Maryland 2025 Regular Session

Maryland House Bill HB248 Compare Versions

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3	3	EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW.
4	4	[Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law.
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7	7	HOUSE BILL 248
8	8	R4 5lr1130
9	9	HB 716/24 – ENT (PRE–FILED) CF SB 179
10	10	By: Delegate Griffith
11	11	Requested: October 7, 2024
12	12	Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025
13	13	Assigned to: Environment and Transportation
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15	15	A BILL ENTITLED
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17	17	AN ACT concerning 1
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19	19	Motor Vehicle Registration – Fee Exemption – Unemployable Disabled Veterans 2
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21	21	FOR the purpose of establishing that a vehicle owned by an unemployable disabled veteran 3
22	22	is exempt from vehicle registration fees; and generally relating to vehicle registration 4
23	23	fee exemptions. 5
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25	25	BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6
26	26	Article – Transportation 7
27	27	Section 13–903(a)(8) 8
28	28	Annotated Code of Maryland 9
29	29	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10
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31	31	BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11
32	32	Article – Transportation 12
33	33	Section 13–903(a)(9) and (10) 13
34	34	Annotated Code of Maryland 14
35	35	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
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37	37	BY adding to 16
38	38	Article – Transportation 17
39	39	Section 13–903(a)(11) 18
40	40	Annotated Code of Maryland 19
41	41	(2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 20
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43	43	SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 21
44	44	That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 22
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46	46	Article – Transportation 23
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48	48	13–903. 24 2 HOUSE BILL 248
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52	52	(a) The following vehicles are exempt from the registration fees specified in this 1
53	53	subtitle: 2
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55	55	(8) A vehicle owned by, or leased to, and personally used by a veteran who: 3
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57	57	(i) As designated or classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans 4
58	58	Affairs, has lost the use of a hand, arm, or leg, or is totally disabled; or 5
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60	60	(ii) Has a permanent impairment of both eyes so that: 6
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62	62	1. The central visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye, 7
63	63	with corrective glasses; or 8
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65	65	2. There is a field defect in which the peripheral field has 9
66	66	contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular 10
67	67	distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye; 11
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69	69	(9) A vehicle owned and personally used by an individual who is the 12
70	70	surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran, as defined under § 7–208 of the 13
71	71	Tax – Property Article; [and] 14
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73	73	(10) A Type I or Type II school vehicle owned and operated by a religious 15
74	74	organization; AND 16
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76	76	(11) NOT MORE THAN ONE VEHICL E OWNED BY, OR LEASED TO , AND 17
77	77	PERSONALLY USED BY A VETERAN WHO IS UNEMPLOYABLE DUE TO A 18
78	78	SERVICE–CONNECTED DISABILITY . 19
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80	80	SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20
81	81	October 1, 2025. 21
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