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*sb0866*
SENATE BILL 866
R2 3lr2456
CF HB 1257
By: Senators Zucker, M. Washington, Bailey, Beidle, and Elfreth Elfreth, Benson,
Guzzone, Hettleman, Jackson, Jennings, King, McCray, Rosapepe, and
Salling
Introduced and read first time: February 6, 2023
Assigned to: Budget and Taxation
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: March 8, 2023
CHAPTER ______
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, adjusted for inflation; and generally relating to funding for the Chesapeake 8
Bay Trust and Maryland 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 2 SENATE BILL 866
Article – Transportation 1
Section 13–619.2(d) 2
Annotated Code of Maryland 3
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2022 Supplement) 4
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 5
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 6
Article – Transportation 7
13–618. 8
(a) The Administration shall issue a special Chesapeake Bay Commemorative 9
Registration Plate. 10
(c) (2) (iv) Any surplus money remaining after the Administration has 11
recovered the costs of issuing a commemorative plate under this section and money 12
collected for additional renewal fees may not be retained by or transferred to any agency of 13
the State for any purpose. 14
(v) Notwithstanding subparagraph (iv) of this paragraph, the 15
surplus money and money collected for additional renewal fees shall be disbursed by the 16
Administration to the Chesapeake Bay Trust. 17
(VI) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2025, AND FOR EACH FISCAL 18
YEAR THEREAFTER , THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL 19
AN AMOUNT FOR THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST EQUAL TO THE AVERAGE AMOUNT 20
DISBURSED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN THE THIRD 21
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING FROM FISCAL YEAR 2017 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2022, 22
ADJUSTED FOR INFLATI ON BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CPI–U FOR ALL 23
URBAN CONSUMERS FOR THE BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA, 24
LESS THE AMOUNT DISB URSED UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (V) OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN 25
THE SECOND IMMEDIATELY PRECEDIN G FISCAL YEAR IF THE DIFFERENCE IS A 26
POSITIVE NUMBER . 27
13–619.2. 28
(a) In consultation with the Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation, Inc. 29
the Administration shall develop and make available for qualifying vehicles a specially 30
designed registration plate honoring Maryland agriculture. 31
(d) (1) The Administration shall consult with the Maryland Agricultural 32
Education Foundation, Inc. on: 33
[(1)] (I) The design of a registration plate to be issued under this section 34
to honor Maryland agriculture; 35 SENATE BILL 866 3
[(2)] (II) The setting of the fee to be charged under subsection (c)(1)(ii) of 1
this section at a level intended to encourage the purchase of the registration plate issued 2
under this section while providing a continuous revenue source to benefit the Foundation; 3
and 4
[(3)] (III) A schedule under which the Administration will transfer to the 5
Foundation revenue collected on the Foundation’s behalf. 6
(2) BEGINNING IN FISCAL Y EAR 2025, AND FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR 7
THEREAFTER , THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUD E IN THE ANNUAL BUDG ET BILL AN 8
AMOUNT FOR THE MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, INC. 9
EQUAL TO THE AVERAGE AMOUNT DISBURSED UND ER PARAGRAPH (1)(III) OF THIS 10
SUBSECTION IN THE THIRD IMMEDIA TELY PRECEDING FROM FISCAL YEAR 2017 11
THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2022, ADJUSTED FOR INFLATI ON BY THE CONSUMER PRICE 12
INDEX CPI–U FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS FOR THE BALTIMORE METROPOLITAN 13
STATISTICAL AREA, LESS THE AMOUNT DISB URSED UNDER PARAGRAPH (1)(III) OF 14
THIS SUBSECTION IN T HE SECOND IMMEDIATELY PRECEDIN G FISCAL YEAR IF THE 15
DIFFERENCE IS A POSI TIVE NUMBER. 16
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 17
1, 2023. 18
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.