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SENATE BILL 866
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By: Senators Zucker, M. Washington, Bailey, Beidle, and Elfreth
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2023
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Special Vehicle Registration Plates – Chesapeake Bay Trust and Maryland 2
Agricultural Education Foundation – Appropriation 3
FOR the purpose of requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill for certain 4
fiscal years an appropriation for the Chesapeake Bay Trust and Maryland 5
Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. that is calculated based on the amount of 6
revenue collected from certain special vehicle registration plates in certain fiscal 7
years; and generally relating to funding for the Chesapeake Bay Trust and Maryland 8
Agricultural Education Foundation. 9
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 10
Article – Transportation 11
Section 13–618(a) and (c)(2)(iv) and (v) and 13–619.2(a) 12
Annotated Code of Maryland 13
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 14
BY adding to 15
Article – Transportation 16
Section 13–618(c)(2)(vi) 17
Annotated Code of Maryland 18
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 19
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 20
Article – Transportation 21
Section 13–619.2(d) 22
Annotated Code of Maryland 23
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 24
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 25
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 26
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Article – Transportation 1
13–618. 2
(a) The Administration shall issue a special Chesapeake Bay Commemorative 3
Registration Plate. 4
(c) (2) (iv) Any surplus money remaining after the Administration has 5
recovered the costs of issuing a commemorative plate under this section and money 6
collected for additional renewal fees may not be retained by or transferred to any agency of 7
the State for any purpose. 8
(v) Notwithstanding subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the 9
surplus money and money collected for additional renewal fees shall be disbursed by the 10
Administration to the Chesapeake Bay Trust. 11
(VI) BEGINNING IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, AND FOR EACH FISCAL 12
YEAR THEREAFTER , THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BILL 13
AN AMOUNT FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT DISBURSED 14
UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN THE THIRD IMMEDIATELY 15
PRECEDING FISCAL YEA R LESS THE AMOUNT DISBURSED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH 16
(V) OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN THE SECOND IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FISCAL YEA R IF 17
THE DIFFERENCE IS A POSI TIVE NUMBER. 18
13–619.2 19
(a) In consultation with the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. 20
the Administration shall develop and make available for qualifying vehicles a specially 21
designed registration plate honoring Maryland agriculture. 22
(d) (1) The Administration shall consult with the Maryland Agricultural 23
Education Foundation, Inc. on: 24
[(1)] (I) The design of a registration plate to be issued under this section 25
to honor Maryland agriculture; 26
[(2)] (II) The setting of the fee to be charged under subsection (c)(1)(ii) of 27
this section at a level intended to encourage the purchase of the registration plate issued 28
under this section while providing a continuous revenue source to benefit the Foundation; 29
and 30
[(3)] (III) A schedule under which the Administration will transfer to the 31
Foundation revenue collected on the Foundation’s behalf. 32
(2) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2025, AND FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR 33
THEREAFTER , THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET BI LL AN 34 SENATE BILL 866 3
AMOUNT FOR THE MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. 1
EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT DISBURSED UNDER PARA GRAPH (1)(III) OF THIS 2
SUBSECTION IN THE THIRD IMMEDIA TELY PRECEDING FISCA L YEAR LESS THE 3
AMOUNT DISBURSED UND ER PARAGRAPH (1)(III) OF THIS SUBSECTION IN THE 4
SECOND IMMEDIATELY P RECEDING FISCAL YEAR IF THE DIFFERENCE IS A POSITIVE 5
NUMBER. 6
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7
1, 2023. 8