EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
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SENATE BILL 397
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SB 748/23 – JPR
By: Senators Folden, McKay, Ready, Salling, and Simonaire
Introduced and read first time: January 18, 2024
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 2023 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 OR T HE ARMED FORCES OF 23
ANOTHER COUNTRY ; 24 2 SENATE BILL 397
(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 REGISTRATION OF A MI LITARY 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 397 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 DISTINGUISHING NUMBE R. 6
(2) THE OWNER SHALL ATTAC H THE STAMPED OR SPE CIAL 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 THE 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 VEHICL ES. 15
(G) (1) A MILITARY VEHICLE REG ISTERED UNDER A DIFF ERENT 16
REGISTRATION CLASS B EFORE OCTOBER 1, 2024, 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 TRANSFERRE D TO A NEW OWNER , THE MILITARY VEHICLE 20
SHALL BE REGISTERED UNDER THIS SECTION . 21
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 22
October 1, 2024. 23