Motor Vehicle Equipment
Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Electric Vehicles and Recharging Equipment - Rebates and Tax Credits - Extension [HB-110]
[Energy ]
[Taxes ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Environmental ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Climate Change ]
[Economic Development ]
Extending to fiscal year 2020 the Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment Rebate Program and authorization to issue motor vehicle excise tax credits for specified qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles; increasing a specified amount required to be transferred from the Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; increasing, from $1,800,000 to $3,600,000 the total amount of motor vehicle excise tax credits that may be issued during a fiscal year; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation on 03/18/2017
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Environment - Lead and Mercury Wheel Weights - Prohibited [HB-66]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting specified persons from using, allowing to be used, or selling specified lead wheel weights after January 1, 2020; requiring the State to ensure that no vehicle purchased for the State fleet after January 1, 2019, is equipped with an externally attached lead wheel weight that is composed of greater than 0.1% lead or 0.1% mercury by weight; prohibiting a tire on a vehicle in the State fleet that is balanced or replaced after January 1, 2018, from being equipped with specified lead wheel weights; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 385 on 05/04/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Vehicle Laws - Obstruction Hanging From Rearview Mirror - Enforcement [SB-12]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Providing for enforcement only as a secondary offense for a violation of the prohibition under specified circumstances against a person driving a vehicle on a highway with any object, material, or obstruction hanging from the rearview mirror that interferes with the clear view of the driver through the windshield.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan C Lee
Hearing 3/23 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/23/2018
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
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Motor Vehicles - Use of Fog Lights When Windshield Wipers Operating - Repeal [SB-86]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Repealing the authority of a driver to use a vehicle's fog lights instead of the vehicle's headlamps during the continuous operation of the vehicle's windshield wipers under specified circumstances.
Sponsored by: Sen. Wayne Norman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 750 on 05/25/2017
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Maryland 2017 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device - Definition [HB-51]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the definition of "electric personal assistive mobility device" to require that the device have a specified steering mechanism and a specified platform on which the rider stands.
Sponsored by: Sen. Clarence K. Lam
Unfavorable Report By Judicial Proceedings on 04/06/2017