MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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and display special registration plates under
certain conditions.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws

Section 3-802(b)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1970 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 3-802(b) of Article 66 1/2 -
Vehicle Laws, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1970
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read
as follows:

Article 66 1/2 — Vehicle Laws

3-802.

(b) Upon application to the Department by the
owner of any registered passenger motor vehicle [[AND]]
OR PICKUP TRUCK NOT EXCEEDING THREE-QUARTER TON,
accompanied with due proof that the owner holds an
unrevoked and unexpired official amateur radio station
license issued by the Federal Communications Commission,
and upon payment of a fee of $5.00 in addition to any
other fees required by this article, the Department shall
issue for the passenger motor vehicle OR PICKUP TRUCK NOT
EXCEEDING THREE-QUARTER TON, special registration plates
upon which shall be inscribed in letters and numerals not
less than three inches high and in strokes of not less
than one—quarter inch in width the official amateur radio
call letters of the applicant as assigned by the Federal
Communications Commission in lieu of the numerals
required to be displayed on the registration plates under
Part IV. Provided, however, the registration plates may
be displayed only when the vehicle is properly licensed.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 808
(House Bill 1695)
AN ACT concerning