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SENATE BILL 1004
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By: Senator Folden
Introduced and read first time: February 2, 2024
Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings
Committee Report: Favorable with amendments
Senate action: Adopted
Read second time: February 29, 2024
CHAPTER ______
AN ACT concerning 1
Motor Vehicles – Specially Designed Vintage Reproduction Registration Plates 2
FOR the purpose of repealing the time limitation within which the Motor Vehicle 3
Administration is required to make available specially designed vintage 4
reproduction registration plates; requiring the Administration to charge certain fees 5
for the initial issuance and renewal of specially designed vintage reproduction 6
registration plates; and generally relating to specially designed vintage reproduction 7
registration plates. 8
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 9
Article – Transportation 10
Section 13–619.3 11
Annotated Code of Maryland 12
(2020 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 13
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 14
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 15
Article – Transportation 16
13–619.3. 17
(a) The Administration shall develop and make available for qualifying vehicles 18
a specially designed vintage reproduction registration plate. 19
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(b) The owner of a vehicle, or a lessee of the vehicle under a lease not intended as 1
security, or a director, an officer, an employee, or a partner of a business entity that owns 2
the vehicle considered eligible by the Administration may apply to the Administration for 3
a registration plate under this section if the vehicle is included in one of the following 4
classes: 5
(1) A Class A (passenger) vehicle; 6
(2) A Class E (truck) vehicle with a manufacturer’s rated capacity of 1 ton 7
or less; 8
(3) A Class L (historic) vehicle; 9
(4) A Class M (multipurpose) vehicle; or 10
(5) A Class N (street rod) vehicle. 11
(c) (1) In addition to the annual registration fee otherwise required under this 12
title, an owner of a vehicle assigned a registration plate under this section shall pay [when 13
initially issued the registration plate and each time the registration plate is renewed: 14
(1) A fee set by the Administration to recover the Administration’s costs 15
under this section; and 16
(2) A fee set by the Administration to be credited to the Gasoline and Motor 17
Vehicle Revenue Account for distribution under § 8–403 or § 8–404 of this article]: 18
(I) $100 WHEN INITIALLY ISSUE D THE REGISTRATION P LATE; 19
AND 20
(II) $20 $25 EACH TIME THE REGIST RATION PLATE IS 21
RENEWED. 22
(2) FEES COLLECTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION SHAL L BE: 23
(I) USED TO RECOVER THE ADMINISTRATION ’S COSTS UNDER 24
THIS SECTION; AND 25
(II) CREDITED TO THE GASOLINE AND MOTOR VEHICLE 26
REVENUE ACCOUNT FOR DISTRIBUT ION UNDER § 8–403 OR § 8–404 OF THIS 27
ARTICLE. 28
(d) The special registration plate issued under this section shall[: 29
(1) Be available for sale for 1 year from the date of initial issuance; and 30
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(2) Resemble] RESEMBLE the black lettering on yellow background 1
registration plate issued by the State for display on a motor vehicle in 1910. 2
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 3
October 1, 2024. 4
Approved:
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Governor.
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President of the Senate.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates.