Motor Vehicle Administration
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program - Prohibition on Suspension or Revocation of Registration [SB-277]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Environmental ]
[Air Quality ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from suspending, revoking, or denying the registration of a vehicle based solely on the vehicle owner's failure to have the vehicle inspected and tested as required under the Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Madaleno
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 02/20/2017
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Motor Vehicles - Duplicate Drivers' Licenses - Victims of Robbery [HB-244]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Authorizing a victim of a robbery whose driver's license is taken during the robbery to drive without a license for 2 weeks under specified circumstances; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, when processing an application for a duplicate license of a victim of a robbery, to process the victim's application on an expedited basis and give the application precedence over other applications for duplicate licenses under specified circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. William Frick
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/01/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Code Revision - Maryland Vehicle Law - Penalties [SB-165]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Crime ]
Revising, restating, and recodifying the laws of this State relating to penalties for violations of the Maryland Vehicle Law; repealing specified redundant provisions; clarifying language; making specified technical and stylistic changes; providing for the construction of the Act; providing for the effect and construction of specified provisions of the Act; and authorizing the publisher of the Annotated Code to make specified corrections in a specified manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Thomas Miller
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 55 on 04/11/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Drivers' Licenses and Vehicle Registrations - Mailing Address [SB-89]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to include a vehicle owner's mailing address on the vehicle registration card; requiring an applicant for a driver's license to provide the Administration with a mailing address; requiring drivers' licenses issued by the Administration to display a mailing address; requiring individuals who have applied for or obtained a driver's license to notify the Administration within 30 days of a change in mailing address; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bob Cassilly
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings; Withdrawn on 01/30/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Leased Vehicles - Inspections, Insurance, and Excise Tax [SB-34]
[Insurance ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Exempting from the motor vehicle excise tax a vehicle that is leased by the State or a political subdivision of the State; prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from issuing, reinstating, or renewing a vehicle registration for a motor vehicle lessee who has an unpaid insurance penalty; and exempting a leased vehicle transferred to the lessee at the end of the lease term from the requirement to obtain a motor vehicle safety inspection.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 344 on 04/18/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Wicomico County - Vehicle Dealer's Licenses - Motor Home and Travel Trailer Shows [SB-20]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Exempting an out-of-state dealer of Class M motor homes or Class G trailers from specified license requirements solely for the purpose of displaying and selling vehicles at a specified vehicle show in Wicomico County; authorizing specified out-of-state dealers and salesmen to participate in a specified vehicle show in Wicomico County; authorizing specified dealers and salesmen to conduct all activities involved in a vehicle sale at a specified vehicle show in Wicomico County; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Mathias
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Autonomous and Connected Vehicles [SB-9]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Public Safety ]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with the Department of State Police, to adopt regulations governing the inspection, registration, and safe testing and operation of autonomous and connected vehicles and the safe testing and operation of autonomous technologies on the highways of the State.
Sponsored by: Sen.
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 02/13/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Income Tax Credit - Class F Vehicles - Modification and Extension [SB-57]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Making specified modifications to the State income tax credit for the expense of registering specified qualified vehicles in the State; requiring a taxpayer to obtain a tax credit certificate from the Motor Vehicle Administration to receive the credit; limiting to $10,000 the aggregate amount of tax credit certificates the Administration may issue to any one taxpayer and to $500,000 to all taxpayers in a taxable year; applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016, but before January 1, 2020; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward Kasemeyer
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 502 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Motor Vehicle Administration - Public Records Inspections - Young Persons [HB-31]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Prohibiting the Motor Vehicle Administration from opening to public inspection specified records of specified driver's license suspensions that apply to specified young persons until the date that the suspension commences; and creating specified exceptions to the prohibition.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 02/20/2017