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HB0313 amends Maryland Transportation law governing specially designed vintage reproduction registration plates. The bill requires the Motor Vehicle Administration to continue making these plates available without a time limit, removing the prior one-year availability restriction. It also changes the fee structure from an Administration-set cost-recovery fee to fixed statutory fees: $100 when the plate is initially issued and $25 for each renewal.
The bill preserves the existing eligibility categories for qualifying vehicles, including passenger cars, certain trucks, historic vehicles, multipurpose vehicles, and street rods. It also retains the requirement that the plate resemble Maryland’s 1910 black-on-yellow registration plate design. The effective date is October 1, 2025.
The bill directly amends § 13-619.3 of the Transportation Article, changing how the Motor Vehicle Administration administers and prices vintage reproduction plates. It eliminates the sunset-like limitation on availability, standardizes the fees in statute, and directs collected fees to recover administrative costs and to the Gasoline and Motor Vehicle Revenue Account for distribution under existing transportation finance provisions. The practical effect is to make the plate program permanent and more predictable for eligible vehicle owners and the MVA.
The available record shows no committee transcripts, recorded votes, or other discussion indicating opposition or support, so the overall sentiment cannot be measured from the provided materials. Based on the bill’s content, it appears to be a narrow administrative and fee-setting measure rather than a controversial policy change.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided context. The only potentially debatable issues are the shift from Administration-set fees to fixed statutory amounts and the removal of the time limitation on availability, but there is no evidence in the record of disagreement over those changes. The bill appears to have been treated as a technical or program-administration update affecting vintage vehicle owners and the Motor Vehicle Administration.