112	+	(14) A vehicle owned by an accredited consular or diplomatic officer of a 10
	113	+	foreign government and operated for official or personal purposes when the vehicle displays 11
	114	+	a valid diplomatic license plate issued by the United States government; [or] 12
	115	+
	116	+	(15) A personal delivery device that is operated on a roadway, sidewalk, 13
	117	+	shoulder, or crosswalk in accordance with § 21–104.5 of this article; OR 14
	118	+
	119	+	(16) A LOW SPEED VEHICLE TH AT IS OPERATED ON A HIGHWAY IN 15
	120	+	ACCORDANCE WITH § 21–104.8 OF THIS ARTICLE . 16
	121	+
	122	+	21–104.7. 17
	123	+
	124	+	A PERSON WHO OPERATES A G OLF CART ON A HIGHWA Y ON COBB ISLAND, 18
	125	+	CHARLES COUNTY, WITHOUT REGISTRATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER § 19
	126	+	13–402(C)(12) OF THIS ARTICLE: 20
	127	+
	128	+	(1) MAY OPERATE THE GOLF CART ONLY: 21
	129	+
	130	+	(I) ON A HIGHWAY ON WHICH THE MAXIMUM POSTED S PEED 22
	131	+	LIMIT DOES NO T EXCEED 30 MILES PER HOUR ; 23
	132	+
	133	+	(II) BETWEEN DAWN AND DUSK ; AND 24
	134	+
	135	+	(III) IF THE GOLF CART IS E QUIPPED WITH LIGHTIN G DEVICES 25
	136	+	AS REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATION ; 26
	137	+
	138	+	(2) SHALL KEEP THE GOLF C ART AS FAR TO THE RI GHT OF THE 27
	139	+	ROADWAY AS FEASIBLE ; AND 28
	140	+
	141	+	(3) SHALL POSSESS A VALID DRIV ER’S LICENSE. 29
	142	+
	143	+	21–104.8. 30 4 HOUSE BILL 948
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52		-	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 1
53		-	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 2
	147	+	A PERSON WHO OPERATES A LOW SPEED VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY ON COBB 1
	148	+	ISLAND, CHARLES COUNTY, WITHOUT REGISTRATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER § 2
	149	+	13–402(C)(16) OF THIS ARTICLE: 3
54	150
55		-	~~Article – Transportation 3~~
	151	+	(1) MAY OPERATE THE LOW S PEED VEHICLE ONLY : 4
56	152
57		-	11–130.1. 4
	153	+	(I) ON A HIGHWAY ON WHICH THE MAXIMUM POSTED S PEED 5
	154	+	LIMIT DOES NOT EXCEE D 30 MILES PER HOUR ; 6
58	155
59		-	“Low speed vehicle” means a four–wheeled motor vehicle that has a maximum speed 5
60		-	capability that exceeds 20 miles per hour but is less than 25 miles per hour. 6
	156	+	(II) BETWEEN DAWN AND DUSK ; AND 7
61	157
62		-	13–402. 7
	158	+	(III) IF THE LOW SPEED VEHI CLE IS EQUIPPED WITH LIGHTING 8
	159	+	DEVICES AS REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATION ; 9
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64		-	(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section or elsewhere in the 8
65		-	Maryland Vehicle Law, each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, and pole trailer driven on 9
66		-	a highway shall be registered under this subtitle. 10
	161	+	(2) SHALL KEEP T HE LOW SPEED VEHICLE AS FAR TO THE RIGHT OF 10
	162	+	THE ROADWAY AS FEASI BLE; AND 11
67	163
68		-	(c) ~~Registration under this subtitle is not required for: 11~~
	164	+	(3) SHALL POSSESS A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE. 12
69	165
70		-	(1) A vehicle that is driven on a highway: 12
	166	+	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 13
	167	+	1, 2023. 14
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72		-	(i) In conformity with the provisions of this title relating to 13
73		-	manufacturers, transporters, dealers, secured parties, owners or operators of special mobile 14
74		-	equipment, or nonresidents; or 15
75		-
76		-	(ii) Under a temporary registration card issued by the 16
77		-	Administration; 17
78		-
79		-	(2) A vehicle owned and used by the United States, unless an authorized 18
80		-	officer or employee of the United States requests registration of the vehicle; 19
81		-
82		-	(3) A farm tractor or any farm equipment; 20
83		-
84		-	(4) A vehicle the front or rear wheels of which are lifted from the highway; 21
85		-
86		-	(5) A towed vehicle that is attached to the towing vehicle by a tow bar and 22
87		-	for which no driver is necessary; 23
88		-
89		-	(6) A vehicle owned by and in the possession of a licensed dealer for purpose 24
