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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. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *sb0179* | |
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| 10 | 7 | SENATE BILL 179 | |
| 11 | 8 | R4 5lr1131 | |
| 12 | 9 | (PRE–FILED) CF HB 248 | |
| 13 | - | By: Senator Smith Senators Smith, Charles, Folden, Henson, James, Love, McKay, | |
| 14 | - | Muse, Sydnor, Waldstreicher, and West | |
| 10 | + | By: Senator Smith | |
| 15 | 11 | Requested: October 7, 2024 | |
| 16 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 | |
| 17 | 13 | Assigned to: Judicial Proceedings | |
| 18 | - | Committee Report: Favorable with amendments | |
| 19 | - | Senate action: Adopted | |
| 20 | - | Read second time: February 25, 2025 | |
| 21 | 14 | ||
| 22 | - | ||
| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 23 | 16 | ||
| 24 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 25 | 18 | ||
| 26 | 19 | Motor Vehicle Registration – Fee Exemption – Unemployable Disabled Veterans 2 | |
| 27 | 20 | ||
| 28 | 21 | FOR the purpose of establishing that a vehicle owned by an unemployable disabled veteran 3 | |
| 29 | 22 | is exempt from vehicle registration fees; and generally relating to vehicle registration 4 | |
| 30 | 23 | fee exemptions. 5 | |
| 31 | 24 | ||
| 32 | 25 | BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, 6 | |
| 33 | 26 | Article – Transportation 7 | |
| 34 | 27 | Section 13–903(a)(8) 8 | |
| 35 | 28 | Annotated Code of Maryland 9 | |
| 36 | 29 | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 10 | |
| 37 | 30 | ||
| 38 | 31 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 11 | |
| 39 | 32 | Article – Transportation 12 | |
| 40 | 33 | Section 13–903(a)(9) and (10) 13 | |
| 41 | 34 | Annotated Code of Maryland 14 | |
| 42 | 35 | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15 | |
| 43 | 36 | ||
| 44 | 37 | BY adding to 16 | |
| 45 | 38 | Article – Transportation 17 | |
| 46 | 39 | Section 13–903(a)(11) 18 | |
| 47 | 40 | Annotated Code of Maryland 19 | |
| 48 | - | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 20 2 SENATE BILL 179 | |
| 41 | + | (2020 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 20 | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 21 | |
| 44 | + | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 22 | |
| 45 | + | ||
| 46 | + | Article – Transportation 23 | |
| 47 | + | ||
| 48 | + | 13–903. 24 2 SENATE BILL 179 | |
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| 53 | - | ||
| 52 | + | (a) The following vehicles are exempt from the registration fees specified in this 1 | |
| 53 | + | subtitle: 2 | |
| 54 | 54 | ||
| 55 | - | ||
| 55 | + | (8) A vehicle owned by, or leased to, and personally used by a veteran who: 3 | |
| 56 | 56 | ||
| 57 | - | 13–903. 4 | |
| 57 | + | (i) As designated or classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans 4 | |
| 58 | + | Affairs, has lost the use of a hand, arm, or leg, or is totally disabled; or 5 | |
| 58 | 59 | ||
| 59 | - | (a) The following vehicles are exempt from the registration fees specified in this 5 | |
| 60 | - | subtitle: 6 | |
| 60 | + | (ii) Has a permanent impairment of both eyes so that: 6 | |
| 61 | 61 | ||
| 62 | - | (8) A vehicle owned by, or leased to, and personally used by a veteran who: 7 | |
| 62 | + | 1. The central visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye, 7 | |
| 63 | + | with corrective glasses; or 8 | |
| 63 | 64 | ||
| 64 | - | (i) As designated or classified by the U.S. Department of Veterans 8 | |
| 65 | - | Affairs, has lost the use of a hand, arm, or leg, or is totally disabled; or 9 | |
| 65 | + | 2. There is a field defect in which the peripheral field has 9 | |
| 66 | + | contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular 10 | |
| 67 | + | distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye; 11 | |
| 66 | 68 | ||
| 67 | - | (ii) Has a permanent impairment of both eyes so that: 10 | |
| 69 | + | (9) A vehicle owned and personally used by an individual who is the 12 | |
| 70 | + | surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran, as defined under § 7–208 of the 13 | |
| 71 | + | Tax – Property Article; [and] 14 | |
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| 70 | - | ||
| 73 | + | (10) A Type I or Type II school vehicle owned and operated by a religious 15 | |
| 74 | + | organization; AND 16 | |
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| 74 | - | ||
| 76 | + | (11) NOT MORE THAN ONE VEH ICLE OWNED BY , OR LEASED TO , AND 17 | |
| 77 | + | PERSONALLY USED BY A VETERAN WHO IS UNEMP LOYABLE DUE TO A 18 | |
| 78 | + | SERVICE–CONNECTED DISABILITY . 19 | |
| 75 | 79 | ||
| 76 | - | (9) A vehicle owned and personally used by an individual who is the 16 | |
| 77 | - | surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran, as defined under § 7–208 of the 17 | |
| 78 | - | Tax – Property Article; [and] 18 | |
| 80 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 20 | |
| 81 | + | October 1, 2025. 21 | |
| 79 | 82 | ||
| 80 | - | (10) A Type I or Type II school vehicle owned and operated by a religious 19 | |
| 81 | - | organization; AND 20 | |
| 82 | - | ||
| 83 | - | (11) NOT MORE THAN ONE VEH ICLE OWNED BY , OR LEASED TO , AND 21 | |
| 84 | - | PERSONALLY USED BY A VETERAN WHO IS UNEMP LOYABLE DUE TO A 22 | |
| 85 | - | SERVICE–CONNECTED DISABILITY . 23 | |
| 86 | - | ||
| 87 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 24 | |
| 88 | - | October 1, 2025. 25 | |
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