WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor Ch. 69
Transportation of the Annotated Code of Maryland be repealed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of Maryland
read as follows:

Article - Transportation

13-410.

(c) Registration plates may be reflectorized and shall be manufactured of a
material warranted to have a durability of at least 5 years. However, prior to
registration plates being reflectorized, the Administration shall obtain approval of the
General Assembly through a budget item.

(d) (1) During subsequent registration years, the Administrator may order the
continued use of registration plates that are valid during any current registration year,
and, after so doing, the Administrator shall issue, at the time a vehicle's registration is
renewed, a validation tab to evidence payment of the vehicle's annual registration fee.

(2) The tab shall be displayed on the plates of the vehicle in the manner
that the Administrator requires.

(3) The Administrator from time to time shall evaluate the condition of
registration plates issued under this title and may provide for the manufacture and
issuance of new registration plates. These new registration plates shall be issued and
subsequently validated in the manner required by this subtitle.

(F) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (C) AND
(D) OF THIS SECTION, ON APPLICATION, THE ADMINISTRATION MAY
ISSUE SUBSTITUTE REFLECTORIZED REGISTRATION PLATES OF A
DESIGN TO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE STATE'S EFFORT TO
RESTORE AND PROTECT THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. UNDER §§ 13-618 AND
13-619 OF THIS TITLE.

(A) IN ADDITION TO THE ANNUAL REGISTRATION FEE OTHERWISE
REQUIRED BY THIS SUBTITLE, A ONE TIME FEE OF $20 SHALL BE
CHARGED EACH TIME NEW REGISTRATION PLATES ARE ISSUED UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF § 13 410(F) OF THIS TITLE.

(B) (4) OF THE PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM THE ADDITIONAL
$20 FEE CHARGED UNDER THIS SECTION, THE ADMINISTRATION SHALL
RECOVER ITS COST OF PRODUCING AND ISSUING THE SUBSTITUTE
REGISTRATION PLATES.

(3) THE BALANCE SHALL BE PAID INTO THE CHESAPEAKE BAY
TRUST FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOR THE RESTORATION AND
PROTECTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

(C) THE FEES COLLECTED UNDER THIS SECTION MAY NOT BE
CREDITED TO THE GASOLINE AND MOTOR VEHICLE REVENUE ACCOUNT

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