EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
*hb0716*
HOUSE BILL 716
R4 4lr1509
By: Delegates Griffith, Adams, Anderton, Arikan, Baker, Buckel, Chisholm,
Ciliberti, Ghrist, Hartman, Hinebaugh, Hornberger, Hutchinson, Jacobs,
A. Johnson, S. Johnson, Mangione, McComas, Miller, Munoz, Pippy, Reilly,
Rose, Schmidt, Stonko, and Tomlinson
Introduced and read first time: January 26, 2024
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Motor Vehicle Registration – Fee Exemption – Unemployable Disabled Veterans 2
FOR the purpose of establishing that a vehicle owned by an unemployable disabled veteran 3
is exempt from vehicle registration fees; and generally relating to vehicle registration 4
fee exemptions. 5
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 6
Article – Transportation 7
Section 13–903(a)(8) 8
Annotated Code of Maryland 9
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 10
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 11
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 12
Article – Transportation 13
13–903. 14
(a) The following vehicles are exempt from the registration fees specified in this 15
subtitle: 16
(8) A vehicle owned by, or leased to, and personally used by a veteran who: 17
(i) As designated or classified by the [Veterans’ Administration, 18
has] U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS: 19
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1. HAS lost the use of a hand, arm, or leg, or is totally 1
disabled; or 2
2. IS UNEMPLOYABLE DUE TO A SERVICE –CONNECTED 3
DISABILITY; OR 4
(ii) Has a permanent impairment of both eyes so that: 5
1. The central visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye, 6
with corrective glasses; or 7
2. There is a field defect in which the peripheral field has 8
contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular 9
distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye; 10
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 11
October 1, 2024. 12