90		-	of sale; 25
91		-
92		-	(7) A vehicle owned by a new resident of this State during the first 60 days 26
93		-	of residency provided the vehicle displays valid registration issued by the jurisdiction of the 27
94		-	resident’s former domicile; 28
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98		-	(8) New vehicles being operated as part of a shuttle, as defined in § 13–626 1
99		-	of this title, while following a registered vehicle displaying a shuttle permit issued by the 2
100		-	Administration; 3
101		-
102		-	(9) A vehicle operated in connection with maritime commerce exclusively 4
103		-	within any terminal owned or leased by the Maryland Port Administration; 5
104		-
105		-	(10) A snowmobile that is operated on highways and roadways as prescribed 6
106		-	by § 25–102(a)(14) of this article; 7
107		-
108		-	(11) A golf cart that is operated on a highway on Smith Island, provided that 8
109		-	the golf cart is equipped with lighting devices as required by the Administration if it is 9
110		-	operated on a highway between dusk and dawn; 10
111		-
112		-	(12) A golf cart that is operated on a highway in accordance with § 21–104.2, 11
113		-	§ 21–104.3, § 21–104.4, [or] § 21–104.6, OR § 21–104.7 of this article; 12
114		-
115		-	(13) A golf cart that is operated on an Allegany County highway as allowed 13
116		-	by the county under § 25–102(a)(16) of this article; 14
117		-
118		-	(14) A vehicle owned by an accredited consular or diplomatic officer of a 15
119		-	foreign government and operated for official or personal purposes when the vehicle displays 16
120		-	a valid diplomatic license plate issued by the United States government; [or] 17
121		-
122		-	(15) A personal delivery device that is operated on a roadway, sidewalk, 18
123		-	shoulder, or crosswalk in accordance with § 21–104.5 of this article; OR 19
124		-
125		-	(16) A LOW SPEED VEHICLE TH AT IS OPERATED ON A HIGHWAY IN 20
126		-	ACCORDANCE WITH § 21–104.8 OF THIS ARTICLE . 21
127		-
128		-	21–104.7. 22
129		-
130		-	A PERSON WHO OPERATES A G OLF CART ON A HIGHWA Y ON COBB ISLAND, 23
131		-	CHARLES COUNTY, WITHOUT REGISTRATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER § 24
132		-	13–402(C)(12) OF THIS ARTICLE: 25
133		-
134		-	(1) MAY OPERATE THE GOLF CART ONLY: 26
135		-
136		-	(I) ON A HIGHWAY ON WHICH THE MAXIMUM POSTED S PEED 27
137		-	LIMIT DOES NO T EXCEED 30 MILES PER HOUR ; 28
138		-
139		-	(II) BETWEEN DAWN AND DUSK ; AND 29
140		-
141		-	(III) IF THE GOLF CART IS E QUIPPED WITH LIGHTIN G DEVICES 30
142		-	AS REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATION ; 31
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145		-
146		-	(2) SHALL KEEP THE GOLF C ART AS FAR TO THE RI GHT OF THE 1
147		-	ROADWAY AS FEASIBLE ; AND 2
148		-
149		-	(3) SHALL POSSESS A VALID DRIV ER’S LICENSE. 3
150		-
151		-	21–104.8. 4
152		-
153		-	A PERSON WHO OPERATES A LOW SPEED VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY ON COBB 5
154		-	ISLAND, CHARLES COUNTY, WITHOUT REGISTRATION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER § 6
155		-	13–402(C)(16) OF THIS ARTICLE: 7
156		-
157		-	(1) MAY OPERATE THE LOW S PEED VEHICLE ONLY : 8
158		-
159		-	(I) ON A HIGHWAY ON WHICH THE MAXIMUM POSTED S PEED 9
160		-	LIMIT DOES NOT EXCEE D 30 MILES PER HOUR ; 10
161		-
162		-	(II) BETWEEN DAWN AND DUSK ; AND 11
163		-
164		-	(III) IF THE LOW SPEED VEHI CLE IS EQUIPPED WITH LIGHTING 12
165		-	DEVICES AS REQUIRED BY THE ADMINISTRATION ; 13
166		-
167		-	(2) SHALL KEEP THE LOW SPEED VEHICL E AS FAR TO THE RIGH T OF 14
168		-	THE ROADWAY AS FEASI BLE; AND 15
169		-
170		-	(3) SHALL POSSESS A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE. 16
171		-
172		-	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 17
173		-	1, 2023. 18
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179		-	Approved:
180		-	________________________________________________________________________________
181		-	Governor.
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183		-	Speaker of the House of Delegates.
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185		-	President of the Senate.