Vehicle Laws - Licensing And Registration
Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Clerks of the Courts - Traffic Fines - Installment Payments [HB-1448]
Allowing the District Court or a circuit court to authorize the clerk of the court to approve an individual installment plan agreement for the payment of certain fines for traffic offenses under certain circumstances; authorizing a certain defendant to apply to the clerk of the court to make certain installment payments; requiring the clerk of the court to notify the Motor Vehicle Administration if a defendant fails to make an installment payment; providing for the content and posting of certain agreements; etc.
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Driver Education Curriculum - Rights of Drivers Involved in Traffic Stops [HB-1375]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt regulations requiring that classroom instruction for the driver education program include instruction on the rights of drivers who are involved in traffic stops; requiring the Administration to include content on the rights of drivers who are involved in traffic stops as part of its Driver's Manual; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Canceled, Revoked, and Suspended Driver’s Licenses – Penalties [HB-1334]
Altering the penalties for a person convicted for possession of a canceled, revoked, or suspended driver's license to be a fine not exceeding $500 and an assessment of 3 points.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Duplicate Driver's Licenses - Victims of Robbery or Burglary [HB-132]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, when processing an application for a duplicate license of a victim of a robbery or burglary whose license is taken during the robbery or burglary, to issue the duplicate license free of charge if the victim of the robbery or burglary whose license is taken presents a police report of the incident when applying for a duplicate license.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Licenses, Identification Cards, and Moped Operator's Permits - Indication of Applicant's Sex [HB-13]
Requiring an application for a license, an identification card, or a moped operator's permit to allow an applicant to indicate the applicant's sex as female, male or unspecified; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to ensure that the license, identification card, or moped operator's permit of an applicant who indicates that the applicant's sex is unspecified displays a certain notation; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Registration - Special Plates for Honorably Discharged Veterans [HB-1265]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to develop and issue special registration plates for honorably discharged veterans of a branch of the armed forces of the United States; specifying who may apply and the classes of vehicles eligible for the special registration plates; providing the manner in which certain fees will be established, retained, and credited in connection with the special registration plates; specifying the contents of the special registration plates; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Temporary Registration - Out-of-State and Foreign Vehicles [HB-1261]
Prohibiting a person from driving or attempting to drive a vehicle in the State with an out-of-state or foreign temporary or temporary transporter registration of 90 days or fewer validity that does not comply with the laws of the issuing jurisdiction; and establishing certain penalties for violations of the Act.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws – Drivers’ Education Schools – Age of Instruction Vehicles [HB-118]
Prohibiting the use of a vehicle that is older than 10 model years for instruction in a drivers' school.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Registration – Exemption From Registration Fees – Surviving Spouses of Veterans [HB-1162]
Repealing the requirement that the surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran be at least 65 years old to qualify for a certain exemption to vehicle registration fees.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Manufacturers and Dealers - Consumer Data Protection [HB-1104]
Requiring vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches, or their agents, to allow vehicle dealers to furnish consumer data in a certain manner; authorizing manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches to access data management systems with express written consent of the dealer; prohibiting manufacturers, distributors, and factory branches from requiring a dealer to grant access to the dealer's data management systems through a franchise agreement; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Fund - Establishment [HB-1091]
Establishing the Off-Highway Recreational Vehicle Fund in the Department of Natural Resources; providing that the Fund consists of certain money and certain revenue; requiring the Fund to be used for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of trails for use by off-highway recreational vehicles; requiring the Comptroller to transfer one-third of the revenue from the excise tax imposed for each certificate of title issued for an off-highway recreational vehicle to the Fund; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Title Service Agents [HB-1065]
Authorizing a title service agent that collects and remits vehicle excise taxes on behalf of the Motor Vehicle Administration to keep the lesser of certain amounts of the gross vehicle excise taxes collected by the title service agent, subject to record-keeping requirements; increasing to $50,000 the required surety bond that a title service agent is required to file; clarifying that a title service agent may transport certain documents to or from the Administration physically or electronically; etc.
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Maryland 2018 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Special Registration Plate - Thin Blue Line [HB-1011]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, in consultation with the Department of State Police, to develop and make available for certain vehicles a special registration plate honoring fallen law enforcement officers; requiring the Administration to designate the special registration plate as the "Thin Blue Line" registration plate; authorizing a certain person to apply for the special registration plate; requiring certain owners of vehicles assigned a special registration plate under the Act to pay certain fees; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Licensing and Registration - Unpaid Fines or Failure to Appear - Penalties [SB-925]
Repealing the requirement that an individual have $300 of unpaid fines before qualifying to enter into a payment plan with the clerk of the court to pay certain overdue fines; requiring that a traffic citation provide certain notice that a person may be unable to have the person's driver's license or permit issued, reissued, or renewed under certain circumstances; clarifying the circumstances under which the Motor Vehicle Administration may charge a fee to an individual for certain registration renewal; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Duplicate Driver's Licenses - Victims of Robbery or Theft [SB-887]
Requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration, when processing an application for a duplicate license of a victim of a robbery or theft whose license is taken during the robbery or theft, to issue the duplicate license free of charge if the victim of the robbery or theft whose license is taken presents a police report of the incident when applying for a duplicate license.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Certificate of Title Application - Signature Requirement [SB-84]
Repealing a requirement that a signature be in ink on an application for a certificate of title of a vehicle.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Dealers - Dealer Processing and Freight Charges [SB-806]
Establishing that certain costs for services provided are eligible to be included in a vehicle's "dealer processing charge"; repealing certain vehicle dealer price disclosure requirements for dealer processing and freight charges; requiring vehicle dealers to disclose the amount of a dealer processing charge in a certain manner and file with the Motor Vehicle Administration certain notice of the amount of a dealer processing charge; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Excise Tax Credit - Sunset - Repeal [SB-78]
Making the vehicle excise tax credit for the purchase of certain electric vehicles permanent; authorizing certain individuals or business entities that do not receive a tax credit in a certain fiscal year to claim the credit during the next fiscal year; requiring the Comptroller, each fiscal year, to transfer up to $2,400,000 from the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund to the Transportation Trust Fund; codifying a limit of $3,000,000 per year on the total amount of credits allowed; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Motor Vehicles - Temporary In-Transit Registration [SB-707]
Authorizing the Motor Vehicle Administration to issue a temporary in-transit registration that allows a nonresident owner of a vehicle to operate the vehicle on a highway in the State only for the purpose of transporting the vehicle to a jurisdiction outside the State for titling and registration; establishing that the Administration or licensed title service agents may issue temporary in-transit registrations; etc.
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Maryland 2019 Regular Session
Vehicle Laws - Driver's Licenses - Expiration and Renewal [SB-60]
Repealing a requirement that a corrected driver's license expire at the end of a certain time period; and altering the period of time, from 6 to 9 years, within which certain drivers are required to have taken an authorized vision test to qualify for renewal of a driver's license.