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<section article="gtr" article_name="Transportation" number="13-610" title_number="13" title_name="Vehicle Laws -- Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Special Registration Plates">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Fleet” means 10 or more vehicles.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Qualified owner” means a person, partnership, firm, or corporation, or an individual agent of a person, partnership, firm, or corporation, authorized by the Administration to transmit electronically proper titling and registration information and fees to the Administration.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Service provider” means a dealer or title service agent licensed under Title 15 of this article or a qualified owner of a fleet.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Subject to the approval of the Administration, a service provider may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Issue permanent registration plates to the transferee or renew the registration of a vehicle if the service provider has electronically transmitted the proper titling and registration information to the Administration, or an agent designated by the Administration;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Charge the transferee or the registered owner of the vehicle a fee for the actual cost to the service provider of the electronic transmission service described in item (1) of this subsection; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Electronically submit a security interest filing with the Administration on behalf of a registered owner or lienholder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Administration shall adopt regulations to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Govern the electronic transmission of titling, registration, and security interest information authorized under this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Determine the appropriate level of the fee that may be charged by service providers for the electronic transmission service.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
