ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 273

the Board of County Commissioners of Somerset County that began on the first
Tuesday in December 2002, and is eligible to be reappointed as clerk after the next
election of the Board in November 2006.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 2003.

Approved May 13, 2003.

CHAPTER 273
(House Bill 61)

AN ACT concerning

Qualified Hybrid Vehicles - Exemption from Motor Vehicle Emissions Test

and Inspection Requirements

FOR the purpose of exempting certain qualified hybrid vehicles from certain motor
vehicle emissions test and inspection requirements under a certain
circumstance; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to adopt certain
regulations; providing for the termination of this Act; and generally relating to a
certain exemption from certain motor vehicle emissions test and inspection
requirements for certain qualified hybrid vehicles under a certain circumstance.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Transportation
Section 13-815(a)(l) and (6)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

BY adding to

Article - Transportation
Section 23-206.3
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - Transportation

13-815.

(a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(6) "Qualified hybrid vehicle" means an automobile that:
(i) Meets all applicable regulatory requirements;

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