HARRY HUGHES, Governor 1211
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1974 Volume and 1979 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:
Article - Natural Resources
8-712.
(c) (1) The annual fee for each certificate of boat
number is $5 for the calendar year in which the, certificate
is issued. However, any vessel 16 feet in length, or less,
equipped with a 7 1/2 horsepower motor, or less, is exempt
from this fee. The fee to replace a lost, destroyed, or
corrected certificate is $2. The Department shall record any
transaction or transfer of numbered boats. It may record any
amount of money owing on a vessel required to be numbered at
the time of sale. The Department may not effect a transfer
of ownership until the amount of money owed as shown on the
records of the Department is fully paid or recorded on the
new title. Any vessel that is required to be numbered by §
8-712 that is exempt prior to January 1, 1974, shall be
exempt from payment of this title tax.
(2) Emergency rescue boats that belong to fire
departments or rescue squads in Maryland shall BE EXEMPT
FROM ALL REGISTRATION FEES, BUT SHALL apply for a
registration renewal every 3 years on the anniversary of the
date on which the registration in effect on July 1, 1979 was
obtained.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1980.
Approved May 6, 1980.
CHAPTER 340
(Senate Bill 804)
AN ACT concerning
Vehicle Laws - Right-of-Way - Blind or
Deaf Pedestrians
FOR the purpose of allowing certain blind or deaf
pedestrians to have the right-of-way at intersections
which have traffic control signals; and deleting a
requirement pertaining to the position at which a blind
pedestrian must hold a cane in order to have the
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