Ch. 392 1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

language; and generally relating to registration fees.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 13-903
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1992 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

13-903.

(a) The following vehicles are exempt from the registration fees specified in this
subtitle:

(1) A vehicle that is owned and operated by the United States, this State, or
any political subdivision of this State;

(2) A vehicle that is owned by a volunteer fire company incorporated in this
State or by a rescue squad and that is used for fire-fighting or ambulance purposes;

(3) A canteen wagon of a recognized fire buff organization, as certified by
the International Fire Buffs Association;

(4) A vehicle owned and operated by the Civil Air Patrol;

(5) A vehicle owned and operated by a unit of a national veterans'
organization;

(6) A vehicle owned and operated by a Maryland chapter of the American

Red Cross;

(7) A motor vehicle and trailer known as the "40-8 box car" that is owned
and operated only for social or charitable purposes by any voiture of the Forty and Eight
of the American Legion, Department of Maryland;

(8) A vehicle owned and personally used by a veteran who:

(i) As designated or classified by the Veterans' Administration, has
lost the use of a hand, arm, or leg, or is totally disabled; or

(ii) Has a permanent impairment of both eyes so that:

1. The central visual acuity is 20/200 or less in the better eye,
with corrective glasses; or

2. There is a field defect in which the peripheral field has
contracted to such an extent that the widest diameter of visual field subtends an angular
distance no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye; and

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