# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 15 — Motor Vehicle Administration — Vehicle Registration

### Chapter 15 — Issuance of Chesapeake Bay Commemorative Plates

**Authority:** Transportation Article, §§12-104(b) and 13-618, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: November 7, 1983 (10:22 Md. R. 1967)

**Administrative History:** Chapter, Issuance of Maryland 350th Anniversary Plates, repealed effective December 2, 1985 (12:24 Md. R. 2350)

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01—.03, Issuance of Chesapeake Bay Commemorative Plates, adopted effective February 4, 1991 (18:2 Md. R. 150)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 repealed effective July 30, 2018 (45:15 Md. R. 724)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01B amended effective January 16, 1995 (22:1 Md. R. 20); September 22, 1997 (24:9 Md. R. 1341); November 5, 2007 (34:22 Md. R. 1978)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01C amended effective January 16, 1995 (22:1 Md. R. 20)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01E amended effective January 1, 1992 (18:25 Md. R. 2754); January 16, 1995 (22:1 Md. R. 20)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01F amended effective January 16, 1995 (22:1 Md. R. 20); September 22, 1997 (24:19 Md. R. 1341); April 16, 2001 (28:7 Md. R. 691); November 11, 2002 (29:22 Md. R. 1721); November 5, 2007 (34:22 Md. R. 1978)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective March 16, 2026 (53:5 Md. R. 244)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02A amended effective January 16, 1995 (22:1 Md. R. 20); May 10, 2004 (31:9 Md. R. 713); July 30, 2018 (45:15 Md. R. 724)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 repealed effective July 30, 2018 (45:15 Md. R. 724)

#### Regulation .01 Issuance of Chesapeake Bay Commemorative Plates — Repealed.

*COMAR 11.15.15.01*

#### Regulation .02 Distribution of Funds.

*COMAR 11.15.15.02*

A. Pursuant to Transportation Article, §13-618, Annotated Code of Maryland, the fees in §B of this regulation shall be distributed equally between the Motor Vehicle Administration and the Chesapeake Bay Trust.

B. Chesapeake Bay registration plate fees is as follows:

  (1) For original Chesapeake Bay registration plates, the fee as set in COMAR 11.11.05.04(A)(3)(a); and

  (2) For the renewal of Chesapeake Bay registration plates, the fee as set in COMAR 11.11.05.04(A)(3)(b).

C. Money collected through the sale of Chesapeake Bay Commemorative Plates and due to the Chesapeake Bay Trust shall be transferred monthly to the Trust.