1424                                             LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [Ch. 288

(Senate Bill 169)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Registration Plates

FOR the purpose of providing for the issuance of
permanent registration plates and registration cards
to certain owners of rental fleets of trailers and
semitrailers; providing for the payment of fees and
posting of security; and generally relating to the
administration and enforcement of registering rental
trailers and semitrailers.

BY adding to

Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws

Section 3-608

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1974 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 3—608 be and it is hereby
added to Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1970 Replacement Volume and 1974
Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws
3-608.

(A)    THE OWNER OF A FLEET OF TRAILERS OR
SEMITRAILERS CONSISTING OF 25 OR MORE VEHICLES WHICH ARE
RESTED OR OFFERED FOR RENT FOR PERIODS OF 364 DAYS OR
LESS MAY APPLY TO THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR REGISTRATION IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

(B)    THE APPLICATION SHALL BE MADE ON A FORM AND
CONTAIN INFORMATION AS PRESCRIBED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR.
UPON PAYMENT OF REQUIRED FEES AND UPON MEETING OTHER
REQUIREMENTS PRESCRIBED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR, THERE SHALL
BE ISSUED, TO EACH VEHICLE FOR WHICH APPLICATION HAS BEEN
MADE, A SPECIAL PERMANENT REGISTRATION PLATE AND
REGISTRATION CARD.

(C)    THE REGISTRATION PLATE AND THE REGISTRATION
CARD SHALL NOT BEAR AN EXPIRATION DATE AND SHALL BE VALID
AS LONG AS OWNERSHIP OF THE VEHICLE TO WHICH THEY ARE
ISSUED IS RETAINED BY THE APPLICANT, PROVIDED THAT AN
ANNUAL RENEWAL APPLICATION IS MADE BY THE OWNER, AND THE
REQUIRED ANNUAL FEES ARE PAID PRIOR TO THE BATE ON WHICH
REGULAR CLASS G PLATES EXPIRE.