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*sb0748*
SENATE BILL 748
R4 3lr1929
By: Senator Folden
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2023
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Vehicle Laws – Military Vehicles – Registration and Operation 2
FOR the purpose of authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to register certain 3
military vehicles; providing for the registration classification of military vehicles; 4
establishing certain standards and procedures for the registration of military 5
vehicles; requiring an owner of a military vehicle to submit with the registration 6
application a certain certification relating to the purposes for which the vehicle will 7
be operated; requiring the Administration, in consultation with certain persons, to 8
develop a safety inspection and a safety inspection process for military vehicles; and 9
generally relating to the registration and operation of military vehicles. 10
BY adding to 11
Article – Transportation 12
Section 13–936.3 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article – Transportation 18
13–936.3. 19
(A) IN THIS SECTION , “MILITARY VEHICLE ” MEANS A WHEELED , 20
MULTIPURPOSE VEHICLE , INCLUDING A TRAILER , THAT: 21
(1) WAS MANUFACTURED FOR MILITARY USE BY OR U NDER THE 22
DIRECTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES O R THE ARMED FORCES O F 23
ANOTHER COUNTR Y; 24 2 SENATE BILL 748
(2) SUBSEQUENTLY WAS AUTH ORIZED FOR SALE TO C IVILIANS; 1
(3) MEETS FEDERAL MOTOR V EHICLE SAFETY STANDA RDS; AND 2
(4) HAS A VEHICLE IDENTIF ICATION NUMBER OR A UNIQUE SERIAL 3
NUMBER ASSIGNED BY T HE MANUFACTURER . 4
(B) IF REGISTERED WITH TH E ADMINISTRATION UNDER THIS SECTION, 5
EVERY MILITARY VEHIC LE IS A CLASS MV–C (MILITARY VEHICLE –COLLECTORS ) 6
VEHICLE. 7
(C) FOR EACH MILITARY VEH ICLE, THERE IS A ONE –TIME REGISTRATION 8
FEE OF $51. 9
(D) IN APPLYING FOR REGIS TRATION OF A MILITAR Y VEHICLE UNDER THIS 10
SECTION, THE OWNER OF THE VEH ICLE SHALL SUBMIT WI TH THE APPLICATION A 11
CERTIFICATION THAT T HE VEHICLE FOR WHICH THE APPLICATION IS M ADE: 12
(1) WILL BE OPERATED ONLY : 13
(I) IN OFF–HIGHWAY EVENTS , EXHIBITIONS, ON–HIGHWAY 14
CLUB ACTIVITIES, PARADES, TOURS, AND OTHER SIMILAR EV ENTS; 15
(II) FOR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE EVENTS 16
DESCRIBED IN ITEM (I) OF THIS ITEM; 17
(III) ON OCCASIONAL PLEASUR E TRIPS; OR 18
(IV) TO FACILITATE THE SAL E OR MAINTENANCE OF THE 19
VEHICLE; AND 20
(2) WILL NOT BE OPERATED : 21
(I) FOR GENERAL DAILY TRA NSPORTATION ; 22
(II) PRIMARILY FOR THE TRA NSPORTATION OF PASSE NGERS OR 23
PROPERTY ON HIGHWAYS ; 24
(III) FOR EMPLOYMENT ; 25
(IV) FOR TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM EMPLOYMENT OR 26
SCHOOL; OR 27 SENATE BILL 748 3
(V) FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOS ES. 1
(E) (1) WHEN REGISTERING A MI LITARY VEHICLE UNDER THIS SECTION, 2
THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL : 3
(I) ASSIGN A DISTINGUISHI NG NUMBER TO THE VEH ICLE; AND 4
(II) ISSUE TO ITS OWNER A STAMPED OR SPECIAL P LATE 5
BEARING THE DISTINGU ISHING NUMBER . 6
(2) THE OWNER SHALL ATTACH THE STAMPED O R SPECIAL PLATE TO 7
THE MILITARY VEHICLE AS THE ADMINISTRATION REQUIR ES. 8
(F) (1) AN APPLICANT FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A MI LITARY VEHICLE 9
SHALL PROVIDE PROOF ACCEPTABLE TO THE ADMINISTRATION THAT T HE VEHICLE 10
HAS PASSED A SAFETY INSPECTION. 11
(2) THE ADMINISTRATION , IN CONSULTATION WITH THE 12
DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE AND MILITARY V EHICLE OWNERS IN THE STATE, 13
SHALL DEVELOP A SAFE TY INSPECTION AND A SAFETY INSPECTION PR OCESS FOR 14
MILITARY VEHICLES . 15
(G) (1) A MILITARY VEHICLE REG ISTERED UN DER A DIFFERENT 16
REGISTRATION CLASS B EFORE OCTOBER 1, 2023, MAY CONTINUE TO BE 17
REGISTERED UNDER THA T REGISTRATION CLASS . 18
(2) IF A MILITARY VEHICLE REGISTERED UNDER A D IFFERENT 19
REGISTRATION CLASS I S TRANSFERRED TO A N EW OWNER, THE MILITARY VEHICLE 20
SHALL BE REGISTERED UNDER T HIS SECTION. 21
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22
October 1, 2023. 23